CORPORATE TAX UPDATE FOR 29th OCTOBER 2015 DIRECT TAXES INCOME TAX India to apply 5% withholding tax to offshore rupee bonds Oct 28, 2015 India will apply a 5 percent withholding tax to offshore rupee bonds for foreign investors, in line with the rate applied to domestic debt, Manoj Joshi, joint secretary at the country’s finance …
FAQ ON COMPUTATION OF AGRICULTURAL INCOME AS PER INCOME TAX ACT- Do Interest on arrears of rent qualify as Agricultural Income and will this be exempt from tax? Sometimes, a tenant could slip up on rent or revenue payments (either in cash or kind) and have to pay arrears. If the landlord charges interest on …
AGRICULTURE INCOME IS EXEMPT UNDER THE INDIAN INCOME TAX ACT. Agricultural Income :Agriculture income is exempt under the Indian Income Tax Act. This means that income earned from agricultural operations is not taxed. The reason for exemption of agriculture income from Central Taxation is that the Constitution gives exclusive power to make laws with respect to taxes …
CORPORATE BULLETINS FOR THE MONTH OF OCT 2015 Direct Tax CBDT asks AOs to compare tax returns of mining Cos with annual returns to ascertain suppressed stock The assessees engaged in the business of mining are required to file a Annual Return with Indian Bureau of Mines (‘IBM’)(Form H-1 in case of Iron Ore mining …
YOGA,MEDITATION CLASSES AND CATEGORY OF HEALTH AND FITNESS SERVICES ARE TAXABLE UNDER SERVICE TAX. Recently, in the matter of Malabar Hill Citizens Forum Versus Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai, 2015 (9) TMI 789, Mumbai CESTAT held that amounts collected for conducting Aerobics and Yoga classes would fall under Health & Fitness Services and accordingly would be …
REFUND PROCEDURE of SERVICE TAX PAID ON INPUT SERVICE – NOTIFICATION 41/2012-ST The Government of India issued a Notification No. 41/2012-Service Tax Date-29.06.2012 to enable the Exporter of Goods/ services to claim the SERVICE TAX what ever they have paid to effect the export of goods beyond the place of removal ( Factory ) to the port of export. …
CORPORATE LAW UPDATE FOR THE MONTH : MCA MCA has notified the New Form AOC – 4 (XBRL) which shall be available for filing w.e.f today, 1st October, 2015. All Companies which are falling under the critiria as prescribed by the MCA are required to file the financials in the XBRL mode only. The recently …
CLARIFICATION REGARDING BINDING NATURE OF CIRCULAR AND INSTRUCTIONS Recently, CBEC issued Circular No. 1006/13/2015-CX dated 21st September,2015 vide F.No.96/90/2015-CX.1 to clarify issues related to binding nature of circular and instructions which are contrary to the judgment(s) delivered by Honble Supreme Court. Circular draws attention towards judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court in case of M/s Ratan …
NEW RELIEF FOR DEVELOPERS IN HARYANA AS RULE 49A Earlier, on 12th August 2014 the Haryana State Government, issued a notification No. S.O. 89/H.A.6/2003/S.60/ 2014, for introducing composition scheme specifically for the builders engaged in the construction activities and inserted Rule 49A for the lump sum payment of VAT by the builders. Although, prior to …
NO TERMED AS SERVICE OF NOTICE – POSITION WHEN DISPATCHING NOTICE AT INCORRECT ADDRESS Recently in case of Ventrapathi Financial Services v. Superintendent of Central Excise (2015), honorable Andhra Pradesh high court held that dispatching of notice at incorrect address could not be deemed as service of notice and accordingly entire proceedings are liable to be set …