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Sabka Vishwas - Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme notified; to be operationalized from 1st September 2019 Government expects Scheme to be availed by large number of taxpayers for closing their pending disputes relating to legacy Service Tax and Central Excise cases In the Union Budget 2019-20, the Hon’ble Finance Minister announced the Sabka Vishwas-Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2019. The Scheme has now been notified and will be operationalized from 1s..

Recently, the issue of levibility of Service Tax on reimbursements on electricity expenses received from the occupants of a complex came before a Single Member ..

The issue of taxability of out-of-pocket expenses has always been a matter of litigation. Before April, 2006 there was no specific provision to this effect. How..

Executive Summary Section 16 of CAG's (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into consolidated fund of India and to satisfy that the rules and procedures are designed to secure an effective check on the assessment, collection and proper allocation of revenue and are being duly observed. We examined functions of Service Tax Department relating to scrutiny, internal audit etc. and verified records of assessees, which form the basis for tax calculation, to examine the extent of effectiveness of the..

CBEC to Redistribute Cases in Jurisdictions to Reduce Pendency of Cases With Commissioners (Appeal) In order to clear the pendency of cases as on 30th June 2017 before the Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax (Appeals), the CBEC will redistribute the cases pending in the jurisdiction of a Principal Chief Commissioner / Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax, among other Commissioner rank officers posted in that jurisdiction. A notification an..

Finance Minister Sh Arun Jaitley writes to State Chief Ministers to reduce burden of Value Added Tax on Petroleum Products used for manufacturing  The Union Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley has written to State Chief Ministers urging the States to reduce burden of Value Added Tax (VAT) on Petroleum Products used as inputs in making of goods after the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The letter by Finance Minister h..

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB- SECTION (i)]  GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  MINISTRY OF FINANCE  (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)  (CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS)  Notification No. 18 /2017- Service Tax  New Delhi, the 22nd June, 2017  1 Ashadha , 1939 Saka    G.S.R. (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of..

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECTTAXES) NOTIFICATION NO. 44/2017 New Delhi, the 5th June, 2017  INCOME-TAX S.O. 1790(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (v) of the Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax ..

The Service Tax has been levied through the Finance Act, 1994 and Service Tax Rules, 1994.Currently, the rate of service tax is 15%...

F.No.137/99/2011-Service Tax  Government of India  Ministry of Finance  Department of Revenue  Central Board of Excise & Customs  Service Tax Wing  New Delhi, dated the 25th April, 2017    ORDER NO: 1 /2017-Service Tax  In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule(4) of rule 7 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, the Central Board of Excise & Customs hereby extends..

Utilities for e-filing Service Tax Returns (ST-3 & ST3C) for the period October, 2016-March, 2017 are now available in both offline and online version. The last date of filing the ST-3/ST3C return for the said period is 25th April, 2017. To avoid congestion and inconvenience in the last minute, all assesses are requested to file their ST-3/ST3C return for the said period immediately and not to wait till the last date. The assesses can file return either online or use the offline utility by downloading the latest version from "http://acesdownload.ni..

Taxability on Educational Institutes under service tax..