Articles by Madhukar N Hiregange

Suggestions to FM- CBEC on VCES

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 01 August 2013 7945 Views

Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme VCES Suggestions to make it Successful CA Madhukar N Hiregange The VCES scheme purports to be for the 17 lakhs non filer and non payers. It is a variation of several amnesty scheme we have see

A guide to interaction with Tax departments

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 11 July 2013 16858 Views

Introduction: Though the law and procedures under both service tax and central excise are made user friendly, assessee are still finding difficulties in interaction with the department officials. This may be because of lack of awareness of related

Best Practices - Reply to SCN

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 13 June 2013 18788 Views

The service tax law has resulted in a large number of disputes [ more than 1 lakhs + pending as on date] mainly due to the fact that the law is changing frequently and drafting has been seen to have many loose ends. The trigger happy attitude of so

Place of Provision of Service - Including Issues

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 11 June 2013 39161 Views

Introduction Under earlier method of taxation (positive list based) the services which were provided in India were taxable, without any distinction of f

Reverse- Joint Charge - Possible Way Out

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 07 June 2013 12410 Views

Reverse- Joint Charge Under Service Tax- Possible Way Out CA Madhukar N Hiregange The common citizen, the trader [ big & small] , small scale service providers, manufacturers who in normal course are not providing services would not be registere

Impact of Service Tax on Different Audits

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 29 May 2013 83639 Views

This article provides some inputs on what care a CA should take or at least shouldbe aware when conducting the tax audit, internal audit or statutary audit. We have included some

Arrest - Prosecution Under Central Excise & Service Tax

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 28 May 2013 49724 Views

The recent announcement on arrest has seen a flurry of activity to those wh

Analysis of recent decision in Service Tax

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 28 May 2013 50161 Views

SERVICE TAX Analysis of Recent Judgments The professional who wishes to practice in service tax or take care of service tax in compani

Basic Understanding of Service

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 19 April 2013 24152 Views

Introduction on Service Tax- Negative List, Levy of Service Tax, Exemption CA Madhukar N.Hiregange Introduction Service tax w

Service Tax Refunds - Exporters - Status Check

Posted by Madhukar N Hiregange 11 April 2013 30412 Views

Refund of Cenvat Credit Service Exporters Background The service exporters have been enabled to get the cenvat credit on capital goods, inputs and input services incurred in providing the servic