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Section 35-F of central excise act, 1944

Posted by Prabhat Kumar 10 July 2015 21581 Views

Law has always been a dynamic subject and so is the interpretation of law. Section 35F of the Central Excise Acts provides deposit of “certain percentage of duty demanded or penalty imposed before filing of the appeal”. Earlier in this se

ICAI must oppose GST in present form

Posted by CA Anil Garg 10 July 2015 22811 Views

Goods and Services Tax (GST) being implemented, is held out to be the biggest tax reform in India since independence. As an entrepreneur, I find it a complete farce and colossal waste of opportunity while still incurring huge cost of implementation t

Requirement of Actuarial Valuation services in compliance of AS 15

Posted by Tikaram Chaudhary 09 July 2015 21796 Views

The article given below may help you to understand the requirement of actuarial valuation services in compliance of AS-15 (Revised 2005) under various employee benefits plans such as Gratuity, Leave Encashment , Pension, etc. :-Accounting & Discl

CBEC issues guidelines for detailed manual scrutiny of ST-3 Returns w.e.f. August 1, 2015

Posted by Bimal Jain 09 July 2015 16702 Views

Dear Professional Colleague,CBEC issues guidelines for detailed manual scrutiny of ST-3 Returns w.e.f. August 1, 2015Background:The Central Board of Excise and Customs (�CBEC� or �the Board�) vide Circular No. 113/07/2009-ST d

Pay as you earn scheme of advance tax

Posted by CA Kumar Kedia 08 July 2015 55927 Views

In today's Scenario, the collection of advance tax by Government of India amounts to a big share in the revenue of Indian Economy. Advance tax is paid in the year in which income is received. There

Manufacture under Central Excise Act

Posted by CMA Poornima Madhava 08 July 2015 23138 Views

The term manufacture refers to a process involving the conversion of an input into a completely different output.As per section 2(f) of Central Excise Act, 1944 (CEA), manufacture includes any process: Incidental or ancillary to the completion of a m

ST - Reverse charge mechanism

Posted by CA Sujeet Kumar 08 July 2015 25083 Views

In 2012, Govt. of India has changed the overall taxation of Service tax and that time they had presented a different taxation method to levy service tax on services which was negative List Based taxation method. All the services except services provi

Story of independent directors

Posted by Amitav Ganguly 08 July 2015 11627 Views

Background Ideally speaking Independent Directors play crucial roles in the governance of their companies. They bring in valuable, independent and objective judgements, views and opinions to the Board of Directors, {in short, the Board}, raise import

CBEC specifies conditions and safeguards for issuing digitally signed invoices and maintaining e-records

Posted by Bimal Jain 08 July 2015 8289 Views

Dear Professional Colleague,CBEC specifies conditions and safeguards for issuing digitally signed invoices and maintaining e-recordsBackground:The Service Tax Rules, 1994 (�the Service Tax Rules�) were amended vide Notification No. 5/2015