Govt collects Rs 3,962 cr via voluntary tax declaration schemeA total of 66,062 applications were received under the VCES scheme, amounting to a tax collection of Rs 3,961.51 crore, as per data.
21 Feb, 2014, 11.13 PM IST
Service Tax amnesty scheme may fetch about Rs 6,000 croreAbout 48,000 declaration forms involving service tax revenue of at least Rs 6,000 crore may have been filed under the scheme.
12 Jan, 2014, 03.54 PM IST
Service tax amnesty yields Rs 5,500 crore5,500 crore under the voluntary compliance encouragement scheme (VCES), which ends December 31.The finance ministry expects to bring around...
31 Dec, 2013, 01.46 AM IST
Service tax defaulters rush as amnesty deadline comes to endThe next two days may see a large number of applications from service tax defaulters as deadline for the first-of-its-kind amnesty scheme e...
29 Dec, 2013, 12.23 PM IST
Service tax offices to remain open on December 28-29The last date for filing declaration under Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES) is on or before December 31, 2013.
27 Dec, 2013, 09.56 PM IST
Chandigarh Housing Board declares highest service tax under VCESThe department hoped that about 20 per cent service tax collection could further be made under VCES from this region.
23 Dec, 2013, 06.52 PM IST
P Chidambaram warns service tax evaders, says VCES a last chanceThe Finance Minister said VCES will be the last opportunity given to tax evaders so that they can come clean and make a fresh start.
05 Dec, 2013, 05.12 AM IST
No service tax amnesty offer for next 20 years: P ChidambaramChidambaram today said the government may not be able to announce amnesty programmes such as the Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encourage...
04 Dec, 2013, 06.03 PM IST
Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme a rare opportunity, make fresh start: FM P ChidambaramCalling Service Tax VCES a rare opportunity to make a "fresh start", FM P Chidambaram asked those in trade & industry to seize the offer.
04 Dec, 2013, 02.55 PM IST
Government finds a way to make taxes sweeter. Will it work?Hopefully, these VCES laddoos will be different from the proverbial ones distributed at marriages that cause both who eat them and those wh...
25 Nov, 2013, 04.03 AM IST
Finance Minister P Chidambaram exhorts service tax defaulters to come cleanAddressing industry chambers here, the Minister said the revenue department has so far received 6,409 applications, of which 3,085 have bee...
14 Nov, 2013, 07.23 PM IST
Service tax amnesty scheme VCES yields Rs 1,500 crore in revenueGovt aims to collect Rs 1.80 lakh crore in service tax in the current fiscal and the FM has been encouraging assessees to utilise the schem...
13 Nov, 2013, 04.39 PM IST
P Chidambaram asks service tax evaders to pay upP Chidambaram sent out a stern message to tax evaders to come clean and pay their due taxes, warning that authorities were well equipped to...
12 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Finance Minister asks service tax defaulters to come cleanIn a stern warning to 10 lakh service tax defaulters, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today asked them to come clean so as to avoid punishme...
11 Nov, 2013, 06.37 PM IST
Finance Minister P Chidambaram to address industry bodies on service tax amnesty schemeAiming to garner higher revenue from indirect taxes, FM P Chidambaram will address industry bodies at Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai on Voluntar...
07 Nov, 2013, 08.44 PM IST
Government warns service tax evadersThe tax defaulters will be "hit hard" if they failed to pay their dues, Revenue Secretary Sumit Bose today said.
17 Sep, 2013, 05.02 PM IST
- Avail benefits under VCES, pay tax dues: FinMin tells industry
Revenue Secretary Sumit Bose today asked representatives of the industry to avail the benefits under Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encou...
05 Jul, 2013, 08.57 PM IST