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Excise Duty : The government has withdrawn an earlier central excise exemption notification with effect from 2 February 2026. The rescission is ...
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Reduction in number of levies: Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education Cess on taxable services have been subsumed in Service Tax with effect from 06.2015. [Sections 153, 159 of the Finance Act, 2015 read with notification No.14/2015-Service Tax, dated 19.05.2015 refers].
Shivani Mangla Services covered under Reverse Charge Mechanism from 01.06.2015 (with % and type of person) S.No. Description of service Service Provider Service Receiver 1 Insurance Agency Services Insurance Agent Any person carrying on insurance business NIL (0%) 100% (14%) 1A Recovery Agent Services Recovery Agent Banking co./ Financial inst./NBFC NIL (0%) 100% (14%) 1B […]
Amendments shall have the following effect w.e.f. 14.05.2015– (1) The remedy of appeal to Tribunal u/s 86 is not available in every case as it has now been provided subject to the saving clause ‘save as otherwise provided herein’. The provisos added provide that saving. Thus, scope of section 86 has been curtailed. (2) Any appeal against the order of Commissioner (Appeal) in relation to matters concerning rebate of Service Tax (e.g. exports) shall be governed in terms of section 35EE of Central Excise Act, 1944.
AMENDMENTS IN CENTRAL EXCISE ACT, 1944-1. Factors of Production for Tobacco Related Products – Explanation 3 to Section 3A- This amendment will enable the Central Government to specify more than one factor relevant to the production of notified goods under Section 3A. Accordingly, Central Government has issued NN 4/2015 & NN 5/2015 dated 1st March 2015 to specify more factors for Chewing Tobacco / Unmanufactured Tobacco and Pan Masala respectively. In those notifications, the factors which are relevant to the production of notified goods are
Access to amusement facilities was not covered under the scope of service tax till 31st May,2015 was mainly due to the reasons that entertainment duty falls in the State List i.e. only the State Governments can impose any kind of tax on them as per the Entry No. 62 of List II of Schedule VII of Constitution.
The dawn of Cab aggregators Uber, Ola, etc.., has been seen in India in recent times, but the laws pertaining to service tax in the aggregators model of service was in gray. The aggregator model of service is new in India and there has been a lack of clarity about service tax rules that must apply toward Uber, Ola, etc…
The Finance Act,2015 has come into effect from 14/05/2015.The new liberalized scheme on penalties under section 76 and 78 has been made applicable to all pending SCNs in Service tax matters and no order has been passed,till this date.The newly inserted section 78B,in the Finance Bill,2015 had specifically clarified this.
Service Tax shall be levied on the service provided by way of access to amusement facility providing fun or recreation by means of rides, gaming devices or bowling alleys in amusement parks, amusement arcades, water parks and theme parks.
Amendment made by Finance Bill, 2015 by way of insertion of explanation to Sec 65B(44) , it is clear that the Govt. intends to collect the service tax on foreman commission . However, it is well settled position of the law that the any explanation bringing the new activity into tax net would not be having a retrospective effect unless the explanation being inserted retrospectively, which is not so in this case. Thus, the tax chargeable on chit fund service will be prospective i.e from the date of enactment of Finance Act, 2015.
The Finance Bill, 2015, has received the assent of the Honorable President and has been notified. 1st June, 2015 is being notified as the date on which the following provisions will come into effect. 1. The rate of Service Tax is being increased from 12% to 14% (including cesses). (Notification No.14/2015-Service Tax, dated 19th May, 2015 refers)
