The GST liability of August 2017 is to be discharged by 20th Sept 2017 only.The Government will never lose it’s revenue. What about exporters and other taxpayers who want to claim refund????? Applications for same are not yet started as they have postponed GSTR 1 ,2, 3 returns due date.
The Prime Minister said human interface must be kept to a minimum in the tax administration’s dealings. He asked for a push to be given to e-assessment and anonymity of proceedings using technology, so that vested interests do not impede the due course of law.
Tally have yesterday issued an advisory to its users on 4th September 2017 and suggested them to use GSTR Offline Utility 1.1 instead of GSTR Offline Utility 1.2. In their opinion use of GSTR Offline Utility 1.2 may potentially lead to an erroneous return which we may not be able to discover while filing. Extract […]
As part of labour law reforms, the Government has undertaken the exercise of rationalisation of the 38 Labour Acts by framing 4 labour codes viz Code on Wages, Code on Industrial Relations, Code on Social Security and Code on occupational safety, health and working conditions.
Department of Financial Services advises all Banks to take immediate steps to put restrictions on bank accounts of over two lakh ‘struck off’ companies. Government has stepped up decisive action against companies falling within the ambit of Section 248 of the Companies Act.
Directors disqualified under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 and who are associated with struck off companies (S.248) are advised not to make any application for Name Availability (INC-1), Incorporation of Companies (INC-7/SPICe-INC-32/URC-1/INC-12). Forms filed by such Directors shall be rejected summarily by the Central Registration Centre(CRC). Further, attention is drawn to the provisions […]
Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has been rolled out. Though teething difficulties are being faced, I am confident that the Government will look into these and endeavour to sort them out. We at ICAI are giving feedback to the Government on the difficulties being faced.
The Government launched a concerted drive against black money with Demonetization being an important step in that direction. Among the main objectives of Demonetization was the flushing out of black money and also conversion of the non-formal economy into a formal economy to expand the tax base. The impact of Demonetization on black money, widening of tax base and Direct Tax Collections is summed up here under:
The Government of India decided to cancel the Legal Tender Status of Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 denomination currency notes on 8th November 2016 with several objectives: (i) flushing out black money, (ii) eliminate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), (iii) to strike at the root of financing of terrorism and left wing extremism, (iv) to convert non-formal economy into a formal economy to expand tax base and employment and (v) to give a big boost to digitalization of payments to make India a less cash economy.
Taking into consideration, the value of SBNs now reported to have been counted, approximately 98.96% of SBNs in value terms have come back to the RBI after demonetization. In other words, only an estimated Rs. 16000 crore worth of SBNs have not come back to the RBI so far.
