Rail Travel Agent’s Services means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a rail travel agent in relation to booking of passage for travel by rail. “Rail travel agent” means any person engaged in providing any service connected with booking of passage for travel by rail.
Medical Records Maintenance Service means any service provided or to be provided to any business entity, by any other person, in relation to storing, keeping or maintaining of medical records of employees of a business entity.
Recovery Agent’s Services means any service provided or to be provided to a banking company or a financial institution including a non banking financial company or any other body corporate or a firm, by any person, in relation to recovery of any sums due to such banking company or financial institution, including a non-banking financial company, or any other body corporate or a firm, in any manner.
Public Relation Service means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person, in relation to managing the public relations of such person, in any manner. “Public relations” includes strategic counseling based on industry, media and perception research, corporate image management, media relations, media training, press release, press conference, financial public relations, brand support, brand launch, retail support and promotions, events and communications and crisis communications.
Insurance Business Services (General Insurance) Service means any service provided or to be provided to a policy holder or any person, by an insurer, including re-insurer carrying on general insurance business in relation to general insurance businesses; “General Insurance Business” has the meaning assigned to it in clause (g) of section 3 of General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 (57 of 1972); [Section 65 (49) of Finance Act, 1994 as amended]
Govt of India has notified the new rate for interest for Employee Provident Fund (EPF) for Financial year 2010-11. New rate is 9.5% for financial year 2010-11. Notification in this regard is reproduced hereunder.
Every person executing works contracts shall pay tax on the value of goods at the time of incorporation of such goods in the works executed at the rates applicable to the goods under this Act: Provided that where accounts are not maintained to determine the correct value of goods at the time of incorporation , such person shall pay tax at the rate of twelve and half per cent on the total consideration received or receivable, subject to such deductions , as may be prescribed
ASG Mr. Vivek Tankha’s letter to FM, circulated under Letter F.No.276/282/2010-CX.8A by CBEC, has confused many a landlord who are pressing the tenants to pay up the Service Tax on renting. Excerpts : 3.The Ld. ASG has opined …He has advised that applications may be moved before all the High Courts in India for vacation of interim direction issued in favour of the petitioners.
The Bombay HC last week quashed the decision of the Customs, Excise, Service Tax Appellate Tribunal which held the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), the licensing authority under the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, did not have the powers to amend licences with retrospective effect. The CESTAT ruling was challenged by Bhilwara Spinners Ltd, manufacturers of yarn, which were granted ‘export promotion capital goods’ licence to import capital goods. The terms had to be changed due to market circumstances.
Tenders or public auction best way to sell state properties- The Supreme Court (SC) has declared “inviting tenders from the public or holding public auction is the best way for disposal of properties belonging to the state.” In this case, Kerala Finance Corp vs Vincent Paul, the borrower failed to repay the loan and the state finance corporation tried to dispose of the mortgaged property. But the process was entangled in civil suits. The SC ssaid the corporation has not framed rules or guidelines for sale of properties owned by them. Therefore the court itself framed rules to be followed by the corporation till it formed its own guidelines.
