Notification No. 09/2010-Service Tax, New Delhi, the 27th February, 2010. In the said notification, in the Table, against S.No.1 1 for the entry in column (3), the following entry shall be substituted, namely:- “Transport of goods by rail.” This notification shall come into force on the first day of April, 2010.
Notification No. 08/2010-Service Tax Central Government hereby exempts the taxable service provided to any person in relation to transport of goods, the description of which is specified in column (2) of the Table below, by rail as referred to in sub-clause (zzzp) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act.
Notification No. 07/2010-Service Tax,- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.33/2009-Service Tax, dated the 1st September, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 627 (E), dated the 1st September, 2009, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.
For the purposes of this rule India includes the installations structures and vessels located in the continental shelf of India and the exclusive economic zone of India, for the purposes of prospecting or extraction or production of mineral oil and natural gas and supply thereof.
Notification No. 05/2010-Service Tax Central Government hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 01/2000- Service Tax, dated 9th February, 2000, published vide number G.S.R. 98 (E), dated 9th February, 2000, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.
Notification No. 04/2010-Service Tax Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification No.33/2004-Service Tax, dated the 3rd December, 2004 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 788 (E), dated the 3rd December, 2004 , namely:-
Notification No. 03/2010-Service Tax,- Seeks to amend Notification No. 24/2004 dated 10.09.2004 so as to substitute Explanation (i) to modify the meaning of vocational training institute as those institutes or centres affiliated to the National Council for Vocational Training notified under the Apprentices Act, 1961.
(i) the document providing the right to use such software, by whatever name called, if any, is packed along with the software; (ii) the manufacturer, duplicator, or the person holding the copyright to software has paid the appropriate duties of excise on the entire amount received from the buyer; and (iii) the benefit under notification No. 17/2010– Central Excise, dated the 27th February ,2010 is not availed of by the manufacturer, duplicator or the person holding the copyright to software.
It is, therefore, proposed to also allow deduction in respect of any contribution made to CGHS by including such contribution under the provisions of section 80D. The deduction will be limited to the current aggregate as mentioned in the section.
In tune with the policy thrust of promoting investment in the infrastructure sector, it is proposed to insert a new section 80CCF in the Income-tax Act to provide that subscription during the financial year 2010-11 made to long-term infrastructure bonds (as may be notified by the Central Government), to the extent of Rs. 20,000, shall be allowed as deduction in computing the income of an individual or a Hindu undivided family.
