CENVAT CREDIT ON SET TOP BOX
Posted Date : 11-Jul-2016 , 06:10:04 pm | Posted By
CA. PIYUSH KAPOOR
CENVAT CREDIT ON SET TOP BOX INTRODUCTION
Service providers have at least a Telephone in their office. They are paying service tax on the telephone charges. The service tax on telephone charges becomes a part of the cost for the service provider. When he collects service tax from the c...
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NO KRISHI KALYAN CESS ON DEBTORS AS ON 13th MAY’ 2016 (PART -2)
Posted Date : 01-Jun-2016 , 11:10:38 am | Posted By
Raman Singla
NO KRISHI KALYAN CESS ON DEBTORS AS ON 13th MAY’ 2016 (PART -2)
Read more at: http://www.casansaar.com/article-submit.htmlThe enabling provisions for KRISHI KALYAN CESS (KKC) are contained in Chapter – VI of Finance Act’ 2016. As per the provisions, KKC shall be applicable at 0.5...
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Krishi Kalyan Cess w.e.f. 01/06/2016
Posted Date : 27-May-2016 , 05:35:23 pm | Posted By
Vishal Shah
As you are aware that the Finance Act, 2016 has increased the service tax rate to include a new cess, namely Krishi Kalyan Cess, which is applicable w.e.f. 01/06/2016. The effective rate of service tax for all new services provided after 01/06/2016 shall be as below:
Service Tax  ...
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Rule 6(3): Cenvat Credit Rules
Posted Date : 22-Apr-2016 , 10:44:07 pm | Posted By
Sunil Kumar
CENVAT CREDIT AVAILABLE VS CENVAT CREDIT TAKEN
ALARMING AMENDMENT IN RULE 6(3) OF CENVAT CREDIT RULES
(a) A manufacturer who manufactures two classes of goods namely:-
Non exempted goods removed
Exempted goods removed
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(b) a provider of output service who provides two c...
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Service Tax RCM on Works Contract
Posted Date : 25-Mar-2016 , 12:27:55 pm | Posted By
Pankaj Jaiswal
Date : 19.03.2016
M/s. ABC LLP ( Service Provider )
M/s. XYZ Limited ( Service Recipient )
Ref: Service Tax on Works Contract and RCM
Opinion
Before giving opinion on the issues it will be useful to refer the questions related with this transaction. Assume ABC is...
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Know about Service Tax
Posted Date : 15-Feb-2016 , 10:48:41 am | Posted By
Service tax is an indirect tax levied by the Central Government on taxable services provided. The concept of service tax in India has been introduced in 1994 by making provisions in the Finance Act, 1994. Service tax registration is mandatory for every person or business providing taxable services o...
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Margin earned by franchisees on sale of SIM cards/recharge coupons not liable to Service tax
Posted Date : 10-Feb-2016 , 11:15:33 am | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Chotey Lal Radhey Shyam Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax, Lucknow [2015 (64) taxmann.com 399 (Allahabad – CESTAT)] Facts: Chotey Lal Radhey Shyam (“the Appellant”) was appointed as a franchisee for Lucknow by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (“BSNL”), ...
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Charges and taxes levied on the foods served in the Restaurant
Posted Date : 06-Jan-2016 , 12:00:33 pm | Posted By
POOJA
Charges and taxes levied on the foods served in the Restaurant: Service Charges: This is the charges levied by the restaurant as the payment for the services rendered like serving the foods etc. This charge is not levied by the government and is collected by the owner themselves. Levyi...
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REASONS FOR SERVICE TAX RETURN GETTING REJECTED...!!!
Posted Date : 29-Dec-2015 , 11:47:02 am | Posted By
Raman Singla
Some Service Tax returns gets rejected after uploading of the XML file for the ST3 return, mainly due to the following reasons:-
Incorrect selection of return type – whether it is Original or Revised return.
When the Financial Year and the Period of Return are different in the XML file a...
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Cenvat credit is admissible even though the Appellant was not registered with the Service Tax Department at the time of availing input services
Posted Date : 08-Dec-2015 , 09:33:23 pm | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Cenvat credit is admissible even though the Appellant was not registered with the Service Tax Department at the time of availing input services
India Housing Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise, Lucknow [2015 (11) TMI 1422 – CESTAT NEW DELHI]
Facts:
India Housing (“the Appellant&...
