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Notification no. 32/2016-ST, 33/2016-ST and 34/2016-ST dated 6th June, 2016 has amended the position of senior advocates under Service Tax. The impact of these amendments is summarized as below:
With a view to bring high value transactions within the tax net, it has been provided in sub- section (1 F) of section 206C of the Act that the seller who receives consideration for sale of a motor vehicle exceeding ten lakh rupees, shall collect one per cent of the sale consideration as tax from the buyer. Any person who obtains in any sale. the goods of the nature specified in sub-section (I D) or (IF) of section 206C is a buyer.
Any person whose appeal is pending before Commissioner (Appeals) can opt for this scheme except the following cases, when: (a) the impugned order is in respect of search and seizure proceeding; or (b) prosecution for any offence punishable under the Act has been instituted before the 1st day of June, 2016; or
Whether TCS to be collected, if Goods sold/Services provided of value exceeding Rs. 2,00,000 purchased/received for personal consumption from Retail Buyer? Yes, still TCS provision will be applicable as not exception for such clause is there; every buyer/service provider is covered under these section.
As the effective rate of tax on services is to be increased from 14.5% (14% Service Tax + 0.5% SBC + 0.5% KKC) to 15% (14% Service Tax + 0.5% SBC + 0.5% KKC) w.e.f June 1, 2016 the applicable rates in different scenarios in case of existing taxable services are as under:
Hence, after levy of Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC), Service tax rate will increase from 14.5% to 15%, effective from June 1, 2016. In this regard, there are many queries, which require clarification. We have summarized these queries through Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) enumerated below.
Finance minister, Mr. Jaitley had proposed to impose a provision for collection of Tax at source at the rate of 1%, in case of Sale of Motor Vehicle and finally it was passed and law amended. Effective date is 1st June, 2016. In this article, I am trying to answer most commonly asked questions on this Amendment.
In today’s scenario, every business entity has to make multiple kinds of payment to the Government or local authority. While making these payments, it is now important for these business entities to realize the repercussions of these payments from a service tax point of view as well. This is because a number of services provided by Government or local authority have been brought within the ambit of Service Tax on reverse charge basis with effect from 01/04/2016. Ever since this amendment, there are a number of apprehensions across trade and industry as to which are the services which would be covered under the tax net and what would be the provisions relating to Cenvat Credit, Point of Taxation, Valuation etc. An endeavor has been made to put together most of these questions at one place and answer them on the basis of the relevant Service tax provisions
