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Direct Sales Association/Agents (DSA) of Banks taxable under ‘Business Auxiliary Services’

Loading / unloading within factory premises of client is not cargo handling service

Activity involving offer of plots for sale with assurance of development of infrastructure/amenities, lay-out approvals etc. is a ‘service

No Service tax on Services Received in India from Outside India prior to introduction of s. 66A wef 18-4-2006

‘Courier service’ is input service, if ownership of goods remains with sender till delivery

Order of Commissioner (Appeals) remitting back case for verification or quantification is not a remand order

Services in relation to import of raw materials are input services

Service tax paid on audit of assessee’s unit in compliance with environmental laws is eligible for credit

Retrospective amendment levying service tax on renting of immovable property is constitutionally valid

Prior to 1-4-2011 there was no requirement to maintain separate a/c for trading activities
Latest Service Tax News India
Service tax in India is the tax which is collected by the government from service providers for providing services. The person liable to pay service tax could be a service provider or the recipient of service or any person responsible for providing services. Generally, the service tax is required to be paid on all the services except for those provided in the negative list. All the service providers together with the union and state government providers and private sector service providers too are liable for paying service tax. Services Tax Act and Service Tax Rules together with the Finance Act, 2016 has provided an increase in service tax from 12.36% to 14%. This revised service tax rate would comprise of Education Cess and Secondary and Higher Education Cess.
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