Section 65 of the GST empowers the GST authorities to conduct an audit of the tax payers. The audit under GST shall be conducted at such frequency and in such manner as provided under GST law.
The audit shall be conducted at the place of business of the registered person or in their office. Prior to conducting the audit, the taxpayer shall be informed by way of notice not less than fifteen working days prior to the conduct of the audit.
In previous posts, we have discussed who is liable to get registered under GST. In this post, we shall examine the concept of ‘Casual Taxable Person under GST’.
Casual taxable person means a person who occasionally undertakes transactions involving the supply of goods or services or both in the course or furtherance of business, whether as principal, agent or in any other capacity, in a State or a Union territory where he has no fixed place of business.
The Finance Ministry has issued the following clarification regarding the reduced liability of tax complex, building, flat etc. under the Goods and Services Tax on 15th June 2017:
The CBEC and States have received several complaints that in view of the works contract service tax rate under GST at 12% in respect of under construction flats, complex etc, the people who have booked flats and made part payment are being asked to make entire payment before 1st July 2017 or to face higher tax incidence for payment made after 1st July 2017. This is against the GST law.
Every person shall be liable to register under GST in the State or Union territory from where he makes a taxable supply of goods or services or both if his aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds Rs 20 lakhs. This limit of Rs 20 lakhs is reduced to Rs 10 lakhs if the person is located in the North Eastern states of India.
‘Person’ here includes individuals, HUF, company, firm, LLP, an AOP/BOI, any corporation or Government company, a corporate body incorporated under laws of the foreign country, co-operative society, local authority, government, trust, artificial juridical person.
SECTION 2(22) OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961 – DEEMED DIVIDEND – CBDT’S CLARIFICATIONS ON SETTLED VIEW OF SECTION 2(22)(e) OF SAID ACT ON TRADE ADVANCES/COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
CIRCULAR NO.19/2017 [F.NO.279/MISC./140/2015/ITJ], DATED 12-6-2017
Section 2(22) clause (e) of the Income-tax Act, 1961) (the Act) provides that “dividend” includes any payment by a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially interested, of any sum by way of advance or loan to a shareholder, being a person who is the beneficial owner of shares (not being shares entitled to a fixed rate of dividend whether with or without a right to participate in profits holding not less than ten percent of the voting power, or to any concern in which such shareholder is a member or a partner and in which he has a substantial interest (hereafter in this clause referred to as the said concern) or any payment by any such company on behalf, or for the individual benefit, of any such shareholder, to the extent to which the company in either case possesses accumulated profits.
The Government of India has specified the Rules regarding the issuance of GST invoice, a time frame for the issuance of the invoice and the type of invoice under the GST law.
The invoice shall be in GSTINV01. You can access the format of the invoice here. The GST Rules has specified two types of invoices – tax invoice and bill of supply in case of supply of services.
Input Tax Credit under GST has been introduced in order to avoid the cascading of taxes that’s prevalent in the present tax regime. It’s one of the key features of the Goods and Services Tax. In simple terms, the cascading of taxes means ‘tax on tax’.
As per the present taxation regime, the credit of taxes that is being levied by the Central Government is not available as a set-off for payment of taxes that is being levied by the State Governments and vice-versa.
While the date of GST rollout is fast approaching, the impact of GST on various sectors of the country has become a never ending debate. While it’s too early to comprehend and speculate, yet the known impact has been a mixed bag of opportunities and challenges especially for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The impact of GST on SMEs might result in affecting the profitability of these enterprises in the short run.
Yes! It’s time to file your income tax return for the Financial Year 2016-2017. Who should file income tax returns? What is the due date for filing returns? How to claim a refund of TDS deducted? Which tax form is applicable to you? Should a salaried person file income tax returns?
These are the questions which have to be sorted without delay. Here are some snap answers:
Has your company issued shares of more than 10 lakhs in FY 16-17? Has your company issued debentures/bonds of more than 10 lakhs in FY 16-17? Are you required to get your books audited under the Income Tax Act? Have you received cash in excess of Rs 2 lakhs from any person for sale of goods/services?