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Hon’ble Speaker Sumitra Mahajan put into motion that whether the amendment done in Rajya Sabha in respect of GST shall be passed or not and fortunately it has been passed by majority of the house with 429 yes.
The Krishi Kalyan Cess shall come into force with effect from 1st June, 2016. The said levy has been imposed by the Central Government by exercising its power under Section 161 of the Finance Act, 2016, which specifically indicates that KKC shall be levied and collected as Service tax @ 0.5% on the value of all taxable services.
Approved vocational education course‟ is to be incorporated inthe general exemption notification & exemption to specified educational services (Notification No.25/2012-Service Tax). Section 67A which provides for the ‘Date of determination of rate of tax, value of taxable service and rate of exchange’ has been amended to the effect that the time or the point in time with respect to rate of Service tax shall be determined as per the Point of Taxation Rules (POTR) ( Notification No- 10/2016-Service Tax).
Swachh Bharat Cess has been imposed on the value of all taxable services with effect from 15.11.2015 (vide Notification No. 21/2015-ST dated 06.11.2015). The said levy has been imposed by the Central Government by exercising its power under Section 119 of the Finance Act, 2015, which specifically indicates that SB Cess shall be levied and collected, as Service tax .
