Around 81,500 companies from the city have already migrated to the GST portal so far and the service tax department is hopeful that the remaining ones will be doing so by the April 30 deadline.
Tennis player Sania Mirza has been issued notice by the Service Tax department in connection with alleged non-payment or evasion of service tax.
The department in Mumbai has invited online global bids for sale of Corporate Jet Airbus A319 stationed at the Mumbai International Airport belonging to Kingfisher Airlines, which has already been attached by it.
In its bid to recover around Rs 535 crore dues from Mallya, the Service Tax Department had conducted the e-auction of his personal plane for the third time on November 28-29. It has already conducted two such auctions in June and August respectively, but to no avail.
The department had initially fixed a reserve price of Rs 152 crore but could not find a buyer following which the HC had ordered to review the price.
The department in Mumbai has invited online global bids for sale of Corporate Jet Airbus A319 stationed at the Mumbai International Airport belonging to Kingfisher Airlines which has already been attached by it.
SGI Commex chairman G S Srivastava, an art connoisseur, said the aircraft, an Airbus A319-133 with registration of CJ VT-VJM, will be converted into an art pilgrimage venture under the label of 'Beyond the Obvious' and that it will not be used as a private carrier.
The Service Tax Department may go for another round of bidding for luxury jet of embattled businessman Vijay Mallya as the highest bid received during the auction here was a measly Rs 27 crore against the reserve price of Rs 152 crore.
In another failed attempt at recovering money from beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya through sale of his assets, a lone bidder turned up for the auction of his personal jet with a bid of Rs 1.09 crore, less a percent of Rs 152 crore reserve price.
The Mumbai zone of service tax department has reported 25 per cent growth in tax collection at Rs 10,873 crore in April-May this year.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) was asked way back in January 2013 by the Service Tax Department that "services tendered by Sebi" were liable to tax.
Service Tax Department has deferred the auction of liquor baron Vijay Mallya's private jet to recover Rs 535-crore dues to June 29-30, after just one potential bidder showed interest, an official said.
According to sources, adjudication orders have been passed against Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Sony and Otis Elevator Company. Also, Tata AIG and Kotak Mahindra Insurance are among the 20 high value cases that the department has taken up on priority.
The Service Tax department has sent show cause demand notices and has even passed Rs 200 crore order on Reliance Communication and its subsidiaries.
The Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) got a relief as the customs, excist and service tax appellate tribunal (CESTAT) rejected service tax department's demand to tax development fee as it was a service being rendered.
While GTL Infra in their official response told CNBC-TV18 that they have no service tax liability, within the next few days some other telecom, infra companies like Reliance Infratel and Quippo-WTTIL may get similar notices.
According to the service tax department, the incomes that some of these service stations, the authorised service stations earned were not deducting service tax on these incomes.
In more trouble for beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines, Service Tax Department has issued a notice to the carrier, "impounding" all its aircraft, department sources said here tonight. According to the notice, the airline cannot fly outside the registered airport premises.
The Service Tax Department has once again attached about 37 accounts for Kingfisher because they have defaulted on their dues again.
According to reports, Service Tax Department has blocked Air India and Kingfisher Airlines accounts for default. The dues may be recovered through sales of assets.