Notification No. 26/2012- Service Tax – 25% Abatement for Construction of Complex; Abatement for 11 other services notified. Govt hereby exempts the taxable service of the description specified in column (2) of the Table below, from so much of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Act, as is in excess of the service tax calculated on a value which is equivalent to a percentage specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, of the amount charged by such service provider for providing the said taxable service, unless specified otherwise, subject to the relevant conditions specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table, namely;-
Notification No. 25/2012-Service Tax Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the following taxable services from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Act, namely:- Services provided to the United Nations or a specified international organization; Health care services by a clinical establishment, an authorised medical practitioner or para-medics; Services by a veterinary clinic in relation to health care of animals or birds; Services by an entity registered under section 12AA of the Income tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) by way of charitable activities; Services by a person by way of-
ORDER NO. 126 OF 2012 The President. is pleased to order that the following IRS officers in the grade of Assistant. Commissioner of Income Tax (Junior Time Scale) be promoted to the grade of Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (Senior Time Scale) in Pay Band-3 Rs.. 15,600-39,100 plus Grade Pay of Rs.6,600 with effect from the date of assumption of the charge of the post :-
Modification in Switchover Date to Digital Cable TV System The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2011 has made it mandatory for switchover of the existing analogue Cable TV networks to Digital Addressable System (DAS) by December 2014, in a phased manner. In respect of four metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, the digital […]
Notification No. 33/2012-Customs (ADD) Whereas, in the matter of import of Pentaerythritol (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under sub-heading 2905 42 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from European Union (excluding Sweden)(hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its final findings No. 14/43/2010-DGAD dated the 10thApril, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 10th April, 2012, had come to the conclusion that-
A CBEC panel wants the new service tax regime, which is scheduled for implementation from July 1, be deferred by 3-4 months as more time is needed to put in place the required framework.
Notification No.28/2012-Central Excise (N.T) Central Government, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the CENVAT Credit (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2012.
Attention of the Authorised Dealer (AD) Category – I banks is invited to A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.45 dated March 15, 2011 wherein, it was, inter-alia, stipulated that the annual return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA) is required to be submitted directly by all the Indian companies which have received FDI and/or made FDI abroad (i.e. overseas investment) in the previous year(s) including the current year, to the Director, External Liabilities and Assets Statistics Division, Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM), Reserve Bank of India, C-8, 3rd floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051, by July 15 of every year.
The Reserve Bank of India, today released on its website, the final guidelines on “White Label Automated Teller Machines (WLAs) in India”. White Label ATMs are ATMs set up, owned and operated by non-bank entities incorporated in India under the Companies Act, 1956. Till now, only banks were permitted to set up Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as extended delivery channels.
Circular No. 4 of 2012 The Board has been apprised that in certain cases the assessees have disputed the figures of arrear demands shown as outstanding against them in the records of the Assessing Officer. The Assessing Officers have expressed their inability to correct/reconcile such disputed arrear demand on the ground that the period of limitation of four years as provided under sub-section (7) of section 154 of the Act has expired.
