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GOODS AND SERVICE TAX DELAYED, LIKELY BY 2011 ONLY

   17 December 2009 at 17:35

It's official: The goods and service tax (GST) regime, India's biggest-ever tax reforms attempt, scheduled to roll out on April 1, 2010, will miss the deadline by a wide margin. After a meeting in the capital on Wednesday, chairman of the empowered ..

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Penalty should not be imposed if full disclosure of the fact

   17 December 2009 at 09:17

The Delhi Bench of the Income – tax Appellate Tribunal (Delhi Tribunal), in the case of Vertex Customer Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. (the taxpayer) held that exclusion of provision of doubtful debts from the operating expenses being a debatable i ..

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Profession tax rate hiked in Delhi

   10 December 2009 at 21:08

A person earning over Rs 30,000 per month may have to pay a ‘professional tax’ of Rs 100-200 under new tax proposals unveiled by the MCD in its 2010-11 budget, which also envisaged a hike of five per cent in property tax rates. The civic ..

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Royalty paid for certain rights, which are not in the nature

   06 December 2009 at 22:00

The taxpayer was a wholly owned subsidiary of Denso Thermal Systems, Italy. The taxpayer was engaged in the business of manufacturing certain automobile products and selling the same in India and abroad. For the impugned assessment year, the taxpayer ..

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In a effort to maximise revenue CBEC ordered to reopen cases

   05 December 2009 at 18:01

google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);Directions form part of revenue maximisation measures. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has directed its field formations across the country to op ..

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Tax Structure in FPI

   04 December 2009 at 15:20

Thursday, December 03, 2009 The Government has taken necessary steps to rationalize and simplify the tax structure for the food processing industry.100 percent tax exemption for first five assessment years beginning with the initial assessment year i ..

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Finance Act, 2003, which deleted second proviso to section 4

   03 December 2009 at 20:04

SUMMARY OF CASE LAWS. 43B (b) provides that any sum payable by way of contribution to a provident fund etc shall be allowed as a deduction only in the year of payment. The second proviso to s. 43B provided that the sums referred to in s. 43B (b) woul ..

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CBDT issues clarification on procedure for remittances abroa

   01 December 2009 at 10:30

CBDT issues clarification on procedure for remittances abroad by diplomatic missionsThe Government has clarified that while remitting consular receipts abroad, diplomatic missions in India will be required to submit only a self certified undertaking ..

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I-T relief for welfare contributions

   30 November 2009 at 19:17

Granting Income Tax relief to companies for deductions for contributions to provident fund (PF), the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday dismissed over 60 appeals by the commissioner of income tax. The Finance Act 2003, which operated from April 1, 2004, ..

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ITAT gets four new VPs

   26 November 2009 at 10:40

Promotion on performance is a positive signal every organisation whether in private or public sectors intends to send to all stakeholders. This is what the Selection Panel headed by the Supreme Court Judge has also tried to do in the case of ITAT. It ..

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