service providers

The Finance Bill, 2012 has massively rattled the provisions related to service tax enshrined in the Finance Act, 1994. A New reverse charge mechanism has been proposed by the Finance Bill, 2012. And by the latest Finance Bill, Section 68 (2) of the Finance Act, 1994 has been put under amendment to put the onus of payment of service tax on reverse charge basis partly on service provider and partly on service receiver. Three specific services i.e. hiring of means of transp.. Full Article

In these CHA services, during the import or export of goods, apart from the service of CHA there are various other services which are involved like the port services, terminal handling service, cargo handling service, cleaning or fumigation of containers services etc. In most cases, it is the CHA who is dealing with the service providers providing these services on behalf of their customer. Full Article

Government proposes to extent benefits of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) to food parks so that the country could quickly emerge as a regional hub for food processing and SEZ benefits are available only to SEZ Developers and units. Mega Food Park Scheme presently operates under different set of guidelines framed by the Government. Full Article

A representation has been received from Zonal Joint Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai Office seeking clarification regarding calculation of Foreign Exchange earned for redemption of EPCG Authorizations issued to Service Providers in terms of provisions ofCircular No. 25 dated 01.01.2008. Full Article

Under the existing provisions of Section 44BB of the Act, which has non-obstante clause overriding the other provisions of the Act, non-resident service providers to oil & gas industry enjoy a tax regime wherein 10% of the gross receipts are deemed to be their income and tax is levied at the rate of 42.23% on [...] Full Article

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE::  MADURAI-625 002.  Trade Notice No.   12 /2009             Dated:   13.03.2009.        Service Tax No.     4 /2009 Sub:- Service Tax – Credit on ‘Tangible goods’ supplied during the course of providing taxable service u/s 65(105)(zzzzj) – Regarding.                       Supply of tangible goods including machinery, equipments and [...] Full Article

The government is likely to exempt the services provided inside the Special Economic Zones from service tax, a move for which it is expected to seek approval from the Election Commission. Hitherto, service providers were paying taxes first and than claiming refunds, an issue on which the Commerce Ministry has written to the Ministry of Finance suggesting exemption from taxes. Full Article

THE jinxed tax that is Service Tax on GTA , is haunting the tax administration, courts and the hapless assessees for more than a decade. While the net collection from this tax would be less than peanut, the amount of litigation it has generated, must have cost the nation heavily – the Government should seriously consider doing away with this tax or maybe levying a flat 2% without credit. Full Article