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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 held that construction and maintenance services for Police Academy and Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation were n...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside service tax demands on construction of educational institutions, Government buildings and highway medians...
Service Tax : Chhattisgarh HC upheld CESTATs order restricting service tax demand to the normal period under Section 73(1), finding the dispute ...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi allowed the appeal and held that meeting fees paid to whole-time directors are not liable to service tax under the Re...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi upheld reversal of proportionate CENVAT credit on common input services used for taxable services and investment in s...
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...
For services rendered after 1-7-2010 for which payment has been or is made after 1-7-2010, service tax is leviable and builder is liable to deposit the service tax to the service tax department. The only exception to this is provided within the parenthesis ( ) in the Explanation in para 3.For services rendered after 1-7-2010 for which payment was made prior to 1-7-2010, service tax has been exempted by the Govt. based on documentary evidence vide notification No. 36/2010-S.T., dated 28-6-2010 as amended. Therefore, this benefit can be availed by builders on the basis of documentary evidence.
CIRCULAR NO 135/4/2011-ST – The existing Service Tax Audit Manual has been in use since 2003. With experience gained while conducting audits and rapid change in service tax law over the years, growth in service tax categories, assessee base as well as revenue, a need was felt to update the manual. The Board had set up a Working Group in 2009. The manual prepared by the Working Group was discussed in Board meetings for considering the various amendments and proposals to be included in the manual. The Board has since approved the Service Tax Audit Manual 2011 and will be circulated by the Directorate General of Audit. All Service Tax audits should henceforth be carried out in accordance with the principles laid down in the said Manual and the extant prevalent instructions. This Manual is for the use of departmental officers only.
The assessee is engaged in the manufacture of goods and availed Cenvat credit on Inputs/Capital goods/Input services under the provisions of Cenvat Credit Rules. During the course of audit it was found that the assessee had availed Cenvat credit of Rs. 5,45,460/- for the service tax paid by the assessee on the transportation charges incurred by them towards the outward transportation of goods cleared by them at their factory gate.
Circular No. 137/6/ 2011– ST- Assistance provided by a visa facilitator, for obtaining visa, to a visa applicant or for foreign employer does not fall within the scope of supply of manpower service. Visa facilitators, while providing visa assistance directly to individuals does not act on behalf of the embassies, as agents of the principal and hence service tax is not leviable within the meaning of business auxiliary service. Also where the assistance is rendered to an individual directly, by a visa facilitator, and the visa applicant pays the service charge on his own (meaning such service charge is not borne by any business entity), the same cannot be considered as support service for business or commerce.
E-filing of service tax return is mandatory from 01-04-2010 in case the assessee has paid a total Service Tax of rupees ten lakhs or more including the amount paid by utilization of CENVAT credit, in the preceding financial year (2009-2010), is required to file the return electronically under sub-rule (2) of Rule 7 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994.
CIRCULAR NO 136/5/2011-ST – Service provided by a restaurant having air-conditioning and license to serve alcoholic beverages in relation to serving of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages or both, in its premises [Finance Act 1994, Section 65(105) ( zzzzv )]. Service provided by a hotel, inn, guest house, club or campsite in relation to providing of accommodation for a continuous period of less than three months[Finance Act 1994, Section 65(105) ( zzzzw )]
A Service Desk has been set up with a national toll-free number 1800 425 4251 which can be accessed by taxpayer between 9AM to 5PM on all working days (Monday to Friday). Besides they can send e-mails (24×7) at e-mail ID (aces.servicedesk@icegate.gov.in). ACES Service Desk generates a unique number called the ticket number and ticket is closed only on resolution of the problem and confirmation by the complainant. If the user gives the required details, the issue is analyzed for resolving at Service desk itself (L-1) and if not possible, the issues are escalated to the L2/L3 team for resolution. Once the resolution is received the same is communicated to the persons concerned, via e-mail and on receipt of confirmation the calls are closed. Since the existing Nos. of telephones are not sufficient to handle pressure during peak filing periods as sometimes the phone lines may be busy, the taxpayers are hereby advised to send e-mails to Service desk.
Even before the PoTR, 2011 see the light of the day, a major surgery was carried out wherein the whole focus for the events determining PoT was shifted to issue of invoice. Notification No. 25/2011 dt. 31st March, 2011 made many changes in the PoTR making it necessary for the SP to sit down and re-do the whole exercise once again. As if the confusions were not enough, Notification No. 26/2011 dt. 31st March, 2011 added few more. This analysis incorporates these amendments. CBEC has been silent on the objectives of making so many amendments so frequently. In order to get the clear picture and deciphering the objectives, an attempt has been made here to analyse Draft PoTR of August, 2010, PoTR before amendment and PoTR after Notification No. 25/2011 together.
2. The issue involved in this case is the payment received by M/s Indian Oil Corporation Ltd for transfer of technical specifications and knowhow for manufacture of product called “ZSM-5 Additive” which when added to the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst enhances LPG yield. This knowhow is provided to Sud-Chemie India Ltd,90, Nehru Place, New Delhi (SCIL).
The identical questions of law came up for consideration before this Court in the case of CCE v. Stanzen Toyotetsu India (P.) Ltd. [2011] 32 STT 244. This Court held that the transportation/Rent-a-Cab service is provided by the assessee to their employees in order to reach their factory premises in time which has a direct bearing on manufacturing activity.
