« VAT (Value Added Tax) » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Gujarat slashes tax on ATF by 5 per cent  CENVAT Credit can’t be denied If ISD invoices issued for distribution of ITC prior to Registration  1 step forward, 2 steps back. Is GST going the VAT way?  1 step forward, 2 steps back. Is GST going the VAT way?  Pending VAT comes to haunt companies claiming input tax credit  One-time settlement of VAT, excise disputes in the works  Haryana government uploads photos of VAT defaulters  Filing of online return for 4th quarter of 2017-18 extension of period thereof.  No Cenvat credit admissible on outward transportation services from factory to buyer’s premises   Filing of reconciliation return in form 9 for the year 2016-17  Govt may send notice to 162 companies; ask for VAT returns «  FMs empowered panel meet from January 9... Govt. urged not to hike VAT... » e-governance in VAT administration to rein in corruption: Modi December, 17th 2011 Successful implementation of e-governance in VAT administration would help prevent tax evasion besides checking corruption and Bihar government was trying its use in tax administration to make it more developed and viable, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister S K Modi said today. Modi was speaking at the inauguration of a workshop on 'e-governance in VAT administration' jointly organised here by International Finance Corporation(World Bank Group) and the state commercial taxes department. The workshop was attended by senior officials of commercial tax departments of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha and Kerala, besides Bihar. He said only 37 traders had done e-filing when e-governance was implemented by the NDA government in Bihar in 2007. "Now the number of traders submitting e-payment and e-returns have increased to about 7,000." "We are still trying to make e-governance in tax administration more viable and developed," he said urged traders and officials to change their mindset. "We will be able to implement e-governance in tax administration thoroughly in Bihar by March 2012," he added." MORE