Governmental authority status supports construction-service exemption, while pre-cutoff contract and stamp-duty compliance requires verification on re...
Automated Free Sale and Commerce Certificates enable paperless processing while retaining risk-based manual verification for selected exporter applica...
Employee stock-shortage penalties do not constitute consideration for services, preventing GST collection under Schedule II in employment relationship...
Allowability of Education cess paid - in the Finance Bill, 2022 introduced in the Parliament an amendment to Section 40 was proposed by insertion of Explanation 3 with retrospective effect from 01.04.2005 clarifying that tax "shall include any surcharge or cess by whatever name called". Since the legislature proposed an amendment to Section 40 with retrospective effect clarifying that cess is part of tax we are of the considered view that this issue has to be examined by the Assessing Officer in the light of the proposed amendment and also keeping in view various decisions on the issue. - AT
Allowability of Education cess paid - in the Finance Bill, 2022 introduced in the Parliament an amendment to Section 40 was proposed by insertion of Explanation 3 with retrospective effect from 01.04.2005 clarifying that tax "shall include any surcharge or cess by whatever name called". Since the legislature proposed an amendment to Section 40 with retrospective effect clarifying that cess is part of tax we are of the considered view that this issue has to be examined by the Assessing Officer in the light of the proposed amendment and also keeping in view various decisions on the issue. - AT
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