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Great news for Microsoft fans using Android devices, as the company's Edge browser is now available for download in the Google Play Store. Up until early today, Android users could only install the preview version of Microsoft Edge, which coincidentally got a small update yesterday that  added a Dark Theme and password syncing . Less than 24 hours after the said update, Microsoft released the final version of Edge in the Google Play Store. If you haven't used the beta build yet, here are a couple of things that Microsoft Edge can do on Android. First off, it can sync your favorite websites across devices, so that you can continue to read them from where you left off no matter what device you have with you. It has a QR code reader, voice search feature, and the so-called Hub View. On top of that,  Microsoft Edge  comes with an InPrivate mode that prevents browsing data (history, temporary internet files, and cookies) from being saved on your device when it's enabled. Of ...

There are thousands of sms apps in Play Store. Facebook messenger ,True caller also providing sms messaging services and identifying unknown sender.  Google’s own SMS app that also includes audio chats, emojis and location sharing. SMS Organizer is a sms app made by Microsoft for android devices. If the app is not available yu can get apk file from apkpure.com or apkmirror.com and can install on your phone. SMS organizer is a pure sms app,simple and efficient but with no extra bells and whistles. SMS Organizer, a Microsoft Garage Project, is a FREE App that helps you focus on the SMS most important to you, filters out all the spam, creates Reminder cards with quick actions and deep links, detects OTP, supports FREE SMS, quick replies and much more. The machine learning (ML) based algo models automatically categorizes all your SMS into categories like Personal, Transactional and Promotional helping you declutter your SMS Inbox. Switch to SMS organizer from your default SMS App ...

A 100-member delegation from  textile and garment industry  would be visiting the  United Arab Emirates  next month. Federation of Indian Export Organisation Chairman  A Sakthivel  would be leading the business delegation to take part in the  International Apparel  and Textile Fair to be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre between November 1 and 3, a press release said. During the visit, the traders would be displaying fashion readymade and fashion garments at the Indian pavilion. Currently, India's textile and garment export is focused to Europe and United States markets. By the participation in the trade fair, "FIEO envisages to serve major GCC countries directly", it said. The United Arab Emirates ranks third in the world in terms of textile exports. It is also the fourth largest trading centre for fashion and apparel, it said.

INVOICE 45. A shop sells taxable & exempt products to the same person (B2C), is it required to issue tax invoice and bill of supply separately? Ans. In such a case the person can issue one tax invoice for the taxable invoice and also declare exempted supply in the same invoice. 46. Do registered dealers have to record Aadhaar/PAN while selling goods to unregistered dealers? Ans. There is no requirement to take Aadhaar / PAN details of the customer under the GST Act. 47. All expenses like freight / transport / packing which are charged in Sales Invoice are taxable in GST? How to charge in bill? Ans. All expenses will have to be included in the value and invoice needs to be issued accordingly. Please refer to Section 15 of CGST Act and Invoice Rules. 48. Can we move construction material to builders on delivery challan and issue tax invoice post completion of activity? Ans. If the goods are meant to be supplied in the course of construction an invoice is necessary. If the g...

REFUND 28. I have a pending export refund in Service Tax. What will happen? Ans. Refunds under earlier laws will be given under the respective laws only. 29. As an exporter, how do I ensure that my working capital is not blocked as refunds? Ans. Appropriate provisions have been made in the law by providing for grant of 90 per cent refund on provisional basis within 7 days from filing of registration. CESS 30. What will be the impact of GST on coal? Will the clean energy Cess on coal go or will it stay? Ans. Clean Environmental Cess on coal will be replaced by GST Compensation Cess. COMPOSITION SCHEME 31. Suppose I am in composition scheme in GST. If I purchase goods from unregistered person, then GST will be paid to Government by me or not? Ans. Yes, you will be liable to pay tax on reverse charge basis for supplies from unregistered person. CUSTOMS 32. What duties will be levied on import of goods? Customs duty and cess as applicable + IGST+ GST compensation cess. Ans. I...

