Service Tax : Section 65(105)(zzn)/(zzp)/(zzzp) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of goods by air service/road service/rail service – Exemption to services, as specified in section 65(105)(zzzp)/(zzp) and (zzn), provided to a person located in India when goods are transported from outside India to a final destination outside India
NOTIFICATION NO. 8/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable services as referred to in sub-clauses (zzn), (zzp) and (zzzp) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, provided to any person located in India, when the goods are transported from a place located outside India to a final destination which is also outside India, from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act.
2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2011.
whether transportation cost of goods from a foreign country to India by air is taxable or not.