Highlights of Budget 2020

  As you are aware that the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sithraman presented the Union Budget 2020 on 1st February 2020. Please find the attached Highlights of The Finance Bill of 2020 containing changes under CGST Act, Customs and Income Tax Act. Write-up on Budget 2020 by Adv. Puneet Agrawal titled as “FM’s Recipe …

Government Has No Business Being in Business – Economic Survey reiterates Modi’s Minimum Government and Maximum Governance pledge

Key Highlights of Economic Survey 2019-20 Theme of the Survey: Wealth Creation: The Invisible Hand Supported by the Hand of Trust India’s aspiration to become a $5 trillion economy depends critically on: Strengthening the invisible hand of the market by promoting pro-business policies. Introducing the idea of trust as a public good, which gets enhanced …

An Insight to BVSS- Newsletter, 2020 Edition

From the Desk of the Editor.. प्रियमित्रों,सादरप्रणाम राष्ट्रीय युवा दिवस एवंनववर्षकीहार्दिकशुभकामनाएं Indian democracy is surely maturing. It has got the ability to discuss the real issues faced by the country and its citizenry. The role of media and the addition of social media to it, is helping people of our country especially the youth to form their opinion …

Curtailing Limits of Purchase of Liquor and Cigarettes at Duty Free Shops- A Welcome Step

Online Tax portal, GSTSUTRA has recently published an article on the topic “Curtailing Limits of Purchase of Liquor and Cigarettes at Duty Free Shops- A Welcome Step”.  Author Advocate Puneet Agrawal has expressed his views welcoming the proposal of the Commerce Ministry. The link for the article already published in GstSutra is given below http://gstsutra.com/experts/column?sid=614&page=1 

The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi by Giving a Landmark Verdict on the issue of Period of Refund Which Cannot Spread Across Two Financial Years has Stayed the Para 8 of the Circular NO. 125/44/2019-GST Dated: 18.11.2019

The CBIC had earlier issued a Circular No. 37/11/2018-GST F.No.349/47/2017- GST Dated 15th March, 2018 in pursuant to representations received from the traders regarding the issue being faced by them in claiming refund of exports in cases where refund period has been spread across different months and different financial years. Therefore, considering the issues of …

Notification declaring used C Forms as obsolete and invalid, quashed by Hon’ble High Court of Delhi

In the matter of BTC Industries Ltd. v. Commissioner, VAT in W.P.(C) 11876/2018, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court has quashed the impugned notification issued by Commissioner VAT declaring C Forms as obsolete and invalid, vide its order dated 24.10.2019. The Hon’ble Court relied on its earlier decision in Maa Jagdamba Traders v. Commissioner VAT W.P.(C) …

Renting of Motor Vehicles-RCM

Liability to pay tax under RCM on renting of motor vehicle by Body Corporates being recipient has been inserted w.e.f. 01.10.2019 in Serial no. 15 of N. No. 13.2017-Central Tax (R) dated 28.06.2017. The said entry has been amended by N. No. 29/2019-Central Tax (R) dated 31.12.2019 as : Sl.No. Category of Supply of Services …