TIOL BUDGET ANALYSIS 2011-12

Budget Proposals – Conundrums for Textile Industry
By Santosh Hatwar, Published: March 21, 2011

Service Tax on Medical Services – Is Levy 'brilliant' or 'thoughtless'?
By G Prabhakara Sastry, Published: March 21, 2011

The Great Jamboree – 1% Duty Scheme vis-à-vis SSI exemption – clarifications needed
By A Netizen : March 10, 2011
No tax sops for women folks!
By Padmini Sundaram : March 09, 2011
Service tax refunds to SEZ - Primrose path
By Harsh Shah : March 08, 2011
Postal Imports – Can Amendments Cut Gordian Knot ?
By J M Kishore : March 07, 2011
Staff strength and wages bill grow despite multi-facet reforms
By TIOL Budget Team : March 06, 2011
Reduced subsidy allocations likely to trigger price hikes
By TIOL Budget Team : March 06, 2011
Budget' 2011 – Sweeping changes in Service tax!
By Pritam Mahure : March 05, 2011
New look Sec 11AC of CEA, 1944 ignores crucial requirements and trespasses neighbouring interest provision
By A Netizen : March 05, 2011
Service Tax on Accrual Basis might create chaos
By S Sivakumar : March 05, 2011
Trading is exempted services now!!!
By Pradeep Jain : March 04, 2011
ET TU, BRUTE
By S Jaikumar : March 04, 2011
Power to allow provisional release of seized cargo - Amendment to Sec 110A - Reasonable Step
By J M Kishore : March 04, 2011
Service tax on legal consultancy - Dear FM, why to exclude services provided to individuals?
By G P Sastry : March 04, 2011
Budget 2011 exempts perquisites of UPSC Chairman and Members like Election Commissioner and SC Judges
By TIOL Budget Team : March 03, 2011
RMS in import clearances gets legal backing – Better late than Never
By J M Kishore : March 03, 2011
Export of Services – The Categories
By G Natarajan : March 03, 2011
Interest rates go through roof when it comes to paying to Govt
By TIOL Budget Team : March 03, 2011
Bitter Bill along with bitter pill
By T R Vandana : March 03, 2011
Government needs to do a complete rethink of prosecution provisions under service tax law
By S Sivakumar : March 03, 2011
Silver Jubilee notification fades into oblivion – notification 76/86-CE superseded
By TIOL Budget Team : March 03, 2011
New levy on Utensils: Options with Trade
By Pradeep Jain : March 03, 2011
Finance Bill makes Income Tax Settlement Commission more useful to 'searched' taxpayers
By TIOL Budget Team : March 02, 2011
Cenvat Credit Changes will drastically affect Realty Players
By S Sivakumar : March 02, 2011
Deadlier Interest
By G Natarajan : March 02, 2011
Killer instinct missing - Does India need blessings of Lord Krishna?
By Ettirankandath Krishnadas : March 02, 2011
Central Govt increases duty on mobile handsets including Cellular Phones
By Vimal Pruthi : March 02, 2011
Point of Taxation – Unravelled
By G Natarajan : March 01, 2011
First Charge for Customs, Excise and Service Tax Dues
By Santosh Hatwar : March 01, 2011
Money Changers to pay more Service Tax: Govt. Goofed up calculation in example 1 of notification
By TIOL Budget Team : March 01, 2011
Kudos to those behind Notification 3/2011 CE (NT)
By G Natarajan : March 01, 2011
Demi-Demons
By S Jaikumar : March 01, 2011
Commercial Training or Coaching Service – Clarity of taxability only after issue of exemption notifications
By TIOL Budget Team : March 01, 2011
Caught Pants Down!
By S Jaikumar : March 01, 2011
Booze in high end restaurant – An intaxicating experience
By Santosh Hatwar : March 01, 2011
Budget 2011-12: Desirable Budhha (senior citizen) Budget
By Somesh Arora : February 28, 2011
Re-birth of the demon – proposed section 11AA deserves some contempt
By TIOL Budget Team: February 28, 2011
Payment of Service Tax on accrual basis on par with Excise – Where is corresponding amendment to Rule 4(7) of CCRs, 2004?
By TIOL Budget Team: February 28, 2011
Service Tax on Restaurants and Hotels – Centre transgressing into States’ territory
By S Sivakumar: February 28, 2011
Rule 6 of Service Tax Rules goes for major revamp – Payment of service tax is no longer only after payment received
By TIOL News Service: February 28, 2011
Adjudicating authority can now allow provisional release of seized goods u/s 110A of Customs Act, 1962 – no need to put up the file to Commissioner.
By TIOL News Service: February 28, 2011
Budget 2011-12 : No cheer for IT Sector
By S Sivakumar: February 28, 2011

'Input service' definition amended to exclude services having no nexus with manufacture or provision of service!
By DBB Sharma : February 28, 2011

CENVAT Credit on service tax paid under Sec 66A – Thank God!!! There is a retrospective amendment now
By TIOL Budget Team: February 28, 2011
Section 5B quietly sneaks into section 38 of CEA, 1944 – A delayed entry though!
By TIOL Budget Team: February 28, 2011
Major amendments to Rule 6 of CENVAT Credit Rules – A third option is born
By TIOL Budget Team: February 28, 2011
Finance Bill 2011 proposes to 'kill' SEZ Scheme!; MAT levied; DDT to be withdrawn
By S Sivakumar: February 28, 2011
Unpleasant excise duty imposition on Baby and clinical diapers and adult diapers and sanitary napkins brought down to 1%
By TIOL News Service: February 28, 2011
Income tax exemption hiked - How much is 'real' relief!
By Sachin Jain: February 28, 2011
Two New Services under Service Tax net; Life Insurance to include investment in ULIPs; Business Support Service ambit expanded
By TIOL News Service: February 28, 2011
Legal Metrology Act, 2009 makes its presence felt in Section 4A of CEA, 1944
By TIOL News Service: February 28, 2011