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Drafting an Effective Opinion

  Madhukar N Hiregange    04 June 2010 at 13:13

DRAFTING AN EFFECTIVE OPINION By Madhukar N Hiregange



Composite contracts - Service Tax leviable on service element

  MONISH BHALLA    28 May 2010 at 15:42

Strange are the ways Tribunals of this country behave, reversing judgments has been on a spree and this time it’s a seven year old CESTAT judgment in the Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd. vs. CCE, Vadodara (CEO 2003 CESTAT 14), which ruled the issue o



Renting Immovable Property : Are We headed for more confusion

  Nimish Goel    26 May 2010 at 11:45

Delhi High Court decision on Renting of Immovable Property_ More Developments By: Nimish Goel The Delhi High Court in a Writ Petition filed by Home Solutions Retail Ltd has granted a stay from recovery of Service tax under the recently amended entr



Container detention charges not liable for Service Tax

  MONISH BHALLA    20 May 2010 at 11:51

The quantum of export and import determine the fiscal health of a nation. A hassle-free system and absence of bureaucratic approach, is a barometer for measuring the economic altitude a country has achieved. Government policies should be such that e



8 new services brought under the ambit of Service Tax

  MONISH BHALLA    13 May 2010 at 12:16

Which new services have been brought under the ambit of Service Tax with effect from May 8, 2010, i.e. the date of enactment of the Finance Act, 1994 (14 of 2010)? The Union finance minister had introduced the Finance Bill, 2010 in the Lok Sabha on



IPL sponsors contest service tax notices

  MONISH BHALLA    08 May 2010 at 14:14

Matter likely to be litigated, with officials agreeing the law was unclear in the earlier editions of the IPL. The Union finance ministry may have to battle it out in court with the sponsors of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament to



What you wanted to know about the complexities of Cenvat

  MONISH BHALLA    29 April 2010 at 10:57

What are the obligations of manufacturer of dutiable and exempted goods and provider of taxable and exempted services under Cenvat Credit Rules 2004 - Rule 6? Goods and Service Tax may prove to be a giant step to crease out t



Pranab's balancing act:Service tax simplified to tap ULIP

  MONISH BHALLA    16 April 2010 at 12:45

Finance minister lends a friendly hand to the ULIP and milks more service tax revenue from other In this age of liberalisation and global policies, the role of the regularity authorities becomes far more crucial. Unit Link Insurance Policy- ULIP is a



Service tax of Rs10 lakh and above must be paid by e-mode

  MONISH BHALLA    07 April 2010 at 11:29

Service tax payment by big tax-payers enters electronic Era In this era of information technology, business is bound to be at the speed of thought and the government does not wish to lag behind. Manual payments through bank challans and other conv



Budget 2010- Issues in Service Tax

  Madhukar N Hiregange    05 April 2010 at 10:20

BUDGET 2010 - ISSUES IN SERVICE TAX By CA Madhukar N Hiregange & Srikantha Rao T This year’s budget has introduced quite a few changes in service tax. Though there are hardly any significant changes in terms of procedures and administ