Q 1. What is Goods and Services Tax (GST)? Ans. It is a destination based tax on consumption of goods and services. It is proposed to be levied at all stages right from manufacture up to final consumption with credit of taxes paid at previous stages available as setoff. In a nutshell, only value … Read more
Introduction “Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached” said by Swami Vivekanada seems to be the motto of the Indian government which is relentlessly working on bringing India at Global footing as far as the taxation laws are concerned. Along with India many other nations have joined hands to develop and strengthen the anti- tax … Read more
All the members (aged less than 60 years) who are holding Certificate of Practice (except all those members who are residing abroad) are required to: Complete at least 120 CPE credit hours in a rolling period of three-years. Complete minimum 20 CPE credit hours of structured learning in each calendar year. Balance 60 CPE credit … Read more
The GST Implementation Committee, consisting of State and Central Government officers, has taken a decision to extend the last date for payment of the GST for the month of July 2017 to 25th August, 2017. Earlier the last date for payment of taxes and filing of GST Return in Form 3B for the month of July … Read more
Due to increasing cross border transactions, Transfer pricing has become an important international tax issue affecting the MNCs. One of the most essential and contentious facets of transfer pricing provisions is to derive an accurate ALP. Section 92 of Income Tax Act lays down that any income arising from an international transaction or a specified … Read more
Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance 18-June-2017 18:21 IST Relaxation in return filing procedure for first two months of GST implementation With the objective of ensuring smooth rollout of GST and taking into account the concerns expressed by the trade and industry regarding filing of the returns in GST regime, it has … Read more
Introduction The concept of Secondary Adjustments is introduced in the arena of Transfer Pricing laws by Finance bill 2017 (hereinafter referred as the Bill). A new section 92CE is inserted in the Income Tax Act,1961(hereinafter referred as the Act), giving statutory validity to this concept. The Act encompasses two types of adjustments in case of … Read more
Introduction With the world turning into one global entity, trade and commerce has increased leaps and bounds. Along with the benefits it carries, there are many complex issues which need to be addressed. One of these issues is tax evasion and base erosion. Transnational Enterprises arrange their transactions in a way to evade tax or … Read more
The tweets received by askGST_GoI handle were scrutinized and developed into a short FAQ of 100 tweets. It should be noted that the tweets received or the replies quoted are only for educational and guidance purposes and do not hold any legal validity. S. No. Questions / Tweets Received Replies Registration 1. Does aggregate turnover … Read more
In order to provide for compensation to the States for the loss of revenue arising on account of implementation of the goods and services tax, Compensation Cess is being levied on certain goods and services vide The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017. All the provisions of the said Act have come … Read more