Taxation - Corporate Law Reporter

Customs Duty on Articles of Jewellery, Gold and Silver wares revised

As part of measures to contain the current account deficit, the customs duty on gold has been revised upwards periodically in the past two years. Prior to 17th January 2012, the import duty on standard gold (of purity 99.5% & above) was Rs. 300 per 10 gm. The duty was raised to 2% w.e.f. 17th… Read More

Commencement Notification CA2013 :: National Company Law Tribunal :: Section 414 :: Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Members

Chapter XXVII-National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal (407 - 434) Section 414- Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Members The salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the Members of the Tribunal and the Appellate Tribunal shall be such as may be prescribed: Provided that neither the… Read More

Quarterly Advance Tax Payment :: Banks to remain open

All Designated Branches of Authorized Banks to Function on 14th and 15th September, 2013 (Saturday & Sunday) All designated branches of authorized banks have been asked to function on 14th and 15th September, 2013 (Saturday & Sunday) to accept advance tax payments. If any tax payer fails to pay the advance tax on 14th/15th September,… Read More

Delhi High Court judgment issues seven Mandamus for action by the Income Tax Department

INSTRUCTION NO. 12/2013 DATED 9-9-2013 Hon'ble Delhi High Court vide its judgment in case Court On Its Own Motion v. UOI in W.P.(C) 2659/2012, dated 14.3.2013 has issued seven Mandamus for action by the Income Tax Department. One Mandamus is on compliance of section 245 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. 2. The Hon'ble High Court in this context had issued… Read More

Income-tax ( 15th Amendment) Rules, 2013

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (ii)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) Notification No. 68/2013 New Delhi, the day of 4th September, 2013 INCOME-TAX S.O. 2668(E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 115TAread with section 295 of… Read More

DVAT Circular w.r.t. Filing of Annexure 2 C and Annexure 2D

GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & TAXES VYAPAR BHAWAN : I.P.ESTATE: NEW DELHI -110 002 No.F.7(420)/VAT/Policy/2011/2424-30 Dated: 06-09-2013 CIRCULAR No. 14 of 2013-14 Sub: Filing… Read More

DVAT Notification w.r.t. Online submission of Form DP1 – Latest by 16th Oct

GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & TAXES VYAPAR BHAWAN : I.P.ESTATE: NEW DELHI -110 002 No.F.3(352)/VAT/Policy/2011/751-762 … Read More

Income Tax Surveys at Jaipur Result in Detection of Undisclosed Income of Rs. 118 Crore

A Survey action was conducted by the Income Tax Department at Jaipur on 03.09.2013 in the case of a leading Builder and Developer of Jaipur which resulted in the detection of the additional income of Rs. 95.14 crores. The assessee not only admitted the said additional income but also furnished the post dated cheques of… Read More

Salient Features of Service Tax VCES – Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme 2013

Finance Act 2013 has announced VCES 2013 to provide an opportunity to a person to pay service tax, which he was required to pay, but was not paid; and the same was not detected by tax department as on 1st March, 2013. Under the scheme, the person will get exemption from payment of Interest and Penalty… Read More

Direct Tax Collections for August Quarter up by 14.43%

Gross direct tax collections during April-August of the Financial Year 2013-14 is up by 14.43 percent at Rs.1,88,193 crore as against Rs. 1,64,463 crore in the same period last year. While gross collection of Corporate taxes has shown an increase of 11.72 percent and stood at Rs. 1,08,075 crore as against Rs. 96,738 crore in… Read More

Repeated Retrospective Amendments

It is a fundamental principle of tax law is that the law which is to be applied has to be the once which is in force during the assessment year, unless provided otherwise expressly or impliedly.[1] This applies to charging sections and other substantive provisions but does not apply to procedural provisions,[2] but a procedural… Read More

DVAT :: Amendment of earlier circular w.r.t. Republic of Congo

(TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART IV OF THE DELHI GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY) GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & TAXES VYAPAR BHAWAN : I.P.ESTATE: NEW DELHI -110 002 No.F.5(54)/P-II/VAT/2012-2013/719-731 Dated: 02/09/13 NOTIFICATION In partial modification of this department™s Notification No.5(54)/PolicyII/VAT/2012-13/28-39 dated 03/04/2013, the Entry No. mentioned against ˜Republic of Congo™ may be read… Read More

Central Excise Notification No. 26/2013 – Insertions and Substitutions of items w.r.t. Defence supplies

[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) Notification No. 26/2013-Central Excise New Delhi, the 30th August, 2013 G.S.R. 587 (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central… Read More