Taxation Laws
Our Associates advice to its clients mainly related to Taxation Laws which includes Goods & Service Tax (GST), Central Excise, Custom, Service Tax, Value Added Tax, Sales Tax, Income Tax, FEMA, Wealth Tax and Foreign Trade Policy. The range of services of Our Associates includes consultation & advisory, registration, compliance, filing of GST & Income Tax Return, litigation, and documentation. We regularly appear before diverse adjudicating authorities including Commissioner (Appeals), Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (‘CESTAT’), State VAT Tribunals, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.
GOODS & SERVICE TAX LAW (GST)
We help our clients in getting GST Registrations, GST Return Filing, Tax Credit Transitions, Review of Supply Chain Process, and Review of contracts with vendors, GST internal Audit and GST Advisory.
Income Tax
Our Associates help our clients in obtaining PAN, TAN, filing of Income Tax Return, TDS return, preparing balance sheet, profit & loss Account, income tax refund out of TDS deducted at source to the eligible cases. Whether you are individual, proprietorship firm, partnership firm, LLP, Company, HUF, AOP, POI, or any other person, our firm help to any categories of person. If you have received any notice from income tax department and worried about demand, which would be created by the department, in absence of filing of proper reply, then you need not to worry. Our Associates also helping in filing reply to the notices sent under section 142(1), 148 and under various other provisions of the Income Tax Act, drafting, filing reply and appearing before adjudicating authorities in scrutiny matters, filing and appearing Commissioner of Income Tax (appeal), Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), High Courts and Supreme Court of India.
CUSTOM
Our firm also advises on various significant issues e.g. Classification of goods under Customs Tariff, Valuation under Customs Valuation Rules, Eligibility of various exemption benefits, Rebate claim of Customs Duty, Duty Drawback matters, Levy of Anti-dumping and Safeguard Duty, Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) Scheme, Foreign Exchange Management (FEMA) and Import Compliance Procedure.
FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
Our Associates also advises various significant issues like Classification of goods, Export of goods, Deemed exports, Export Benefits through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme, Eligibility of various export benefits, Duty Rebate Claim, Registration of Exporters and Export Compliance Procedure.
SERVICE TAX
We also advises on issues e.g. Classification of Services, Taxability of Services, Input Service Credit, Eligibility of various exemption benefits, Export of Services, Payment of tax under reverse charge mechanism, Filing of Service Tax Return and Service Tax Registration.
CENTRAL EXCISE
We also advices on issues like Classification of goods under Excise Tariff, Excise Valuation, Availment & Utilization of CENVAT credit, Reversal / Non-Reversal of Credit, Eligibility of various exemption benefits, Filing of Central Excise Return and Central Excise Registration.
VAT AND SALES TAX
We advises on various issues like Chargeability of VAT, Valuation, Various exemptions provided by different states, Credit of VAT, VAT Rebate, Filing of VAT/ Sales Tax returns and VAT/ Sales Tax registration.
SHOP & ESTABLISHMENTS REGISTRATION
Our Associates help its clients in getting license under Shops & Establishment Act. Through this enactment appropriate govt. has put mandatory conditions for the every business establishment throughout India, either with or without employees, to get their business registered with the office of labour commissioner /Department of Labour with in 30 days from the date of starting of business establishment by submitting few information related to number of persons/young persons working, time of working hours, lunch timing, closing hours, weekly holyday. The very purpose of this enactment to bring into existence is to cast responsibilities of employers and rights of workers in unorganized sectors that to they must strictly adhere to national and religious leaves, setting regulations for the recruitment of children, women, maternity leaves, sick and casual leaves regulations for recruitment and termination of services, annual holiday, upkeep of records & registers and name of manager along with documents related to identity of business & employer, proof of address of business, pay, deduction etc,. This enactment classifies the responsibilities for employers and offers a series of rights to their employees. This certificate so granted by Dept. of labour is further required to be renewed every at the end of financial year. Any business establishment after getting registered with the labour department, such certificate/license could utilize for several purposes e.g. opening of bank account as a proof of address and with other governmental authorities or private entities for any purposes being accepted. The business enterprises further required to maintain register related to workers properly.
