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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 : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding the extended limitation period was not invocable as suppression with inte...
Service Tax : CESTAT Allahabad set aside interest demand, holding set top boxes qualified as inputs and full CENVAT credit was admissible on rec...
Service Tax : CESTAT Hyderabad allowed CENVAT credit on an imported dredger as input under Rule 2(k), set aside the credit demand and disposed o...
Service Tax : Calcutta HC quashed invocation of a performance bank guarantee for recovery under an earlier contract and directed refund of the g...
Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata set aside Service Tax demand, interest and penalty, holding issues in favour of the appellant on exemption or lim...
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...
Keeping in background, the roll-out of GST in April 2016; the Finance Minister’s proposals this time around are introduced with a view to prepare the economy for the smooth transition to the new levy. These are discussed with the respective proposed amendments herein below. 1. Roll out of Goods and Services Tax (‘GST’): Unlike the […]
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%
1. Mens Rea is not essential for imposing Penalty:- In case of No Fraud, Collusion, Misstatement etc.:- S.Tax/C.Excise -Maximum Penalty 10% of duty amount -No penalty if duty paid before issuance of SCN or within 30 days of SCN. -25% penalty if duty paid within 30 days of Order in Original. In case of Fraud, […]
Articles Clarifies Doubts Regarding Applicability of Revised Rate of Service Tax of 14% and Applicability of Swachh Bharat Cess, Educational Cess and SHE Cess on the New Service Tax Rate of 14%. Articles also clear the doubts regarding 16% Service Tax Rate after applicability of Swachh Bharat Cess on Taxable Services. Amid huge expectations and […]
D.O. letter No. D.O.F. No. 201/24/2013-CX.6 dated 03.03.2015 by Adviser,CBEC, regarding timely disposal of registration applications to all Chief Commissioners of Excise and Service Tax / Commissioners of Service Tax to Grant Service Tax and Excise
While thinking for the entertainment now the question arises, which field is out from the service tax net? For the entertainment or enjoyment what a person thinks to do, whether it is eating outside with family, going to amusement parks, traveling outside for holiday, going to enjoy any artistic performance or any other things, all the sources are now under the service tax net and it seems that government has put the taxes on the sources of smile of a person.
Union Budget 2015 introduced several changes under Service Tax, particularly with regard to changes in exemptions, rationalising penal provisions, simplifying procedural aspects, clarifying disputed areas, Reverse charge, etc. This article highlights the important changes under Reverse charge mechanism.
A. CHANGES APPLICABLE WEF 1ST MARCH 2015 1. Services provided to Exporter by Agent Located outside India-Exemption on the services provided by Commission Agent located outside India to an exporter located in India through Notification 42/2012 dated 29/06/2012 is being rescinded. This exemption has become redundant on account of amendments made in the Place of […]
The 2015-2016 Finance Budget is was presented by Hon’ble Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on 28th February 2015. This budget was show time for the NDA Government that whether the lucrative promises made by the Prime Minister in his election campaigns were just the mushrooming for gaining the votes or he actually aimed at bringing the reforms.
Below Article covers recent amendment carried out and Proposed by Union Budget 2015-16 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 28.02.2015 in Lok Sabha. Articles covers amendment in six sections which are as follows
