Notification No. 32/2012-Customs (ADD) Whereas in the matter of imports of Plain Gypsum Plaster Boards of all thicknesses and dimensions, excluding Gypsum Boards having water absorption up to and including 5%, generally referred to as Moisture Resistant Boards, and Gypsum Boards having a minimum breaking load of 24 Newtons in the transverse direction and 50 Newtons in the longitudinal direction per millimetre of thickness of the Board, characterized as Impact Resistant Boards or Fire Resistant Boards” (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under the heading 6809 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred as the said Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from, China PR, Indonesia, Thailand, and UAE (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority in its preliminary findings vide, notification No. 14/45/2010-DGAD, dated the 19th March, 2012,published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 19th March, 2012, had come to the conclusion that-
All services except 17 in the negative list, and those which are exempted vide mega Notification No. 12/2012-ST dated 17.03.2012 will be taxed from July 1, the Finance Ministry has said. Under the ‘negative list’ approach, services specified in the list will remain outside the tax net. The government has widened the definition of ‘Services’ to bring in more activities under the tax net. At present, 119 services that come under ‘positive list’ are levied.
EXEMPTIONS UNDER MEGA NOTIFICATION N. 12/2012 dated 17.03.2012 w.e.f. 01.07.2012 1. Services provided to the United Nations or a specified international organization; 2. Health care services by a clinical establishment, an authorised medical practitioner or para-medics; 3. Services by a veterinary clinic in relation to health care of animals or birds; 4. Services by an entity registered under section 12AA of the Income tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) by way of charitable activities;
Central Govt exempts vide notification No. 14/2012-ST, Dated 17-3-2012 Taxable service involving import of technology, from so much of service tax, as is equivalent to the extent of amount of cess payable on the said transfer of technology under the provisions of section 3 of the Research and Development Cess Act, 1986 w.e.f. 01.07.2012.
