Important Dates

IMPORTANT DATES

F      DIRECT TAXES

ð   TDS / TCS returns are to be filed Quarterly.

         

QUARTER ENDING	DUE DATE
30TH JUNE	15TH JULY
30TH SEPTEMBER	15TH OCTOBER
31ST DECEMBER	15TH JANUARY
31ST MARCH	15TH MAY

TDS deducted to be paid by 7^th of next month. In case of payments provided on 31^st March TDS is to be paid by 30^thApril.  It is important to note that if TDS is not paid within due date of filing return of income  then the entire expense is disallowable u/s. 40 (a)(ia) of Income Tax Act.

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Consequences:     Persons failing to comply with the above provisions   are liable to pay penalty of Rs.200/- per day from the due date or amount of TDS whichever is lower.

·        Details of non deduction of TDS and lower deduction of TDS is also required to be given along with original return .

·        Non deduction of TDS i.e. income below taxable limit or senior citizen required to be filed Form-15G & 15Hbefore 7^th April.

Return of Income.

A. Due Date 30^th September in case of:

I)                   All Corporate and Non-Corporate assesses, who are required to get their accounts audited under Income Tax Law or any other law.

II)                Similarly working partner of a firm whose accounts are required to be audited under Income Tax Law, the due date for filing of return of income is 30^th September.

B.     In case of all other assessees, the due date for filing of return of income is 31^st July

All Corporate assesses and firms under Tax Audit to file their returns electronically.

ð   Wealth Tax Return.

    

III)             All Corporate assesses and Non-Corporate assesses, who are required to get their accounts audited under Income Tax Law or any other law,the due date is 30^th September and in all other cases the due date is 31^st July.

ð   Advance Tax payment for Income Tax.

         

Particulars	Due Date	Companies	Others
IstInstallment	15th June	15%	Nil
IInd Installment	15th September	45%	30%
IIIrd Installment	15th December	75%	60%
Final Installment	15th March	100%	100%

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          Consequences:     Persons failing to pay the prescribed Advance Tax       are liable to Interest @ 1% per month.

         

F      All payments relating to TDS and Advance Tax are to be deposited   

electronically through internet banking in case of Corporate assessee and other assessee who are liable to Tax Audit u/s 44AB. 

F      LABOUR LAWS

ð   Provident Fund.

Payments are to be made by 15^th of the next month for which salary is paid. There is grace period of 5 days.

ð   Employee’s State Insurance Corporation Fund (E.S.I.C)

Payments are to be made by 21st of next month for which salary is paid.

     FCOMPANIES ACT, 1956.

ð   All companies are required to file their Annual return with the Registrar of Companies within Sixty days of their Annual General Meeting (AGM).

It is now required to be filed electronically.

FSERVICE TAX

                                                                                     

(I)                 Payment of Service Tax.

(a)              In case of individual, proprietary firm or partnership firm.

Quarterly payable by the 5th of  the month immediately following the said quarter except March quarter in which  service tax should be paid by 31^st March.(In case of e-payment 6th of  the month immediately following the said quarter except March)

         

(b)             In case of others.

Payablemonthly by 5^th of the month immediately following the said calendar month except March month in which due date is 31^st March. (In case of e-payment 6thof the month immediately following the said quarter except March)

          (II)    Manner of Payment

-         In GAR-7 into the designated bank.

-         Now service tax is mandatorily required to be paid electronically.

          (III)    Interest on delayed payment.

-         Rate of interest is 18% p.a. on delayed payment.

-         In case of small service provider whose value of taxable services does not exceed Rs. 60 lakh during the year, the rate of interest will be 15% p.a.

          (IV)   Returns.

ST-3 return has to be filed half-yearly along with challans, in triplicate, by the 25^th of the month following the particular half year.

          (V)    Consequence of failure to file return / delayed file.

                             

(a)              Maximum Penalty of Rs. 20,000/- is leviable u/s. 70 w.e.f. 8.4.2011 .

i)                   fifteen days from the date prescribed for submission of such return,   an amount of Rs.500;

ii)                beyond fifteen days, but not later than thirty days from the date prescribed for submission of such return, an amount of Rs1,000; and

iii)              beyond thirty days from the date prescribed for submission of such return an amount of Rs.1,000 plus Rs.100 for every day from the 31st day till the date of furnishing the said return:
Provided that the total amount payable in terms of this rule, for delayed submission of return, shall not exceed the amount specified in Section 70 of the Act.

(b)     Failure to pay service tax:  --- Penalty not less than Rs.100/- per day or 1% p.m. of service tax whichever is higher but subject to maximum of 50% of service tax amount not paid.

(c)              Suppression of value of taxable service: ---         Penalty 100% to 200% of the service tax not levied or not paid of tax amount.

