« 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 «  HC rejects VAT ... Marginal increase likely in VAT soon... » Appeals under VAT, Central Sales Tax to be heard May, 29th 2009 All the first appeals under the Value Addition Tax (VAT) and Central Sales Tax (CST), to be decided at the level of Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner, which are filed by the dealers or appellant of Ludhiana will now be heard in Ludhiana itself. Such type of arrangement may also be made for other districts of the state as well. According to Ashok Juneja, Chairman, and B R Kaushal, General Secretary, Punjab Tax Bar Association (PTBA), the said issue was decided by A Veenu Parsad, Excise and Taxation Commissioner (ETC), Punjab, on the plea of PTBA, which met him with the suggestions for smoothening the working of department. In the meeting, along with other top officials of the department, Parampal Singh, DETC, HPS Ghotra, Piyush Kant Sharma and H L Bansal, AETCs, Ludhiana, were also present. Raj Paul Gupta, Vice-President and Tarlok Bhalla, Finance Secretary (PTBA) said the move would provide relief to those tax professionals, dealers, traders and industrialists who had to run to other cities and districts where these cases were fixed, Besides the cost of litigation will also come down.