Indirect Tax applicability to software industry

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 24-11-2015
  • Writers: CA Madhukar N Hiregange, CA Roopa Nayak

Impact of imposition of Swachh Bharat Cess: FAQs

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 23-11-2015
  • Writer: CA Ashish Chaudhary

This festive season, service sector has witnessed imposition of Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) in very hasty move by government. It was promised at the time of the budget that it would only be imposed on some services. Govt has gone back on its word. Further they have been left with very little time to prepare for this new tax. This owed to lack of clarity over various issues, holiday period and limited time between issuance of notification for levy and actual levy. Trade and industry had insisted...

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Impact of imposition of Swachh Bharat Cess: FAQs

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 23-11-2015
  • Writer: CA Ashish Chaudhary

Value Addition - Service Tax

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 22-11-2015
  • Writer: CA Madhukar N Hiregange

In the next recent times we have seen margins getting squeezed and competitiveness increasing. Indirect tax constitutes around 25-30% of the top line in the manufacturing industries and 10-15% in Services. Indirect Tax laws are unfortunately different in their applicability and there are a number of restrictions on the credits in respect of capital goods, inputs and input services. Tax laws in India are ever changing and quite complicated. The tax administrators as well as the Internal...

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Cenvat Credit to Manufacturer on Input Services

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 22-11-2015
  • Writers: CA Madhukar N Hiregange, CA Roopa Nayak

Value Addition - Service Tax

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 22-11-2015
  • Writer: CA Madhukar N Hiregange

Cenvat Credit to Manufacturer on Inputs Issues Part

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 21-11-2015
  • Writers: CA Madhukar N Hiregange, CA Roopa Nayak

Introduction:

The Cenvat credit scheme is beneficial scheme the intention of which is to allow the manufacturer of dutiable

goods as well as the provider of taxable services to avail eligible credit. In this article the paper writer examines the eligibility to credit on inputs to a manufacturer of final products.

CENVAT credit rules have unified the credit available on goods and services. With effect from 10.09.2004 the scope had been enlarged by amending the CENVAT credit rules...

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Cenvat Credit to Manufacturer on Inputs - Issues - Part

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 21-11-2015
  • Writers: CA Madhukar N Hiregange, CA Roopa Nayak

Cenvat Credit to Manufacturer on Input Services

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 06-11-2015
  • Writers: CA Madhukar N Hiregange, CA Roopa Nayak

Introduction:

Cenvat credit rules 2004 has merged  the credit of service tax paid on input services and of excise duty on inputs and capital goods. consequently the same set of rules applies to both a manufacturer and also to a service provider. However the credit availability to manufacturer is substantially more than that available to the service providers. 

A manufacturer could avail credit of service tax paid on eligible input services and a service provider could also avail...

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Indirect Tax Latest Judicial Precedents November 2015

  • Category: Erstwhile Indirect Tax Laws
  • Date: 01-11-2015
  • Writers: CA Ashish Chaudhary, CA Rajesh Kumar T R

SUPREME COURT

1. Both inputs and final products are entitled for rebate under Rule 18 of Central Excise Rules (M/s Spentex Industries Ltd 2015-TIOL-239-SC-CX)

  • Background: Assessee filed claim of rebate on finished goods as well as material used in manufacture of final products. Department denied rebate claim stating that only one of the claim is admissible as Rule 18 of Central Excise Rules uses the word “OR” between two type of rebates.  
  • Issue: Whether rebate claim can be...
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