(d)     Contravention of any Rule or Act: ---         Penalty Rs.10000/-

(VI)  The penal provisions for various contraventions of the Service Tax Law: 

The Penal provisions for various contraventions of the Service Tax Law are as follows:- 

i.    Non registration or delayed registration: An amount which may extend to Rs. 10,000/- or Rs.200/- for every day during which such failure continues, whicheveris higher could be imposed as penalty under sec 77(1 )(a) of the Act. 

ii.   Non payment or delayed payment of service tax- A mandatory penalty, not less than Rs.100/- for every day during which such failure continues or @ 1% of such tax per month, whichever is higher, shall be imposed by the adjudicating authority. However, the penalty amount payable shall not exceed 50% of  the amount of service tax payable. [Section 76 of the Act] 

iii.  Non-filing / delayed filing of returns: A mandatory penalty has been prescribed under Rule 7C of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, as also an amount not exceeding Ten Thousand Rupees could be imposed as penalty under sec 77 of the Act. (see para 4.11 of this Booklet) 

iv.  Contravention of any of the provisions of the Finance Act, 1994 (Chapter V) or the Rules made thereunder for which no penalty is separately provided: An amount which may extend to Rs.10,000/- shall be liable to be imposed as penalty under Sec.77(2) of the Act. 

v. Failure to keep, maintain or retain books of account and other documents as required in accordance with the provisions of the Finance Act, 1994 (Chapter V) or the rules made thereunder: An amount which may extend to Ten thousand rupees shall be liable to be imposed as penalty. [Section 77(1 )(b) of the Act] 

vi.Failure to— 

(1)     furnish information called by an officer in accordance with the provisions of the Finance Act,1994 (Chapter V) or rules made thereunder; or 

(2)     produce documents called for by a Central Excise Officer in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter or rules made thereunder; or 

(3) appear before the Central Excise Officer, when issued with a summon for appearance to give evidence or to produce a document in an inquiry,

An amount which may extend to Ten thousand rupees or two hundred rupees for every day during which such failure continues, whichever is higher, shall be liable to be imposed as penalty. [Section 77(1 )(c) of the Act]

vii. Person who is required to pay tax electronically, through internet banking, but fails to pay the tax electronically: An amount which may extend to Ten thousand rupees shall be liable to be imposed as penalty. [Section 77(1 )(d) of the Act] 

viii.Person who issues invoice in accordance with the provisions of the Act or rules made thereunder, with incorrect or incomplete details or fails to account for an invoice in his books of account: An amount which may extend to Ten thousand rupees shall be liable to be imposed as penalty. [Section 77(1 )(e) of the Act] 

ix.  Suppression of the value of taxable services: Penalty to an extent ranging from 100% to 200% of the Service Tax which was not levied or paid or erroneously refunded, can be imposed on any person, if such short levy or short payment or erroneous refund is by reason of fraud collusion, willful mis-statement, suppression of facts; or contravention of any of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder with an intent to evade payment of Service Tax. Such liability towards penalty would be in addition to the Service Tax amount evaded or erroneously refunded and the interest thereon (Section 78 of the Act). 

x.   Reduced Penalty in respect of Sl. No. (ix): If the Service Tax amount as determined by the competent authority is paid within 30 days from the date of communication of the order, along with interest, the amount of penalty liable to be paid shall only be 25% of the Service Tax amount so determined. The benefit of reduced penalty equivalent to 25% of the said Service Tax is available only if such lesser penalty amount is also paid within the aforesaid period (First and second proviso to Section 78 of the Act).

- Penalty can be waived u/s. 80 of Finance Act, 1994, if assessee proves that failure       was due to reasonable cause.

FVALUE ADDED TAX (VAT)

I)                  DUE DATE OF FILLING OF RETURN sw.e.f. 01/04/08.

S. No.		Annual Tax Liability or refund in previous year in Rs.	Periodicity of returns		Due Date
1		Tax liability between Rs. 1,00,000 to 10,00,000 or refund Between Rs. 10,00,000 to One Crore	Quarterly		21st  of next month
2		Tax liability more than Rs. 10,00,000 or refund more than one crore	Monthly		21st  of next month
3		First year of assessment or PSI dealer(Excluding Power Generation PSI Scheme)	Quarterly		21st of next month
4		Retailer Opting for composition	Six monthly		21st of next month
5		Dealer other than those covered by 1,2,3,4 above	Half Yearly		21st of month next
6		New Registration	Querterly		21st of next month
7		Vat Audit Not Applicable for 2013			30th June at end of year
	*(Tax liability means all taxes net of VAT set off)

·        Statement of J1(Partywise purchase details) & J2 (Partywise sales details) compulsory to be filed along with return.

·        All the dealers are required to make payment of vat & to file vat return electronically.

II)              Interest on delayed payment: --- Interest is payable @15% p.a.

III)           Penalty for Non filing of return:

Where, any person or dealer has failed without reasonable cause to file  within the prescribed time, a return for any period as provided under sec. 20,the Commissioner may by order in writing, impose on him, in addition to any tax payable by him, a sum of rupees ten thousand by way of penalty. Such penalty shall be without prejudice to any other penalty, which may be imposed under this Act:

Provided that, if the return is filed before the initiation of the proceeding for levy of penalty, the penalty shall be levied at rupees five thousand and in any other case, the penalty shall be levied at rupees ten thousand.

IV)           Audit of Accounts.

If turnover of sales or purchase exceeds Rs.60 Lakhs up to 31^st Mar, 2013 thereafter Rs.1 crore in any year, an assessee under MVAT is required to get his accounts audited within Eight Monthsfrom the end of the year.

 

IV)         Audit Report

                  

The last date for filling the VAT Audit report for the Financial Year 2012-13 is  15.01.2014.

               Consequences:        

               In case of failure to furnish Audit Report, penalty will be imposed equal to 1/10^th of total sales / purchases or Rs.1 Lakh whichever is less.