GST Final Draft to Retain Clause on Services Sector

The goods and services tax (GST) council is likely to retain a clause in the law that will require service providers to register in every state where they operate, despite recent representations from various Union ministries and telcos, banks, and insurance firms for a single registration system in chartered accountants firm.
At present, service providers benefit from a single centralized registration system for paying service tax—a tax levied and collected by the Union government.
However, under the GST regime, even states will get the powers to collect tax on services and the service providers will have to register in every state where they have operations in direct foreign investment in India.
As per the provisions of draft GST laws that will be finalized in the 11th meeting of the GST council on 4, and 5 March, service providers operating across India will have to obtain more than 30 separate registrations. Companies have highlighted the procedural hassles of such a move but states, concerned about their revenue, are not willing to agree to a centralized registration.

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Poem Rules Only For COS Earning Over Rs 50 Cr.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex direct taxes body, has issued a circular clarifying that the provisions relating to place of effective management (POEM) will apply to companies with over Rs. 50-crore turnover.
The clarificatory circular comes after a CBDT press release specified this but the circular issued omitted a mention in chartered accountant firms in mumbai.
“…it is clarified that provisions of Sec 6(3)(ii) relating to place of effective management (POEM) won’t apply to companies having turnover or gross receipts less than Rs. 50 crores in a financial year,“ it said.
The board had on January 24 issued final guidelines to determine if an entity can be considered an Indian resident and taxed here.
These norms come into effect from April 1, 2017.
A foreign company will be considered Indian resident if its place of effective management in a given year is in India.The rules seek to curb tax avoidance, targeting shell companies incorporate outside India, but their real control and management is in India.
The limit will ensure that only substantive cases are taken up and small companies do not clog the system Tax consultancy firms in Delhi.

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