service tax exemption

Circular No. 133 / 2 / 2011 – ST F.No.332/36/2010-TRU Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Tax Research Unit North Block, New Delhi 18th January 2011 To Chief Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax (All), Director General (Service Tax), Director General (Central Excise Intelligence), Director General (Audit), Commissioners of Service Tax [...] Full Article

Taxable services provided by the small scale service provider were exempted from whole of service tax leviable there-on upto the aggregate taxable value Rs.4 lakhs in any financial year of vide Notification No.06/2005-ST dated 01.03.2005 (effective f Full Article

Following eight new services are proposed to be introduced: Services of promoting, marketing or organizing of games of chance, including lottery [Section 65 (105) (zzzzn)]. Health services, namely, health check up undertaken by hospitals or medical establishments for the employees of business entities; and health services provided under health insurance schemes offered by insurance companies.[Section 65 (105) (zzzzo)] Full Article

Life insurance companies want the current system of tax exemption for insurance maturity proceeds to be continued. The proposed Direct Taxes Code has suggested deduction of tax on the final payout, while exempting the policy premium at the time of contribution and the interest on it. Full Article

exempts the taxable service 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 (hereinafter called the 'service receiver'), in relation to one or more of the specified process during the course of manufacture of parts of cycles or sewing machines, subject to the following conditions, namely :- Full Article

The Finance Ministry has extended service tax exemption to five more export promotion councils (EPCs). With this move, the total number of EPCs that could avail themselves of service tax exemption has gone up to 27 across the country. Budget 2009-10 had provided exemption on the service tax leviable under “club or association services” for 22 [...] Full Article

Construction and laying of new roads attract zero service tax, but repairs and maintenance do attract service tax. Government by Notification No. 24/2009-Service Tax, dated 27th July, 2009 exempted Repairs and maintenance work of Roads too from service tax. Notification is given below:- New Delhi, the 27th July, 2009.  Notification No. 24/2009-Service Tax G.S.R.      (E).- [...] Full Article

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi, the 5th January, 2009 Notification No.1/2009 – Service Tax G.S.R.      (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, [...] Full Article