MCA – IBBI
The MCA has issued the Order to remove the difficulties and may be called the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2017. In the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, in the Eighth Schedule, relating to amendment to the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003, in section 4, in clause (b), after the second proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided also that any scheme sanctioned under sub-section (4) or any scheme under implementation under sub-section (12) of section 18 of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 shall be deemed to be an approved resolution plan under sub-section (1) of section 31 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and the same shall be dealt with, in accordance with the provisions of Part II of the said Code: Provided also that in case, the statutory period within which an appeal was allowed under the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 against an order of the Board had not expired as on the date of notification of this Act, an appeal against any such deemed approved resolution plan may be preferred by any person before National Company Law Appellate Tribunal within ninety days from the date of publication of this order.”
CBEC
CBEC has issued a Press Release specifying the Tax Incidence on Entertainment Services under GST. Taxes on entertainments and amusements (covered by the erstwhile entry 62 of State List of the Constitution) have been subsumed under GST except to the extent of taxes on entertainments and amusements levied by a Panchayat or a Municipality. The rate of GST approved by GST Council on services by way of admission to entertainment events or cinematography films in cinema theaters is 28%. The rate of GST approved by GST Council on entertainment tax on cable TV and Direct-To-Home (DTH) services is 18%. The rate of GST approved by GST Council on access to circus, theater, Indian classical dance including folk dance and drama is 18% ad-valorem. Further, the GST Council has approved an exemption upto a consideration for admission of Rs 250 per person. Thus, entertainment services shall suffer a lower tax incidence under GST. In addition to the benefit of lower headline rates of GST, the service providers shall be eligible for full input tax credits (ITC) of GST paid in respect of inputs and input services. Presently, such service providers are not eligible to avail of input credits in respect of VAT paid on domestically procured capital goods& inputs or of Special Additional Duty (SAD) paid on imported capital goods and inputs.
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