The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered budget speech breaking all previous records w.r.t. time. The budget speech began with a homage to late Mr Arun Jaitley with emphasis on Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas. Synopsis of budget proposals…
IND AS 116 – LEASES
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has notified Ind AS 116, the new Indian Accounting Standard on Leases as on 30th March 2019. This Ind AS -116 replaces the current guidance in Ind AS-17, ‘Leases’. This amendment is effective from on 1st April 2019.…
Tax On Non-Monetary Perquisites
As a normal practice, it is the employee who bears the tax on the salary earned by it, while the employer withholds such tax on salary and deposits it with income tax authorities. However, sometimes employees move across borders and…
Sabka Vishwas Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…