Name guidelines for reservation of name of the company under Company Act 2013

After getting the DIN of directors, the next steep of the formation of the company is the reservation of name. Once you reserve the name of the company then you can go ahead for formation of the company. Applicant should follow the name guidelines properly to get the name reservation in first attempt. Name guidelines Following … Read more

Maharashtra State additional budget 2014-2015 – highlights of tax proposals

The Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister of Maharashtra state, Ajit Pawar has presented additional budget as on 5th June 2014. Following are the highlights of the additional budget on tax front. Highlights on tax proposal MVAT  Turnover limit for registration under MVAT is increased to 10 lakh from 5 lakh. The dealers whose turnover is less than 10 lakh in … Read more

Service Tax On Legal Services

Legal Service has been defined in Notification No. 25/2012 dated 20th June 2012 as any service provided in relation to advice, consultancy or assistance in any branch of law, in any manner and includes representational services before any court, tribunal or authority. After reading this definition in detail, we can see that legal services include representational … Read more

Service tax on services provided outside India

Earlier, there was no definition for ‘export of service’ under Finance Act, 1994 or the related rules. It was then clarified that service tax is a destination based consumption tax and that it is not applicable on export of services. Then, Export of Services Rules, 2005 were issued for giving a clear idea on export of services. These rules went … Read more

Summary of IAS 18 Revenue recognition

Revenue is income arising in the ordinary course of an entity’s activities and it may be called by different names, such as sales, fees, interest, dividends or royalties. It is important to establish the point at which revenue may be recognized so that the correct treatment can be applied to the related costs. IAS 18 … Read more

Submission of Annexure along with MVAT return is mandatory from 1st April 2014

All the dealers were submitting purchase and sales details in the Annexure annually up to 31st March 2014. From April 2014 onwards dealers are required to submit the annexure along the return.  Sales tax department has taken this step in order to ensure speedy cross verification of input tax credit and faster processing of refund. … Read more