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Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...
Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai, in Tata AIG case, rules credit can't be denied for incorrect service description on invoices when correct service t...
Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...
Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...
Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...
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 set aside demand of service tax on amounts received as booking cancellation charges, price difference & corporate discount,...
Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that that service tax on commission paid to foreign commission agents is payable under reverse charge only ...
Service Tax : CESTAT quashes service tax demand against Yatra Online Pvt Ltd, ruling that convenience and cancellation fees are not connected to...
Service Tax : Zest Buildtek Promotors Vs Deputy Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (Madras High Court)Issuance of attachment order under provi...
Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd vs Commr. of CGST (CESTAT Kolkata) where Kolkata CESTAT ruled that n...
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...
With airlines lobbying hard against the proposal to bring air travel under the service tax net in Budget 2010-11, the government may provide some relief to the sector hit badly by a global slowdown. The finance ministry is likely to specify a small fixed amount as the levy on all domestic and international tickets.
The renting of immovable property for commercial/business purpose was brought under service tax net in 2007. However, as has been the case with almost all the services the drafting of the provisions was not free from confusion. As per the definition it appeared that the services provided in relation to renting of immovable property was leviable to tax. However, the Government has embraced the interpretation and provided that renting of immovable property per se is leviable to service tax.
The Geneva-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) has written to the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, calling for a relook at the Budget 2010-11 proposal to levy a service tax on domestic and international air transport.
In this Budget a retrospective amendment has been introduced in respect of the service of renting out of property for commercial purposes. Amendment has been made in the definition of “Renting of immovable property service” to provide explicitly that the activity of renting itself is a renting service. The change has given retrospective effect from June 1, 2007. This treatise seeks to explain the rationale and the background for the retrospective amendment for a proper appreciation of this action in the Budget.
CFTI cannot be considered as an institute or establishment which is specifically excluded from the definition of “commercial coaching and training centre” under section 65(27) of the Finance Act, 1994; it also cannot be considered as a “vocational training institute” for the purpose of exemption from service tax under the category of “commercial training and coaching service” in terms of Notification No. 24/2004-ST, dated 10.9.2004.
This Note sets out some of the issues (identified during at the preliminary stage of discussion on 26 and 27 February, 2010) that are likely to arise in application of the amendments proposed by Finance Bill, 2010 relating to Service Tax. 1. Section 65(19a) – Definition of “business entity”. The definition is an inclusive one and excludes an “individual”. The issue that arises is whether an individual includes “proprietary concern”?
Brief Notes on Service Tax amendments introduced through Finance Bill, 2010 and by virtue of Notification No 2/2010-ST to 17/2010-ST all dated 27.02.10 and CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, amendment by virtue of 6/2010-CE (NT). It seems, in this budget 2010, finance minister want to wipe out country fiscal deficit in one stroke by overdosing taxation on services or on deemed service (by fiction of law).
Notification No. 18/2010 – Service Tax In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 17/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February, 2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section [More…] 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 161 (E), dated the 27th February, 2010, at page 159, in line 28, for “the buyer”,
Health services undertaken by hospitals or medical establishments for the employees of business organizations and health services provided under health insurance schemes offered by insurance companies.
The primary reason is the simplification of the Export of Service Rules (Export Rules). The Export Rules prescribe the conditions to determine when a service qualifies as exports. When the Export Rules were initially introduced in March 2005, they provided for two conditions to determine whether a service qualifies as exports.
