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Service Tax : CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on amounts received as booking cancellation charges, price difference & corporate discount,...
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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...
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Service Tax Rules – Besides complying with some revised drafting needs due to negative list, the rules will need changes in respect of person liable to pay tax: to provide for recipient persons relating to services provided to business entities by government, advocates or arbitrators, change in services provided from non-taxable territory, some changes to services provided by GTA and the deletion of all those services that are now exempt e.g. mutual funds agents and distributers.
The rate of service tax on Authorised dealers in foreign exchange or authorized changers have been changed against this year by Budget, 2012. The method of computation of service tax is prescribed in sub-rule(7B) of principal Rule 6 of Service Tax Rules, 1994. The said Rule is reproduced here under for ready reference:
The Finance Bill, 2012 has massively rattled the provisions related to service tax enshrined in the Finance Act, 1994. A New reverse charge mechanism has been proposed by the Finance Bill, 2012. And by the latest Finance Bill, Section 68 (2) of the Finance Act, 1994 has been put under amendment to put the onus of payment of service tax on reverse charge basis partly on service provider and partly on service receiver. Three specific services i.e. hiring of means of transport, construction and man power supply have been chosen for this purpose.
In his Budget three years ago, the Finance Minister announced the introduction of the New Direct Taxes Code (‘DTC’) and a draft of the same was also circulated for comments and discussion. Thereafter, based on the inputs from various lobbies; the revised draft was constructed and the DTC Bill was introduced in the Parliament in August 2010.
Increase in rate of Service Tax from 10% to 12%: 1.1. Rate of service tax is increased from 10% to 12%. Increase in rate of service tax is effective from 01.04.2012. 1.2. The present rate of 10% is governed by Notification No.8/2009-ST Dt.24.02.2009 which exempts all taxable services from levy of service tax under Section 66 of the Finance Act in excess of 10%. 1.3. The Notification No.8/2009 is rescinded by issue of Notification No.2/2012 – Service Tax Dt.17.03.2012.
In order to prevent double taxation or non-taxation of the provision of a service, or for the uniform application of rules, the Central Government shall have the power to notify any description of service or circumstances in which the place of provision shall be the place of effective use and enjoyment of a service.
Any service provided on board a conveyance (aircraft, vessel, rail, or roadways bus) will be covered here. Some examples are on-board service of movies/music/video/ software games on demand, beauty treatment etc, albeit only when provided against a specific charge, and not supplied as part of the fare.
What is the place of provision of passenger transportation services? The place of provision of a passenger transportation service is the place where the passenger embarks on the conveyance for a continuous journey.
What are the services covered under this Rule? Any service of transportation of goods, by any mode of transport (air, vessel, rail or by a goods transportation agency), is covered here. However, transportation of goods by courier or mail is not covered here.
What are the specified services where the place of provision is the location of the service provider? Following are the specified services where the place of provision is the location of the service provider:- i) Services provided by a banking company, or a financial company, or a non-banking financial company to account holders; ii) Telecommunication services provided to subscribers; iii) Online information and database access or retrieval services;
