By Sharanya Mishra and Yogendra Aldak

Swachh Bharat Cess (“SBC”) proposed at the “rate of 2% on all or any services” in Budget Speech on 28th February 2015, was notified vide Notification No. 21/2015-ST and Notification No. 22/2015-ST both dated 6th November 2015 for imposition from 15th November 2015 onwards “just ...

By Sumeet Khurana

Purpose of section 197

Provisions relating to deduction of tax at source (‘TDS’) do offer the government a good tool of efficient tax recovery but unless counterbalanced with a measure like Section 197, can become a weapon of oppression.  Thus, to ensure that taxpayers who don&rs...

By  Aayush Singla

In the case of State of Punjab v. Nokia India Pvt Ltd (2014-VIL-23-SC), the Supreme Court held that battery charger of a cell phone is not a composite part of the cell phone but only an accessory and is an independent product. Hence, battery chargers sold along with cell phones were held to be assessable ...

By Rajat Juneja

Problem Statement

Multi-national enterprises (MNEs) do make monthly provision for various expenses in their ERP system at the end of each month. This might be a nearer approximation of the expenditure to be incurred. It is a method of generating a debit entry in the accounting system for an expendi...

By   V. Sivasubramanian

Besides being a source of funding of public expenditure, taxes also enable influencing expenditure patterns thereby distorting individual behavior. Indirect taxes distort expenditures primarily by affecting the price of consumption goods. In India, the existing indirect tax system has become extremely distortionary with ...

By Amar Gahlot

I. Introduction

It is basic economics - when it comes to consumption, government has the largest appetite. Government purchases include goods and services obtained from domestic and international suppliers and deployed in myriad projects ranging from defence and railways to infrastructure a...

By Varun Chablani & Sumitha Krishnan

Introduction

Taxation is a subject over which each State exercises its sovereign right. The basic charge of taxation can be traced to the domestic taxation law of a State. Each State, under its domestic law, exercises its right to tax a subject, based on a connection or lin...

By S.Sriram

Affiliates of Multi National Enterprises (‘MNEs’), in the recent past, are moving more towards functioning independently from their parent, operational and financial.  The freedom given in managing their own affairs in growing economies like India, has helped the affiliates to grow faster in the local markets.  However, ...

By K. Srikanth

Much has been said about the introduction of levy of additional 1% tax proposed under clause 18 of the Constitutional (122nd Amendment) Bill 2014, (duly passed in Lok Sabha and which is now placed before a special committee, pending for approval by the Rajya Sabha, and subsequently by 50% of State Legislatures) on supply o...

By Sumitha Krishnan

International law is generally considered as the law of the nations and therefore, the rules of international law have developed into a long standing custom that they are dutifully followed by the individual countries. International taxation is one among such areas of law which is widely encroached by the international law and...

By Amar Gahlot
 
Introduction

Res Judicata is the Latin term for "a matter (already) judged", or "a thing adjudicated". It means a case or suit already decided. It was recently defined as “a final judgment on the merits by a court having jurisdiction is conclusive bet...

By Tapas Misra

With a view to enhance detection capabilities of the tax department and enforcing better compliance Section 206AA was inserted by Finance (No.2) Act, 2009 with effect from 01.04.2010. This new provision mandated all recipients of income to furnish Permanent Account Number (PAN) and in order to discourage non-compliance it required tax to be deducte...