UNDERSTANDING E1 AND E2 SALES UNDER CST ACT

30 comments Thursday, December 16, 2010

Central Sales Tax Act 1956 envisages single point of taxation i.e tax at the first point of sales. Subsequent sales during the movement of the goods from one state to another have been exempted under section 6(2) of CST Act.

Before proceeding to understand which sale is exempted under section 6(2) and the conditions for exemption, one should understand some relevant concepts relating to it.

What is sales by transfer of documents of title: Section 3(b) provides that a sale or purchase effected by transfer of documents of title to the goods during their movement from one state to another shall be deemed to take place in the cource of interstate trade or commerce.

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CBDT'S INSTRUCTIONS ON IT REFUNDS FOR A.Y 2009-10

0 comments Tuesday, December 14, 2010
INSTRUCTION
INCOME TAX ACT
Section 143 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Assessment - General - Clarification regarding processing of ITR-1 and ITR-2 returns - Credit for tax deducted at source for A.Y. 2009-10
INSTRUCTION NO. 9/2010 [F. NO. 225/25/2010/IT (A-II)], DATED 9-12-2010
1. Reference may be made to Board’s Instruction No. 7, dated 16-8-2010 in which it has been stated, inter alia, that in cases where the return is filed in ITR-1 and ITR-2 for the A.Y. 2009-10, and where the TDS claim does not exceed Rs. three lakh and where the refund computed does not exceed Rs. Twenty five thousand, the TDS claim of the taxpayer shall be accepted at the time of processing of the returns provided the TDS payment reported in AS-26 is more than Rs. zero.

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F forms under CST Act 1956

16 comments Sunday, December 5, 2010

To constitute interstate sales one of the basic requirement is that there should be sale. If a person sends goods outside from its state to its  branch office in another state then it is not sale because you cannot sell goods to oneself. Similarly if a dealer sends goods to its agent in another state who stocks and sells goods on behalf of the dealer, such agent is called consignment agent and such stock transfer is also not considered as interstate sales since there is no sales involved in it, sales will take place when such agent will sell goods. But to prove such stock/branch transfer, F form is required to be produced as proof.

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