Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 8: The tax department has made it mandatory for central excise duty and service taxpayers to obtain a valid PAN number before they can be migrated to the new goods and services tax (GST) set-up. Despite the political impasse putting a question mark on the planned rollout of the new tax regime from April 1, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) continues to do the groundwork

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Castigating the opponents of demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said those terming the government's move as 'anti-people' were the "political worshippers" of graft and black money which were making the economy, polity and society hollow. "Friends you know we have undertaken a big responsibilty in fighting black money and corruption... Black money and corruption

New Delhi, Jan 8: The tax department has made it mandatory for central excise duty and service taxpayers to obtain a valid PAN number before they can be migrated to the new goods and services tax (GST) set-up. Despite the political impasse putting a question mark on the planned rollout of the new tax regime from April 1, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) continues to do the groundwork with April 1 as the target date. GST will subsume central excise and service tax, and CBEC has initiated the process of migrating these taxpayers to the new regime through issuance of a provisional registration number. "Every person registered under any of the earlier laws and having a valid PAN shall be issued a certificate of registration on a provisional basis," CBEC said in an order. For excise and service tax assessees without a valid PAN number, CBEC said "the assessee needs to obtain the PAN number and update the registration details on the ACES portal before the assessee can be migrated to GST". CBEC has also asked its field offices to launch awareness campaign and outreach programmes to facilitate migration of all excise and service taxpayers to the GST network by January-end. The provisional registration, which will be generated on the basis of PAN, will be called Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN). Also, a provisional ID and password will be provided which the excise and service taxpayers must use to log in to the GST portal -- gst.gov.in -- and fill the required details and upload the supporting documents, it said. After providing the requisite details, an ARN (Application Reference Number) would be communicated to the assessee by GSTN (GST-Network). Once an ARN is communicated, the assessee "would migrate to GST on the scheduled GST rollout date with the issue of provisional certificate", it said, adding that CBEC is making all-out efforts for smooth implementation of GST by April 1, 2017. It further said that in the GST regime, one unique registration for a single PAN will be issued and the existing assessees will be given one provisional ID per state where the place of business is registered in the current excise or service tax regime. The remaining registrations in a state could be added as additional place of business on the GSTN portal. The government is looking to roll out GST by April 2017, but issues like jurisdiction over assessees and taxation rights over high seas have become sticking points at the GST Council deliberations. The Council will meet on January 16 to thrash out a consensus on the vexed issues.

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Prime Minister said “We don't see the colour of passports, but the relations written by blood.” Addressing the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “Indian diaspora has made invaluable contribution to our economy; We want to change brain drain to brain gain.” The Prime Minister said “We don't see the colour of passports, but the relations

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Siddaramaiah said that government has taken seriously the incidents of assault on women reported in Bengaluru recently. Stating that safety of women in the State was his government's top priority, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the second day of the Pravasi Divas on Sunday. Mr. Siddaramaiah said that the state government has taken seriously the incidents of assault on women

Kolkata/New Delhi, Jan 8: Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded the arrest of the chief Imam of a Kolkata mosque for slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his unfulfilled promises and continued sufferings of people in India. Accusing PM Modi of deceiving the people, Syed Mohammad Nurur Rahman Barkati, the Shahi Imam of Kolkata's Tipu Sultan Masjid, said: "Everyday people are harassed and facing

Dharwad, Jan 8: Expressing concern over increasing sexual assaults against women in Indian cities, first female Jagadguru Mate Mahadevi has urged the girls not to wear provocative dresses and avoid roaming in the night freely. A female spiritual leader and president of Basava Dharma Peetha, Mate Mahadevi, said on Saturday that there had been an increase in sexual assaults against women as “girls

Meerut, Jan 8: An FIR was today lodged here against BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj for his remark on population control. The FIR was registered under IPC sections 298 (Uttering, words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person), 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any

Bengaluru, Jan 8: The state government has decided to stop storing question papers of public examinations such as SSLC and PU in taluk treasuries in the coming days as part of measures to prevent paper leaks. Instead, question papers will be stored only in strongrooms of district treasuries, which have better security. A decision to this effect was taken based on a Criminal Investigation

Karwar, Jan 8: Private doctors in Uttara Kannada district suspended their services for three hours on Saturday as a mark of protest against the assault on a doctor by Lok Sabha member Anant Kumar Hegde. The police on Thursday night registered a suo motu case against Hegde and BJP?district unit secretary Krishna Esale on the charge of assaulting orthopaedician Dr Madhukeshwar earlier this week