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Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...
Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...
Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...
Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...
Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...
Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...
Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...
Service Tax : Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...
Service Tax : A suitable amnesty scheme must be thought of for all Central Laws and State Laws which have been merged in GST in one go to reduce...
Service Tax : Section 16 of CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into consolidated fund of India and to satisfy that t...
Service Tax : The CESTAT Chennai held that where service tax was not separately recovered from recipients, the gross receipts must be treated as...
Service Tax : The High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a service tax order due to an inordinate delay of nearly four years. The Cour...
Service Tax : The Mumbai CESTAT remanded a service tax dispute after finding that the appellant failed to include grounds of appeal in the presc...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi set aside the refund rejection order after finding that issues relating to double payment of service tax and CENVAT c...
Service Tax : CESTAT ruled that the Department failed to consider ST-3 returns and service tax already discharged by the assessee. The Tribunal ...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. vide Order No. 08/202...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s A.K. Construction Co. vide Order No. 07 /2023-...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Hi-tech Equipment Services vide Order No. 06/2...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...
Service Tax : CBIC earlier noted that the practice of payment of Service tax by way of book adjustment adopted by the Department of Posts and th...
ATM operation, maintenance or management services-Taxable Service” means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person, in relation to automated teller machine operations, maintenance or management service, in any manner;
Asset Management Services By Individuals- means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person, except a banking company or a financial institution including a non-banking financial company or any other body corporate or commercial concern referred to in sub-clause (zm), in relation to asset management including portfolio management and all forms of fund management.
The respondent runs various coaching centers in Andhra Pradesh and other States in India.The respondent’s activity of commercial training or coaching service attracts levy of service tax under Section 65(26) and Section 65(27) read with Section65(105)( zzc ) of the Finance Act, 1994 (henceforth referred as „the Act‟). After coming into force of the amendment to Section 65(1 05)(zzc) of the Act, in spite of advice by the Revenue, the Respondent did not obtain registration. The Respondent informed the Range Officer that there was no legal obligation to obtain registration under service tax. However, the respondent belatedly obtained Centralized Service Tax registration.
In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 2/2011-Service Tax, dated the 1st March, 2011 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 159(E), dated the 1st March, 2011, at Example I,
Under fire for the proposal to tax ‘high-end’ medical services, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today told Lok Sabha he is examining various suggestions and would respond later. “Since the presentation of the Budget 2011-12, I have received several suggestions and representations, including valuable feedback from Members (MPs) on taxation proposals.
Service tax has been levied on two newly carved services viz, air conditioned restaurants with license to serve alcoholic beverages and hotel accommodation. The restaurants may or may not be serving alcoholic beverages but it must be air conditioned and possess license to serve liquour. The restaurant need not be centrally air conditioned and as such all such restaurants where even one room air conditioner is installed would be taxed to service tax. So whether you consume food at home or at a restaurant, you are hit by inflation or an extra burden as service tax.
The finance Bill 2011 has enacted Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 which cover the provisions of payment of service tax on accrual basis insted of the hitherto adopted cash basis system. The implication of this changeover has been examplified in the attached Excel File which contains practical examples of all the rules from 3 to 8 of the Point of Taxation Rules, 2011.
The government today said the proposal to impose service tax on healthcare will not hurt the common man as only services provided by the centrally AC hospitals with more than 25 beds would attract the new levy.
Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi today said he wants the government to reconsider the budget proposal to hike service tax on air tickets. “I have written a letter to the Finance Minister (Pranab Mukherjee) urging him to reconsider the implementation of service tax on air travel,” Ravi told reporters here.
Expressing disappointment over the proposal to levy five percent service tax on treatment at air-conditioned private hospitals, a leading industry lobby has asked Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to roll it back and extend infrastructure status to the healthcare sector. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has contended that the proposal will impact the quality and safety measures, as today air-conditioning is an essential need and not a luxury in any hospital.
