Ca Pradeep Jain Introduction:- Since the announcement of the exemption being granted to the levy of Education Cess and SHE Cess by the Finance Minister in Budget 2015-16, the issue as regards the utilisation of the accumulated balance of Education Cess and SHE Cess has been a sensational issue and a topic for discussion among the assessees and … Read more
Introduction:- The binding nature of the Circulars issued by Board is the issue that has been a matter of litigation since inception. There have been a number of decisions on this matter, that too, of Supreme Courts which have added fuel to the fire of litigation. There has been a constant fight between assessees and … Read more
Introduction:- The announcement of the exemption to the levy of Education Cess and SHE Cess levied on Excise duty with effect from 01.03.2015 and that levied on service tax with effect from 01.06.2015 created new hopes in the minds of the assessees as regards ‘Ease of doing business’ with reduction in the compliance procedure for … Read more
Preface:-The moment when it was announced by the Hon’ble Finance Minister that the exemption is being provided to the levy of Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess, there was a sigh of relief that there will be reduction in the rate of service tax. Moreover, it was represented by the trade that the … Read more
Introduction Goods and Services Tax (GST) is said to be the most awaited indirect tax reform of India since independence. Due to much hyped advantages, the industry is eager to welcome GST and so is the Government. On the way forward to GST, government has issued the ‘Report of The Joint Committee on Business Processes … Read more
Introduction- ‘Report of The Joint Committee on Business Processes for GST’ has already been circulated and views have been sought from people at large for suggesting improvements thereupon. This report is divided into three parts namely GST Registration, GST payment process and GST refund process. In this article, some benefits of the proposed payment process … Read more
Introduction- “Sincere” is the word when combined with the word “Effort” makes the road to success as smooth and reliable. Such sincere efforts are being made by the Central Government for paving the path to Good and Services Tax (GST). The government with the aim to implement the GST w.e.f. 1.4.2016 has issued a draft … Read more
Goods and Services Tax (GST), the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2014 tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has already passed in the Lok Sabha. However, due to conflicts between the States and Centre and the reason that the Centre is not having majority in Rajya Sabha; GST bill is lying on the tables of Rajya … Read more
Introduction- Already so controversial bill of Goods and Service Tax (GST) had another controversy attached to it when The Empowered Committee (EC) of State Finance Ministers decided to incorporate Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), a Section 25 (not-for-profit), non-Government, Private Limited Company to provide IT infrastructure for implementation of GST. The main objective associated … Read more
Introduction:- The issue regarding leviability of service tax on remuneration paid to the directors has been matter of concern since 07.08.2012 when reverse charge mechanism was introduced vide notification no. 45/2012-ST dated 07.08.2012 for the service tax liability as regards services provided by a director to a company. The question as regards what kind of … Read more