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during the course of manufacture or processing of alcoholic beverages by the service provider, for or on behalf of the service receiver, and that such services being a taxable service were liable to service tax under the said sub-clause (zzb) of clause 105 of section 65 of the Finance Act with effect from 1 st day of September 2009, which was not being levied according to the said practice during the period commencing from the 1 st day of September, 2009 and ending with.. Full Article

The Parliament has passed the the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2009 which is to replace the Competition (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 and to further amend section 66 of the Competition Act, 2002. Rajya Sabha passed it today, while the Lok Sabha had already considered and passed it on 14th December, 2009. Full Article

Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that a practice was generally prevalent regarding levy of service tax ( including non-levy thereof ), under section 66 of the Finance Act, 1994 ( 32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), on taxable service namely ‘business auxiliary services’ specified in sub-clause (zzb) of clause 105 of section 65 of the Finance Act provided by a person ( hereinafter called the ‘service provider’) to any other person .. Full Article

The government is likely to seek the Cabinet’s approval on amending the Competition Act 2002 to facilitate the winding up of the Monopolistic and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission before 2011. The Bill will essentially replace the ordinance issued in October this year. The ordinance was to allow winding up the MRTPC at the earliest against 2011 as specified in the Competition Act. Full Article

After a lull, the contentious provisions regarding mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s) of the amended Competition Act is back on the discussion table of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The Ministry is planning to hold a meeting with the new anti-monopoly watchdog the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the stakeholders in the first week of December to discuss the M&A clauses – Sections 5 and 6 – that are yet to be notified, official sources told to lead.. Full Article

exempts the taxable service referred to in sub-clause (zzzza) of clause (105) of section 65 of the said Act, in relation to execution of a works contract in respect of canals, other than those primarily used for the purposes of commerce or industry, from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the said Act. Full Article

Finance ministry has rolled back the proposal to impose a 10.3% service tax on goods transported by the railways. Budget 2009-10 had proposed a 10% service tax on goods carried by the railways, ‘in order to provide a level-playing field in the goods transport sector’, as finance minister Pranab Mukherjee put it. Full Article

[2009] 21 STT 266 (BANG. – CESTAT) CESTAT, BANGALORE BENCH Chandra Shipping & Trading Services v. Commissioner of Central Excise & Customs, Visakhapatnam-II + DR. S.L. PEERAN, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND T.K. JAYARAMAN, TECHNICAL MEMBER Full Article