Eight states of Northeast region are among the states which are likely to benefit from the GST rollout on the midnight of June 30th and July 1st. Contrary to certain misconceived notions in certain quarters, GST will offer these States an opportunity to realize fiscal growth in tandem with the more developed states of India and thus make up for their own shortcomings.
CBDT entered into Five Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreement with Indian taxpayers during June, 2017. A Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement (involving United Kingdom) was also signed during the month.
With the objective of ensuring smooth rollout of GST and taking into account the feedback received from the trade and industry regarding the provisions of deduction of tax at Source under Section 51 of the CGST / SGST Act 2017 and collection of tax at source under Section 52 of the CGST / SGST Act 2017, the following has been decided :-
As you are kindly aware, the existing Accounting Standards (AS) and the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) are based on the IFRS issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The IASB, before issuing the new/amendments to IASs, issues the Exposure Draft for public comments.
With effect from July 1, 2017, all the TIN-FC may collect the fees as per the following schedule from deductors/collectors/ filers/Accounts Officers/applicants along-with GST and other levies as applicable as clarified in the circular- NSDL/TIN/2017/009.: S. No. Particulars Existing charges (Inclusive of 14% Service Tax, 0.50% Swachh Bharat Cess and 0.50% Krishi Kalyan Cess) (`) Fees (`Rs.) […]
Invitation for Expression of interest (EOI) from software development companies for providing software relevant to the Practitioners & CA Firms of ICAI by July 31, 2017
Cabinet expresses Gratitude to State CMs and others for their cooperation in introduction of GST The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has passed a resolution expressing gratitude to Chief Ministers of States and others for their cooperation in introduction of GST. “GST is the biggest tax reform in independent India. […]
Regulation 22 and other applicable provisions of IA Regulations are proposed to be amended as under: i. There shall be clear segregation between the investment advisory activities and distribution/execution services. An entity offering investment advisory services shall not be permitted to offer distribution/execution services.
Complaint against Journalist Ms, Rana Ayyub under Section 3(r) and Section 3(u) of The Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for insulting and humiliating Hon’ble Governor of Bihar and N.D.A.-Nominee for post of Hon’ble president of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind ji.
As of today, all the States and Union Territories (having assemblies), except the State of Jammu & Kashmir, have approved the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Act. The State of Kerala issued an Ordinance today approving State GST Act while the State of West Bengal had issued an Ordinance in this regard on 15th June, 2017.