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Services Which is exempt from Service Tax (Symbiosis Society Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise, Pune III)
Posted Date : 27-Nov-2015 , 10:20:29 am | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Courses in : (i) Mass Communication, (ii) International Business Management, (iii) Telecom Management, (iv) Information Technology, (v) Management Studies, (vi) Geo-informatics and (vii) Operational Management are 'vocational courses' and therefore, exempt from Service tax.
Symbiosis Soci...
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Free warranty services provided by vehicle-dealers to vehicle-buyers out of their dealer's margin/handling charges is not liable to Service tax
Posted Date : 26-Nov-2015 , 01:35:06 pm | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Free warranty services provided by vehicle-dealers to vehicle-buyers out of their dealer's margin/handling charges is not liable to Service tax
Chowgule Industries (P.) Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise, Pune-III [2015 (63) taxmann.com 6 (Mumbai - CESTAT)]
In the instant case, Chowgu...
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THREE NEW & MAJOR NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED FOR SWACHH BHARAT CESS
Posted Date : 13-Nov-2015 , 10:56:17 pm | Posted By
Raman Singla
We carried the article on our website titled “Swachh Bharat Cess – Not so Swachh” containing the issues that needs to be settled by the board relating to Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC). The Board acted proactively and responded even when we all our busy with our diwali celebration...
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“SWACHH BHARAT CESS - NOT SO SWACHHâ€
Posted Date : 12-Nov-2015 , 07:27:11 pm | Posted By
Raman Singla
The thrust of Modi Government towards clean India has made the government to impose Swachh Bharat Cess. With the objective of financing and promoting Swachh Bharat initiatives, enabling provisions were made in the Finance Bill’ 2015 to empower the Central Government to impose a Swachh Bharat C...
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Service Tax on SIM Cards
Posted Date : 05-Nov-2015 , 01:39:04 am | Posted By
VINAMAR GUPTA
In this article an attempt has been made to consolidate the important developments of service tax law on taxability of SIM card transactions
Amount received for subscription of SIM card is exigible to service tax only
The charges paid by the subscribers for procuring a SIM Card are gen...
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TREATMENT OF EDUCATION CESS – DECENT NOTIFICATION FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS
Posted Date : 01-Nov-2015 , 08:11:46 pm | Posted By
Raman Singla
As per the amendment made by Finance Act’ 2015, the rate of service tax has been increased from 12.36% to 14% w.e.f. 01.06.2015. In this respect the issue which arise is that “Whether the cenvat credit of education cess which is available on 31st May’ 2015 and cannot be ful...
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Credit of EC & SHEC can be used for payment of Service tax
Posted Date : 30-Oct-2015 , 02:15:39 pm | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Dear Professional Colleague,
Credit of EC & SHEC can be used for payment of Service tax
With the underlying theme of setting the stage for Goods and Services Tax (“GST”), the Union Budget, 2015 had proposed to do away with the Education Cess (EC) and Secondary and Higher Educatio...
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GST KNOWLEDGEÂ SERIES #5: TAXES TO BE SUBSUMED IN GST
Posted Date : 04-Sep-2015 , 12:47:11 pm | Posted By
Chitresh
GST is commonly described as indirect, comprehensive, broad based consumption Tax. The Dual GST which would be implemented in India will subsume many consumption taxes. The objective is to remove the multiplicity of tax levies thereby reducing the complexity and remove the effect of Tax Cascading. ...
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Service Tax – Point of Taxation Rules, 2011
Posted Date : 15-Aug-2015 , 07:57:28 pm | Posted By
CA Jai Kishan
Service Tax – Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 By CA. Jai Kishan Introduction:
The Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as “the POT Rules”) were notified on March 1, 2011 and have been amended from time to time. As mentioned in my earlier Article, service tax is o...
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Service Tax in India: Brief History and Meaning of “Serviceâ€
Posted Date : 15-Aug-2015 , 10:04:43 am | Posted By
CA Jai Kishan
Service Tax in India: Brief History and Meaning of “Service”
By CA. Jai Kishan
Brief History:
The Service Tax was introduced in India around 21 years back on July 1, 1994 at the recommendations of Dr. Raja Chelliah Committee on tax reforms. The introduction of this levy i...