IMPORT EXPORT CODE
Import Export (IE) Code is 10 digit code issued by Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Ministry of Commerce (GOI) on one time basis (not renewable), which mandatorily required for identification of exporter (who export goods from India to abroad) or Importer (who import goods in India from any foreign country) by Govt. authorities. It help in introducing your product and business at Global Market, eligible to getting benefits like Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) or Service Export from India Scheme (SEIS). It can be obtained by any person including Individual, partnership firm, Private/Public Limited Companies or any other legal entities irrespective of your size of business or business set up. In order to obtain IE Code, Our Associates help you to obtain Import Export Code (IEC) by filing application on your behalf with the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and it usually being granted within 10-15 days by the appropriate govt./department concern. Simply you need to provide us few documents like PAN (mandatory), Identity, address proof, constitution of business and cancelled Cheque or any other like substitute documents as may be required by appropriate govt.
TDS RETURN
Our Associates also helping our clients, in filing their TDS Return (Tax Deduction at Source), which otherwise required to be filed on quarterly basis. An employer or any other person as defined under Income Tax Act, making payment to any other person required to deduct TDS at the rate as may be specified, before making payment to other person, TDS so deducted further required to make payment in following month within prescribed due date to the government treasury but TDS statement/return required to be filed on quarterly basis failing which late fee, interest and penalty may be imposed. In order to deduct TDS or filing return TAN/PAN number mandatorily required of deductor. The payment can be in the nature of e.g. payment of salary, commission, brokerage, winning of lottery, interest payment etc. We collecting your data related to deduction of TDS and further deposit of such TDS to govt. treasury, prepare the TDS return and adherence to compliance with regulations file it. Few documents which we required is TAN, PAN, last TDS filing details, period for which TDS has to be filed, date of incorporation of your business, transaction details for filing TDS return, name of the entity and capacity like proprietorship/partnership/company etc.
Professional Tax Registration
Our Associates help our clients in getting Professional Tax Registration Number. Professional Tax is kinds of state level Tax which applies to salaried employees and professionals, including chartered accountants, lawyers, and doctors etc. The professional Tax Registration Number is usually being issued within 15 days (approx) from the date of application but very from state to state practices. The responsibility to obtain professional tax registration number is on employer, business owner/firm irrespective of their field/sector like pharmaceuticals, finance and several other sectors etc., to deduct professional tax and make payment of the same, subject to certain exception like individual with over 65 years of age, parents of permanent disability of their children, disable person, members of armed forces and few others as specified by appropriate govt. The rates of professional tax, filing of return for the same is very from state to state. Few states charging fixed rate of professional tax. Although deduction against payment of professional tax available under the law for the time being in force yet if any person liable to make payment of professional tax and failed to comply the same, then he may be liable to huge penalty for non compliance. If you have several branches of your business in different states in India, then you will have to obtain separate professional tax registration number for making payment of tax. The mainly following documents are required for getting professional tax registration.
- Certificate of Incorporation, including MOA & AOA / LLP Agreement.
- PAN card of Company/LLP which is attested by the company director
- Place of business proof along with a NOC from the owner of the premises
- Bank account of the company including bank statement and cancelled cheque.
- Passport size photographs, address and identity proof from all the directors
- Board resolution or in other words, the statement of consent by the partners.
- Shop and establishment certificate
- Salary register and attendance register
- Any other documents as may be required by authority concerned.
TRADEMARKS REGISTRATION
Our Associate help our clients in getting Trademark Registration. Whether you are Individual, partnership firm, companies, or any other business entity, the only way to protect your business name, logo, word, slogan, photograph, color combination etc., from getting copied/imitation by any others/ business entities, by getting registered your business name with the Trademarks authority concern. A Trademark is a unique identity e.g. word, slogan, photograph, logo, color combination or graphics etc. that makes your product or service different from the others. The registration of Trademark is a process through which you can protect your business logo, name, word, slogan from imitation/copy. As per the Trademark Act, it can be registered by making application to the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Ministry of Industry and commerce, (GOI). Usually, after making application with the department, it further takes 24 Months (2 years approx.) to grant you registration but immediately after making application, you can use TM with your business name for which you made the application. After grant of registration of Trademarks you can use ® symbol with your registered business name, which shall be valid for 10 years can be re-registered for further 10 years. After registration of trademarks, if any person/business copying registered trademarks, then you have the option to sue them from further using the same and can also claim damages & compensation for any loss caused to you by filing suit any them as may be advised.
