List of Exempted Services 1. Services Provided to the United Nations or a specified international organization. 2. With effect from 01.04.2015 (Substituted by Notification No. 06/2015-ST, Dated 01.03.2015) (i) Health care services by a clinical establishment, an authorized medical practitioner or para-medics;
With effect from 14.05.2015 Government means the Departments of the Central Government, a State Government and its Departments and a union territory and its departments but shall not be include any entity, whether created by a statute or otherwise, the accounts of which are not required to be kept in accordance with article 150 of the Constitution or the rules made theirunder
Service Tax Payable under Transport of Goods on Road or goods Transport Agency service[GTA] can be paid out of CENVAT. Above service is covered under reverse charge mechanism and provided in Notification No. 30/2012 Service Tax dated 20.06.2012 in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 68 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), and in supersession of (i) notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 15/2012- Service Tax , dated the 17th March, 2012.
The GST is a taxation system where there is a single tax in the economy for goods and services. This Taxation System is meant to create a single taxation system in the entire country for all goods and services. GST is destination based tax. The GST is called Single biggest tax reforms after independence.
1. Department of Posts provides a number of services. What is the status of those services for the purpose of levy of service tax? As per sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of section 66D services provided by the Department of Posts by way of speed post, express parcel post, life insurance, and agency services carried out on payment of commission on non government business are excluded from the negative list. Therefore, the following services provided by Department of Posts are not liable to service tax.
Interest is levied on the assessee when he delays the payment of service tax which is due and payable. If payment of service tax is delayed in accordance with the provisions of Section 68, Interest is charged at the rate not below ten per cent and not exceeding thirty-six per cent per annum. (Please Refer Section 75 of Finance Act, 1994)
Section 70 (1) late fee for delay in filing the return- If Half-yearly Service Tax Return (ST-3 / ST-3A) is filed after the due date of return filing then, the assessee is required to deposit late fees depending upon the period of delay. Such late fee can be a maximum of Rs. 20,000/- [ Please Refer: Section 70(1), Finance Act, 1994)
Cenvat credit in respect of input to be claimed within six months from the duty paying document with effect from 01.09.2014. [ Notification no. 21/2014- Central Excise dated 11.07.2014 ]- insertion of third proviso to rule 4(1).
Finance Bill, 2015 was passed in Lok Sabha on 30.04.2015 with certain amendments via notice of amendment dated 30.04.2015. In this article I have covered some of the amendment in Provisions related to Direct Taxes. Read- Lok Sabha approves Finance bill 2015
Change in Service tax Rate :- The Service tax Rate is being increased from 12% plus Education cess to 14%. The ‘Education Cess’ and ‘Secondary and Higher Education Cess’ shall be subsumed in the revised rate of service tax. Thus, effective increase in Service Tax rate will be from existing rate of 12.36% (inclusive of cesses) to 14%