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Service Tax code verification online
Posted Date : 13-Aug-2015 , 02:24:40 pm | Posted By
Nimisha
Service tax code verification can be done online using simple 3 steps. It is helpful to determine the genuineness of the party whom we are paying service tax. Here, we have explained the manner of verification of service tax number and basics of service tax number.
SERVICE TAX CODE VERIFICA...
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Revenue Neutrality
Posted Date : 30-Jul-2015 , 12:29:22 pm | Posted By
Puneet Gupta
Piramal Healthcare Ltd Vs CCE&ST, Indore -2015(38)STR 1162(Tri-Del)
In this case, the appellant was required to pay Service Tax under reverse charge mechanism. After that they have paid the Service Tax in time, same was available to them as Cenvat Credit. By not paying the Service T...
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GST Knowledge Series #3: GST Rate; An Unresolved Issue
Posted Date : 29-Jul-2015 , 03:20:00 pm | Posted By
Chitresh
One of the crucial issue for successful implementation of GST relates to the determination of the GST rate. Since the GST is primarily intended as an exercise in reforming the consumption tax in India and not an exercise for additional resource mobilisation through discretionary changes, the CGST an...
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CBEC issues guidelines for detailed manual scrutiny of ST-3 Returns w.e.f. August 1, 2015
Posted Date : 08-Jul-2015 , 06:00:47 pm | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Dear Professional Colleague, CBEC issues guidelines for detailed manual scrutiny of ST-3 Returns w.e.f. August 1, 2015 Background: The Central Board of Excise and Customs (“CBEC” or “the Board”) vide Circular No. 113/07/2009-ST dated April 23, 2009 had laid down the proced...
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Rejection Order passed by Designated Authority under VCES is appealable
Posted Date : 01-Jul-2015 , 03:14:19 pm | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Dear Professional Colleague, Rejection Order passed by Designated Authority under VCES is appealable We are sharing with you an important judgement of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in the case of the Narasimha Mills Pvt. Ltd. Vs. the Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) and the Assist...
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Service Tax - Some Important judgment of Service Tax
Posted Date : 18-Jun-2015 , 11:55:21 am | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Dear Professional Colleague, We are sharing with you some important judgment of Service Tax on the following issue: 1. Refund admissible even when services were not notified on the date of export but were duly notified on the date of claiming refund ​Fazlani Expor...
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Service Tax - Some Important judgment of Service Tax
Posted Date : 11-Jun-2015 , 07:32:12 pm | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Dear Professional Colleague, We are sharing with you some important judgment of Service Tax on the following issue: 1. Method of computation of value U/R 6(3A) of the Credit Rules in respect of Input services used for trading cannot be applied for period prior to April 1, 2011 – Value ...
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ANALYSIS OF RCM FOR MANPOWER SUPPLY SERVICES OR SECURITY SERVICES 31.05.15
Posted Date : 31-May-2015 , 11:14:34 pm | Posted By
Puneet Goyal
ANALYSIS OF REVERSE CHARGE MECHANISM IN RESPECT OF MANPOWER SUPPLY SERVICES OR SECURITY SERVICES DATED 31.05.2015 (Before proceeding further please read the disclaimer at the bottom of this write up) As we all know that after introduction of negative list approach, in respect of above ...
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Export condition fulfilled even if payment is received in Indian Rupees
Posted Date : 29-May-2015 , 03:16:26 pm | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Dear Professional Colleague, Export condition fulfilled even if payment is received in Indian Rupees We are sharing with you an important judgment of the Hon’ble Mumbai Tribunal, in the case of Sun-Area Real Estate Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai-I [2015-TIOL-956-CESTA...
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Taxability of newly taxable services from June 1, 2015
Posted Date : 21-May-2015 , 02:20:29 pm | Posted By
CA Bimal Jain
Dear Professional Colleague, Taxability of newly taxable services from June 1, 2015 The Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue vide Notification No. 14/2015-ST dated May 19, 2015 has notified that the following changes in relation to the Negative List of services contained under Section 66D of...
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