1. Does aggregate turnover include value of inward supplies received on which RCM is payable? Ans. Refer Section 2(6) of CGST Act. Aggregate turnover does not include value of inward supplies on which tax is payable on reverse charge basis. 2. What if the dealer migrated with wrong PAN as the status of firm was changed from proprietorship to partnership? Ans. New registration would be required as partnership firm would have new PAN. 3. A taxable person's business is in many states. All supplies are below 10 Lakhs. He makes an Inter State supply from one state. Is he liable for registration? Ans. He is liable to register if the aggregate turnover (all India) is more than 20 lacs or if he is engaged in inter-State supplies. 4. Can we use provisional GSTIN or do we get new GSTIN? Can we start using provisional GSTIN till new one is issued? Ans. Provisional GSTIN (PID) should be converted into final GSTIN within 90 days. Yes, provisional GSTIN can be used till final GSTIN is is...

"The average duty drawback that we were getting per-GST was 11.5 percent and the Remission of State Levies (ROSL) was an average of 3.5 percent. Post GST, the average drawback has come down from 11.5 percent to 2.25 percent" Garment exporters demanded the restoration of duty drawback and Remission of State Levies (ROSL) rates to pre-GST levels, claiming that a whopping six million jobs may be lost in the sector if urgent remedial measures were not taken. India's apparel exporters are facing intense competition from countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam, owing to lower competitiveness. "Last week, the government has been very magnanimous in increasing the ROSL from the 0.39 percent which was announced in July to 1.7 percent, but we are still short of the 3.7 percent which we were getting earlier," said Sudhir Sekhri, Chairman, Garment Exporters Association. Addressing a press conference, garment exporters alleged that the government was "maki...

India’s goods and services tax collections fell to Rs 83,346 crore in October, from more than Rs 90,000 crore in each of the first three months after the new tax regime was rolled out on July 1.  A finance ministry statement attributed the lower collections to the release of state and central GST out of integrated GST (IGST) paid in the first three months, reduction in taxes and payment of GST based on self-declared tax return. 

The Golden Ratio  (symbol is the Greek letter "phi" shown at left) is a special number approximately equal to 1.618 It appears many times in geometry, art, architecture and other areas. The Idea Behind It We find the golden ratio when we divide a line into two parts so that: the whole length divided by the long part is also equal to the long part divided by the short part Many buildings and artworks have the Golden Ratio in them, such as the Parthenon in Greece, but it is not really known if it was designed that way. In nature most of the creatures anatomy follows golden ratio. Most of beautiful peoples faces follow golden ratio.  And here is a surprise: when we take any two successive  (one after the other)  Fibonacci Numbers,  their ratio is very close to the Golden Ratio . In fact, the bigger the pair of Fibonacci Numbers, the closer the approximation. Let us try a few: A B   B/A 2 3   1.5 3 5   1....

Amazon and Flipkart both conduct flash sales of newly launched mobile. If a consumer got a damage or fault in mobile he will return it to that E Commerce site. They will return it to the mobile  / tablet manufacturer. That product is checked by experts and they repair that damaged part. And once again they will conduct all tests. Those products are sold as refurbished. Price difference is about 2000 bucks.

Google doodle honours V Shantaram on his 116th birth anniversary. The doodle depicts three of the filmmaker and producer’s most popular films. The Google Doodle on Saturday honoured renowned Marathi filmmaker Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, also known as V Shantaram, on his 116th birth anniversary. The versatile film personality was born on November 18, 1901, in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district. Shantaram, fondly known as Annasaheb, is known for films such as Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (1946), Amar Bhoopali (1951), Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Navrang (1959), Duniya Na Mane (1937) and Pinjra (1972). He was married thrice. His first marriage was to Vimla. He then married actress Jayashree, with whom he had three children - Marathi film director Kiran Chandra, actress Rajshree and Tejasri. He left the company in 1942 to form the Rajkamal Kalamandir in Mumbai. Rajkamal would go on to become the country’s most sophisticated studios. Shantaram won the Dad...