Introduction In theUnion Budget 2019-20, the Honourable Finance Minister Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Sabka VishwasLegacy Dispute Resolution (SVLDR) Scheme, 2019, a one-time measure for liquidation of past disputes of Central Excise and Service Tax as well as to ensure disclosure of unpaid taxes by a person eligible to make a declaration. The scheme provides…
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Synopsis of Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019
The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 was promulgated by President on 20.09. 2019 which has amended the Income Tax Act, 1961, and the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019. Compendium of major propositions: Income tax rate for domestic companies: Particular Old Tax rate New Tax rate (optional) Domestic companies with annual turnover of up to Rs…
New GST Return Format
1.1 Applicability: Major outcome of the 31st Council meet was to introduce new return system under GST. New return system will contain simplified return forms, for ease of filing. An insight of the new tool was provided in May 2019 with a prototype of the offline tool being shared on the GST Portal. The Ministry…
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING (ICFR) can be defined as a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. IFCR is mandatory for unlisted companies where a. Turnover is >= Rs. 50 Cr. and b….
SIGNIFICANT BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP “SBO”
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has always been vigilant in curbing black money and round tripping of funds. A current measure to unearth the information, MCA has redrafted the provisions of Section 90 of the Companies Act 2013 to disclose ultimate individual beneficial shareholder of a company in order to reveal legitimate individual owner hiding behind the veils…
Analysis of Central Goods and Services Tax (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2019: Part-1
The Central Government exercising the powers conferred by section 164, has made an amendment to CGST Rules 2017 ,which is termed as CGST (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2019. Rule 12 (1A): Grant of registration to persons required to deduct tax at source or to collect tax at source- A person applying for registration to [deduct or]* collect…
GST E-invoice on Government Portal
GST was implemented with several unique provisions which intended to reduce the complexities of pre-GST era. One of such provision stated in rule 46 of CGST rules, 2017 which conferences about unique series of invoice under GST. As per law,a valid invoice is required to claim ITC absence of which results is inadmissibility of credit….
POEM in India: A New Perspective (Part-1)
Taxation of business profits on the basis of economic adherence has always been the underlying basis of existing international taxation rules as both the residence and source countries claim the right to taxation. Economists gave primacy to the economic allegiance rather than physical location and made it clear that physical presence was important only to…
MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)
Understanding MSME as per the Law: The Government of India has devised the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006 on 02nd October, 2006. As per the Act, categorization of enterprises is done into micro, small and medium enterprises based upon investment in plant & machine for manufacturing & production industry and investment in equipment…
Inter-State Supplies to Unregistered Persons shall Report as Mandated by Law Table 3.2/ GSTR-3B & Table 7B/ GSTR–1
Under GST regime, separate returns namely GSTR-1 & GSTR -2 respectively were designed for reporting of sale and purchase details. But due to teething problems under GST law, GSTR -2 did not materialised since its inception. Also,initially GST law makers had plan to introduce GSTR-3 which obviously could not be possible in the absence of…