ST department notified date for applicability of service tax on New services

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Notification No. 26/2009-Service Tax, dated 19-8-2009

In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (A) and (B) of section 113 of the Finance Act, 2009 (33 of 2009), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1^st day of September, 2009, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.

OUR ANALYSIS OF OF ABOVE CIRCULAR

The President of India has given assent to the Finance Bill and the CBEC vide notification No. 26/2009-ST dated 19-8-09 has notified that the provisions of Finance Act will be effective from 1^st September 2009. In view of this the following amendments in the existing services and four new services will be effective from 1-9-2009.

Amendments in existing services:

2Stock Broker Services 65(101).

1	Business Auxiliary Services Section 65(19)
Amendment in Brief	The earlier definition of Business Auxiliary services excluded all activities amount to manufacturing from the levy of service tax. The amendments are been proposed to restrict the exclusion from service tax to activity of manufacture of excisable goods which are specified in central excise Tariff.
Implication	Activities of liquor bottling plants, manufacture of state excise products under loan license, etc will now attract service tax. As the said goods are not excisable goods the cenvat credit will not be available to the service recipient.
Amendment in Brief	Definition of stock broker to exclude sub-broker.
Implication:	The services of sub-broker will be exempt from payment of service tax. As per clarification given, separate notification will be issued to exempt the said services from levy of service tax under the category of Business Auxiliary services.

Information Technology Software service. Section 65(105) (zzzze)

Amendment in Brief

The Finance bill proposes retrospective amendment to the definition of information technology services to amend the following:

Under clause (v) of the definition the activity of providing the right to use information technology software for commercial exploitation including right to reproduce, distribute and sell information technology software and right to use software components for the creation of and inclusion in other information technology software products has been made taxable instead of acquiring the right to use.

Under clause (vi) of the definition the activity of providing the right to use information technology software supplied electronically has been made taxable instead of acquiring the right to use.

The above changes are retrospective w.e.f 16^th May 2008

Implication

i. The services of providing the right to use information technology software is now the taxable service w.e.f. 16/5/2008.
ii. The department will raise show cause notice towards demand on persons providing such right to use.

Any amount paid by the acquirer’s of right to use information technology software is refundable and demand made to such persons is not sustainable.

New Services:

(a) Transportation of goods by Rail

(b) Transportation of coastal goods through inland and national waterways

(d) Legal consultancy services:

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For details about amendment in service tax refer our following earlier post on the same:-