NOTIFICATION NO. 47/2015-Customs, (N.T.), Dated: May 21, 2015 Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 22nd May, 2015 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
The Finance Minister in his Budget speech, while introducing the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2014, had made an announcement that range concept for determination of ALP would be introduced in the Indian transfer pricing regime however, the arithmetic mean concept will continue to apply where the number of comparables is inadequate.
The Bank has prescribed that the valuation of gold jewellery for arriving at the Loan-To-Value (LTV) shall be done at the average of the closing price of 22 carat gold for the preceding 30 days as quoted by the Bombay Bullion Association Ltd. (BBA). On a review, it has been decided that NBFCs may also use the historical spot gold price data publicly disseminated by a commodity exchange regulated by the Forward Markets Commission.
The Finance Act, 2015 (20 of 2015) has Inserted a new section 192A regarding the payment of accumulated provident fund balance due to an employee. The Provision Shall Take effect from 01st June 2015. Income Tax should be deducted at source (TDS) at the following rates if at the time of payment of the accumulated PF balance is more than or equal to Rs. 30,000/-, with service than 5 years:-
NOTIFICATION NO. 19/2015-Customs (ADD), Dated: May 20, 2015 Seeks to levy definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of Sodium Citrate, originating in or exported from China PR for a period of five years.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, while responding to the discussions on the Finance Bill in Rajya Sabha on 7th May, 2015, had announced the constitution of a Committee headed by Justice A.P. Shah to look into the issue of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on
Import of High Speed Diesel (HSD) and Light diesel oil (LDO), brought on board in the old ships / vessels for purpose of breaking, and which are incidental to such ships / vessels, is free.
Notification No. 15/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated: May 19, 2015- Amends notification no. 12/2014 CE(NT) – Refund of Unutilized Cenvat Credit under Rule 5B of Cenvat Credit to the Service Provider – No refund in respect of supply of manpower for any purpose or security services w.e.f. 1-6-2015
Notification No. 14/2015-Central Excise (N.T.)), Dated: May 19, 2015 Amends Rule 6 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 – Rate of amount of reversal of Credit increased from 6% to 7% with effect from 1st of June, 2015.
The Trade Circular 5T of 2015 was issued to explain the procedure in detail for new registration under The Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 and The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956.
