ST Exemption to US embassy not to be denied even if invoices didn’t carry serial number and date of undertaking

EXCISE/ST/VAT : Once correlation is established between assessee-service provider's invoices and undertakings provided by embassy of foreign country to assessee, substantive exemption could not be denied on ground that assessee's…

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Amount deposited during investigation is eligible for interest at 12% if successful in appeal being pre-deposit: CESTAT

GST/ST - Amount deposited during investigation and/or pending litigation is ipso facto pre-deposit on which interest is payable @ 12% paGST/ST - Amount deposited during investigation and/or pending litigation is…

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Submission of bids by opposite parties through a common internet protocol amounted to collusive bidding: CCI

COMPETITION LAW : Where in a tender floated by GAIL for restoration of well site locations in a GAIL operated block, OP bidders submitted their bids from a common internet…

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General administration amp; selling expenses incurred by assessee cannot be treated as capital expenditure : ITAT

INCOME TAX : All expenses incurred prior to commencement of business are to be treated as pre-operative expenses and expenses incurred which do not form part of work-in-progress like office…

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Bar u/s 34 SARFAESI Act on filing civil suit is attracted if allegations of ‘fraud’ are made without any particulars: SC

FEMA, BANKING amp; INSURANCE: Bar under section 34 SARFAESI Act on filing civil suit is attracted if allegations of 'fraud' are made without any particularsFEMA, BANKING amp; INSURANCE: Bar under…

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SEBI registered investment adviser can’t provide services of creating or rebalancing ‘basket of foreign securities’, clarifies SEBI

The securities market regulator, SEBI in an interpretative letter as clarified that services of creation or rebalancing of foreign stacks by a SEBI registered Investment adviser doesn’t come under purview…

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