COPYRIGHTS REGISTRATION
Our Associates also help our clients in getting registered Copyright of your literary, audio-visual, works, which you have created your own artistic work e.g. books, scripts, even software, music, movies, photographs, software, manuscripts, etc. The registration of copyright, give you complete peace of mind from any kind of reproduction of copies for commercial uses by others, without your lawful authority. In case of any disputes over copyright, you can knock on the door of the court over your original work. But this option you could only exercise if you have registered copyright with the registrar of copyright within the period of five years from the dates of creation. It is to be noted that registration of copyright is voluntary, not mandatory.
CONSUMER LAW
Whether you have any issue related to any deficient or defective product/goods which have been sold to you, by any sellers/shopkeepers or having an issue regarding service which has not been provided as per the agreement entered into between you, under both circumstances, you have legal rights to knock the door of consumer court. Even in case of malicious litigation filed by any person and you need your interest to be represented honestly before the court, then here Our Associates may help you in coming out of that wriggle. In both cases, you need not worry either in terms of confidence or privacy of your documents and information provided by you to defend or file a complaint. Our Associates believe in long time relationship and would really feel the difference, once you will avail our services.
REAL ESTATE LAW:
Our Associates regularly appear before the Tribunals, High Courts, and Supreme Court of India in dealing with cases pertaining to disputes regarding a delay in possession by the builder, sale of flat on the account of none payment of installments, subvention issues, defects in constructions, landlord tenants disputes, mortgage-related issues, title and boundaries disputes, sale of property by the banks on the account of none payment of loan installments popularly known as NPA account. we can assist you in such cases by representing your cases/interest before the court of law and other remedies as may be advised keeping into peculiar facts of the case to case basis.
CORPORATE LAW
Our Associates provide legal solutions to the complex legal issues faced by businesses enterprise which includes public limited, private limited companies, LLP and other business entity. We also provide services to financial institutions and state agencies in their complex and challenging transactions. Businesses in a broad spectrum of industries require and legal advice of experienced lawyers to represent them and in case of any disputes with any other parties represent them before various judicial forums like National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), High Courts as well as Supreme Court of India. Some of the industrial areas in which businesses operate are highly regulated. We offer expertise in corporate legal affairs. Our firm with long experience in corporate matters can handle company matters and integrate their industry insights with a deep legal understanding of business issues, regulatory issues, and strategic needs of modern corporations. In this way, our legal experts ensure that domestic and international business units get efficient legal services and high-quality of legal representation which changes according to their changing corporate needs. Our corporate and commercial lawyers are experts in assisting businesses to establish and expand in the newly found emerging middle markets. Businesses seek lawyers with strong technical expertise who are reputed in the practice in providing flexible and innovative legal solutions to a wide range of industry sectors. Corporations need legal advice on the most sophisticated corporate transactions and complex commercial issues.
DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS & ARBITRATION
We have a robust commercial litigation practice with a knowledge base in all forms of dispute resolution. Endeavour is made to ensure that disputes are resolved efficiently and cost-effectively. The team advises and represents a diverse range of international and domestic entities engaged in manufacturing, telecom, aviation, energy, print media, hospitality, natural resources, financial services, insurance, health, entertainment, information technology, intellectual property, employment, retail and trade, property and construction activity. The firm has extensive experience to handle litigations of complex nature and has a track record of handling landmark cases. The firm has an in-depth understanding and experience in Arbitration / alternate dispute resolution mechanisms which can be a valuable alternative to litigation. The firm is various areas of expertise including Taxation, Telecommunication, Anti-Trust & Competition, Corporate Insolvency disputes, Cross Border Litigation and Investigations, Domestic & international arbitrations, Economic Offences, Energy and Projects Disputes, Environment related matters, Finance and Securities Litigation, Insurance Disputes, Labour litigation, Litigation in administrative courts where Govt. is involved, Merger, Amalgamation and Arrangements, Print Media, Real Estate Litigation, Recovery proceedings, and Shareholders Dispute including oppression & Mismanagement.
DEBT RECOVERY
We have a specialized team of lawyers for debt recovery, composed of highly qualified lawyers who handle negotiations on behalf of our Client’s interests and claims. Intervention from our firm is most effective due to our methods and unique approach. We prefer to settle claims amicably, as we regard the court as a last resort. We ensure the protection of credit records and focus on all aspects of legal recovery, avoiding error or fraudulent behavior. Our experience serves to our advantage, enabling us to deal with debtors effectively. Due to our expansion within India, we are able to trace the debtors/assets more easily and accurately than other collection agencies. We also represent matters related to recovery before the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT), National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), NATIONAL COMPANY LAW APPELLATE TRIBUNAL (NCLAT), High Courts, and Supreme Court of India.