It is notified for general information that in view of the General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Group – II, Paper – 8, Indirect Tax Laws of Final Examination scheduled to be held on 16th May, 2016 at Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kollam, Kottyam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad
Krishna, In India there are more than 76 thousand registered Real Estate Companies. Also, there are lakhs of small builders. To regulate this Real Estate sector, Central Government has passed the Real Estate bill on the 10th of March. Let’s predict how this Real Estate bill may affect Builders and its probable effect on Tax Compliance.
In common parlance Dividend means distribution of portion of profits available which is allocated to holder of shares of the Company on a particular date i.e. on record date. Companies Act, 2013 has not defined the term Dividend. However, Section 2(35) of the Act mention that dividend includes interim dividend.
In case services of transportation of goods are availed from a domestic entity,service tax needs to be charged by the Indian shipping company, whereas such services being availed from any foreign entity would attract tax liability under the Reverse Charge Mechanism (‘RCM’). This amendment would come in effect from June 1, 2016 and its consequential effects are outlined below.
Rebate under section 87A is increased to Rs. 5,000/- from Rs. 2000/-. [This rebate is available to individual resident in India whose taxable income does not exceed five lakh rupees.] [Applicable from A. Y. 2017-18]
Section 44AD widely affects the businesses in small sector. It was brought in its present shape by Finance Act 2009 wef AY 2011-12. It implies that legislature at that time thought it fit to take a year extra to have impact study of the section.
In View of pressure from all quarters Finance Mister Arun Jaitley has withdrawn the Proposal to Tax 60% of EPF/Superannuation Fund Proposed in Union Budget 2016 and which was to come into effect from 01.04.2016.
Rule -6(1) Rule is amended to provide that CENVAT Credit shall not be available on input used for manufacture of exempted goods and input used for empted services. Rule further direct that procedure for calculation of credit not allowed is stated in sub rule (2) and (3) for different situation.
Unlike Swachh Bhara Cess imposed w.e.f. June 15, 2015, which is not Cenvatable neither in the hands of service providers nor manufacturers, in terms of TRU F.No. 334/8/2016-TRU dated February 29, 2016 [Para 3.1], it is provided that Cenvat credit of Krishi Kalyan Cesspaid on input services shall be allowed to be used for payment of the proposed Cess on the service provided by a service provider.
Google Tax: India has taken the first step to tax the digital economy. An equalisation levy–a deduction of 6% to be made by an Indian payer on payments to a nonresident entity for specified B2B services such as advertising—has been introduced in the Budget. The levy will impact the bottom lines of giants such as Google, Yahoo and others, which earn ad revenue from business entities in India.
