BUDGET 2007-08



FM's reply to the Debate on Budget in Lok Sabha + Rajya Sabha

FM has killed the Settlement Commission !

Export of Service : To deliver or to provide is the question?

Budget targets Rs 82000 non-tax revenue and Rs 3200 Cr from duty on exports

Amendment to Rule 21 of CE Rules - Half done !

Direct Tax implications on corporates and individuals : A 'Cess-pool'?
Settlement Commission - 'Unsettling' Budget proposal !
Power Point presentation on Budgetary changes by Swamy Associates
Let's hail FM for well-intentioned amendment in Sec 14 of Customs Act
Chief Commissioners to allocate adjudication cases among Commissioners or Commissioners (Adj) - Board does not want to meddle in this too!
Export Valuation Rules - Awaiting the dawn !!
Excise Valuation : The pond gets murkier
Diktat by Member may spoil summer vacation - Review sections to burn midnight oil !
Beginning of the End !! Winds of change sweep Settlement provisions under I-T Act also
Budget to lend impetus to litigation
Budget confirms shift from welfare state to 'taxing' State !
FM's sleight of hand - Redefines scope of Sec 9 of I-T Act - Apex Court decision annulled - Retrospective amendment raises head again !
A new Sec 14 of Customs Act : Some observations!
Reverse mortgage facility for senior citizens - FM, please take care of related tax issues !
Budget aligns FBT with Advance Tax; to attract interest and penal provisions
Amendment in Sec 40(A)(3) to disallow 100% of expenditure exceeding Rs 20,000 in cash
Bonanza to small manufacturers - 'Small is beautiful'!
Job work valuation - A long overdue correction
Finance Ministry 'rents' trouble!
Should we not have a single sentence I-T enactment?
Minimum Alternate Tax - A relook!!
Transitional provisions under Cenvat - A facilitation or deterrent?
Income Tax rates of certain segements - A bird's eyeview
Do we really see 'exuberant' Customs officials - change in settlement provisions - May be the story could be different!
CBEC shirks responsibility from reviewing Service Tax cases
Smuggling cases out of the purview of Settlement Commission
Budget alters shape of Alternate Dispute Resolution System
Service Tax - Much ado about nothing!
Budget 2007-08 - Computation of Customs Duty
Saving clause loaned from Central Excise for Service Tax matters
Businesses running in rented premises burdened with Service Tax
Marriage - Social or religious?
Budget 2007 readies India for pangs of high growth trajectory!
Service Tax on Works Contract : A coffee - toffee tussle in the offing!
Education cess and confusion - Siamese twins?
Running out of ways to prop up exchequer - FM looks export way - Levies Export Duty on iron and chromium ores
Removal of inputs or capital goods - Payment of amount equal to credit can be made on monthly basis now, but ...
Refund provision under Customs - PC ingeniously counters judicial pronouncements
Secondary and Higher Education Cess not applicable to goods lying in stock as on 28 th
Settlement Commission made to lose charm by Union Govt - in throes of death!
Rebate of duty paid on goods used in manufacture of export goods - CVD included in duties specified
An exhausted FM!
Swelling revenue kitty reduces fiscal deficit and puts FRBM targets within sight
Section 35F of Central Excise goes for a new look
ESOP comes under PC's sledge hammer
Carrot and stick policy for cement industry - Doomsday round the corner?
Doctrine of merger sends shivers down the spine of CBEC - Review to be done within 3 months now
Direct Tax proposals - Minor sops for individuals
Amendment to Cenvat Credit rules : Converse to Rule 3(2) introduced
Revenue foregone goes up to 56.4 % of gross collections!
A few subtle changes in Central Excise - e-payment to be mandatory for manufacturers paying Rs 50 lakh and above from April 1
Valuation of job worked goods - Ujjagar Prints case given a cool burial!
FM stresses on inclusive growth, keeps tax rates largely unaltered; hikes exemption limits for small service providers and SSI units
No hike in Service Tax rate but 50% hike in education cess
''Lage Raho Chidambaram Bhai ........''
Robust industrial growth and higher FDI facilitate progress at right trajectory
Rising Economy not enough to raise living standard, Economic Survey paints dismal picture of common man
Economic Survey : SEZ apprehensions to be addressed through a mix of policies
Shadow of State Assembly polls : UPA opts for populist Rail Budget