The undersigned has been authorized to direct the exchanges to bring the provisions of this circular to the notice of the member brokers and also to disseminate the same on the website.
The undersigned is directed to say that Board hereby specifies Director General Service Tax as the authority for the purpose of rule 4(3)(b) of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 for granting centralized registration
It has been brought to the notice of the Board that certain field formations have interpreted that service tax is leviable on certain processing activities undertaken by job-workers in relation to manufacture of Gem and Jewellery sector, for or on behalf of the client, even though such activities does amount to ‘manufacture’ under Central Excise Law.
Kind attention is invited to Sr.Nos.167, 168 and condition No.21of the subject customs notification in terms of which duty free import of lining and interlining materials required by garment exporters for use in the export product is permitted upto 2% of the FOB value of exports of garments made during the preceding financial year.
the assessee will not invest or deposit its fund (other than voluntary contributions received and maintained in the form of jewellery, furniture etc.) for any period during the previous years relevant to the assessment years mentioned above other wise than in any one or more of the forms or modes specified in sub-section (5) of Section 11