INDUSTRY and business chambers are liable to pay service tax. The Central Board of Excise and Customs on Thursday clarified that the trade associations falls within the scope for ‘clubs and association services’. The clarification comes close on the heels of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) getting a show cause notice from the service tax department for Rs 32 71 crore.
The Government recognises the importance of financial reporting in providing essential financial information about the company to its shareholders and other stakeholders, as an integral and important part of good corporate governance. Such information needs to be reliable, free from bias and should enable comparison on the basis of common benchmarks. This, in turn, necessitates an appropriate, financial reporting system in the form of accounting standards that incorporate sound accounting principles and reflect a true picture of the financial health of the company while ensuring legally enforceable accountability.
Exporters will now get tax refund on services provided in relation to sale and purchase of foreign currency under banking and other financial services as well as under foreign exchange broking services from May 16. Service tax refund is also available on the supply of tangible goods, where the right of possession and effective control is not transferred. This will be treated as export if the goods are located outside India during the period of their use by the recipient.
The Supreme Court today said that only chartered or cost accountants will be eligible to audit and certify sales tax returns in bid to prevent evasion. The decision would affect the lawyers specialising in Sales Tax laws and former Sales Tax officers who work as sales tax practitioners.
Income Tax Act Amended by Finance ACT 2008 is now available on the Income Tax Departments website. The Address of the Department Website is as follows:- http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/TaxmannDit/DisplayPage/dpage1.aspx
Taxpayers are to get relief on their tax deducted at source (TDS) obligations with regard to their payments for expenses in March — the last month of the financial year for income-tax purposes. They will now get six months time to deposit the TDS related to payments made in March and also escape disallowance of expense under the Income-Tax law.
A large number of representations have been received from dealers who are not covered by the Notification for filing of e_Return. These dealers made a request and shown their willingness for filing e_Return even though it is not mandatory for them to file e-Return. It is the endeavor of the department to encourage the filing of e_return. Therefore, the request of these dealers is accepted and they were allowed to file e_Return.
The applicant can send an SMS to 53030 with a message containing the word PAN followed by a space and the 15-digit acknowledgment number provided at the time of submission of application i.e., PAN ACKNOWLEDGMENT NUMBER (e.g., PAN 123456789012345 – this is an illustrative acknowledgment number. Actual acknowledgment number should be provided in the SMS).
To check the status of their Income Tax refund, taxpayers can log in at https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/ refundstatuslogin.html . If there is a problem, they can contact the assessing officer or the refund banker, the State Bank of India. In case of any grievance, taxpayers can also contact the additional commissioner in charge of the range or the income tax ombudsman.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) said on Thursday it will launch a course of accounting technicians from April 22 for undergraduate students. “We are launching this course considering that there is a need for second tier of accountants, with so many accounting jobs coming up in the country,” ICAI president Ved Jain told reporters here.
