No change in rate of Service Tax from 01.04.2015

Finance bill, 2015 has proposed to increase effective rate of Service Tax from 12.36% to 14%. It is wrongly reported in some quarters that the effective date of change in rate of Service Tax is 1st April, 2015. It is hereby clarified that the change in the rate of...

Share Application Money under Companies Act 2013

Position earlier to Companies Act 2013: Earlier, under old Companies Act regime, many companies accepted share application money under private placement and utilized the same for the business purpose even without allotment of shares.   Position after enactment of...