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TP – Super profit companies cannot be considered as comparable

December 1, 2012 726 Views 0 comment Print

Working given by the TPO shows that it is earning 7% commission, whereas as per the industry policy as decided by the AAAI the service on media agency earns commission of 2.5%. On that reason also, since it is an extreme case of earning 7% commission (in our view it is wrongly considered), on the principles that the extreme profit companies are to be excluded, this company cannot be considered as comparable for the purpose of arriving at the average mean.

EPFO launches e-Passbook service

November 30, 2012 4589 Views 0 comment Print

Over 50 million PF subscribers can now access their accounts online as retirement fund body EPFO launched its e-Passbook service today. Active subscribers whose electronic challan-cum-return is already uploaded, can download their e-Passbook every month under the service launched by the EPFO’s Central Provident Fund Commissioner R C Mishra today.

Charge of service tax cannot exceed ‘gross amount charged’

November 30, 2012 7140 Views 0 comment Print

Section 67 quantifies the charge of service tax provided in section 66, which is the charging section. Section 67 authorises the determination of the value of the taxable service for the purpose of charging service tax under section 66 as the gross amount charged

Service Tax on Real Estate – A Practical Perspective (PART – B)

November 29, 2012 17210 Views 0 comment Print

Article discusses Abatement/Valuation, Reverse Charge in Construction Activity along with different models applicable to Real estate Industry i.e. Tripartite Model, and Joint Development Model with case laws.

Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property – Section 66E(A)

November 28, 2012 34620 Views 1 comment Print

Renting has been defined w.e.f. 1.7.2012 in section 65B(41) as allowing, permitting or granting access, entry, occupation, usage or any such facility, wholly or partly, in an immovable property, with or without the transfer of possession or control of the said immovable property and includes letting, leasing, licensing or other similar arrangements in respect of immovable property’.

No Misconduct by CA if arbitrator of client accepts controversial balance sheet

November 28, 2012 2102 Views 0 comment Print

Considering the fact that the dispute between the partners in respect of the accounts of the said firm was referred to the arbitrator who was an independent person and the said arbitrator looking to the entire evidence has accepted the balance-sheet audited by the 1st Respondent as correct, we see no reason to interfere with the prima facie view of the Institute on the complaint filed by the Petitioner.

Service Tax Rules- Mostly used in practice

November 28, 2012 19196 Views 0 comment Print

RULE 4: REGISTRATION – Three categories of person liable to get themselves registered under service tax namely:-a. Service Provider of taxable services under section 69(1) b. Person responsible for making payment of service tax as specified in Rule 2 (1) (d) read with section 68. They shall also seek registration under section 69(1) of Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994

Conflict of Service Tax & Tax Deducted at Source

November 28, 2012 28816 Views 1 comment Print

Conflicts are what make legislation difficult to understand and subject to multiple views. Though we are always seeking for decision from judiciary to guide us in clear manner but the same might come much later than what we expect. There exists conflict for a transaction under various legal frameworks like:

Penalty can’t be deleted on transaction treated as sham

November 28, 2012 2028 Views 0 comment Print

If we take the view that a claim which is wholly untenable in law and has absolutely no foundation on which it could be made, the assessee would not be liable to imposition of penalty, even if he was not acting bonafide while making a claim of this nature, that would give a licence to unscrupulous assessees to make wholly untenable and unsustainable claims without there being any basis for making them

Amount paid for violation of laws not allowable despite Compounding

November 27, 2012 4913 Views 0 comment Print

Now coming to the other aspect on the basis of which the AO disallowed the claim as to whether or not expenditure incurred as a result of compounding of violation of municipal laws & Environmental laws falls within the ambit of aforesaid explanation to sec. 37(1) of the Act, Hon’ble Karnataka High Court in CIT v. Mamta Enterprises [2004] 266 ITR 356 held that compounding of the offence cannot take away the rigors of the Explanation to S.37(1) in view of the expression ‘shall not be deemed to have been incurred’ used in that Explanation.

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