Karnataka State Budget Amendments to the various Commercial Tax Laws for the year 2014-15

A note on various amendments to Commercial Taxes in the State of Karnataka the amendments to the Karnataka VAT Act, 2003 are applicable with effect from 01.03.2014.

Whereas the amendments to other Commercial Taxes Laws like Entry tax and Luxury tax shall be applicable w.e.f. 01.04.2014.  

Change in Road Permit Rules-New E-sugam Notification dated 05.03.2014 applicable WEF 01.04.2014

The Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Karnataka has issued Notification No.  ADCOM (I&C)/DC(A3)-CR:158/2013-14 dated 05/03/2014 applicable with effect from 01.04.2014 in supercession of the earlier Notification ADCOM (I&C)/P.A./CR-31/2011-12 dated 09/10/2013:

Date of Payment of Final Installment of Advance Tax Extended from 15th March to 18th March 2014

Due date of payment of advance tax is 15th march but this time it has been extended up to 18th March 2014 because 15th is falling on Sunday.Please find full detail below:-

Levy of service tax on services provided by a Resident Welfare Association (RWA) to its own members

Services provided by Resident Welfare Society are taxable foo Rs.5000/- ,Recently CBEC has issued a circular for clarification of the some issues,these doubts & clarifications are given below:-

Be prepared for closing as ending of Financial year is ahead - (Income Tax)

Under the Income Tax Act there are various provisions which empower the Tax Authorities to collect information for the purpose of assessment proceedings under this Act.

These powers are given in Section 131, Section 132 , Section 133, Section 133A, Section 133B, Section 134 and Section 135 etc .

Collection of information under these sections may be for a particular Assessee or related to any assessment proceeding but I am not going to discuss that ‘when can these powers be exercised by the Authority and how ? ‘ Instead of discussing when & how , I would like to discuss that what type of  information is collected or which type of transactions are being watched by the Department.

Information is collected either directly from the assesse through furnishing of certain data in ITR or indirectly through certain agency/department (like banks, Registrar etc) which are transacting with such data or having control over such data.