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Pursuing with an objective to finance and promote initiatives to improve agriculture and farmer welfare, the Government announced a new cess namely ‘Krishi Kalyan Cess’ , to be levied at 0.5% on the value of all taxable services w.e.f June 1, 2016. In this regard, a new Chapter VI was inserted in the Finance Bill, 2016, containing relevant provisions, which are applicable with enactment of the Finance Act, 2016 on May 14, 2016.
(7E) The person liable for paying the service tax under sub-rule (7), (7A), (7B) or (7C) of rule 6, shall have the option to pay such amount as determined by multiplying total service tax liability calculated under sub-rule (7), (7A), (7B) or (7C) of rule 6 by effective rate of Krishi Kalyan Cess and dividing the product by rate of service tax specified in section 66B of the Finance Act, 1994
the SEZ Unit or the Developer shall be entitled to refund of- (i) the service tax paid on the specified services on which ab-initio exemption is admissible but not claimed, and (ii) the amount distributed to it in terms of clause (a).
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) by notification No. 39/2012-Service Tax, dated the 20thJune, 2012 vide number G.S.R. 481(E), dated the 20th June, 2012 and last amended vide notification No. 03/201 6- Service Tax, dated the 3rd February, 2016 vide number G.S.R. 141(E)., dated the 3rd February, 2016.
Provided that Krishi Kalyan Cess shall be leviable only on that percentage of taxable value which is specified in column (3) for the specified taxable services in column (2) of the Table in the notification No. 26/2012-Service Tax, dated 20th June, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 468 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 68 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) read with sub-section (5) of section 161 of the Finance Act, 2016 (28 of 2016), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby provides that notification No. 30/20 12 – Service Tax, dated the 20th June, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 472 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012 shall be applicable mutatis mutandis for the purposes of Krishi Kalyan Cess.
Accounting codes have also been allotted by the Office of the Controller General of Accounts for the new Minor Head 507-Krishi Kalyan Cess and new Sub-heads as under: Krishi Kalyan Cess (Minor Head) 0044-00-507
The immediate question which generally arises in case of a new levy is its impact to cases where any of the following events such as services completion, invoicing or receipt of payment occur after the effective date of levy. In order to address this question, it is important that the nature of levy and the statutory provisions under section 67A of the Finance Act, 1994 (Act) read with the Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 (POT) be understood.
Government has reduced the interest rate on late payment of service tax drastically from 18%/24%/30% w.e.f. 14.05.2016. In case the value of taxable services of assessee is less than Rs. 60 Lacs in previous year/years, then the rate of interest is further reduced by 3% and effective rate of interest will be 21% and 12% respectively.
Intermediary means a broker, an agent or any other person, by whatever name called, who arranges or facilitates a provision of a service (hereinafter called the main service) or a supply of goods between 2 or more persons but does not include a person who provides the main service
