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Health Insurance for all Indians

Finance - During my earlier stint when I was in UAE and Abu Dhabi in specific, I was made in charge of the Insurance department of the company where I worked and I had acquired good practical knowledge since medical insurance is compulsory in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and our company had a strength of nearly […]...

Strategic Cost management – Healthcare Industry

Finance - Hospitals and healthcare systems increasingly face financial pressures from increasing competition, deteriorating payer mix and other factors.  Due to these pressures, Cost reduction and control is at the forefront of healthcare finance leaders’ minds, whether they are a rural, nonprofit, urban or safety-net organization. Healthc...

Health care services under GST Act

Finance - Health is the primary thing and everything else follows thereafter, There is a saying that ‘Health is Wealth’, which means when a person maintains good health, everything else falls into place.  The Central government understanding the importance of health and services supplied by health service sector has exempted the health...

CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organization)

Finance - CDSCO is controlled and regulated by the Directorate General of Health Services, which is part of the Government of India's ministry of health and family welfare. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization is headquartered in New Delhi and operates several zonal offices across the country. Additionally, CDSCO collaborates together wi...

Expenditure on COVID-19 Healthcare facilities & Infrastructure counted under CSR

Finance - Expenditure on COVID-19 Healthcare facilities and Infrastructure counted under CSR Expenditure Pursuant to the General Circular No. 09/2021, issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, on 5th May, 2021, and in continuation to the General Circular No. 10/2020, as issued on 23rd of March 2020, the MCA hereby elaborated on various health relate...

IMA demands health ministry to Wake up from its slumber

Finance - IMA is astonished to see the extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions from the Ministry of health in combating the agonizing crisis born out of the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The collective consciousness, proactive cognizance, and requests made by IMA and other professional learned colleagues are put into the dust...

Centre plans to bring in five to eight new services under service tax net from next year

Finance - But health services offered by the private doctors, lab testing and diagnostic services are out of the ambit of service tax. The Centre is likely to target these services to complete the chain in the health sector. Similar services attract tax in sev...

CBEC notifies 8 new taxable Services w.e.f. 1.7.2010

Finance - CBEC has notified 8 new taxable Services w.e.f. 1.7.2010 vide Notification No.24/2010-Service Tax dated 22.6.2010. The following are the new taxable Services introduced w.e.f. from 1.7.2010. 1. Games of chance (zzzzn),2 Health services (zzzzo), ,3 Maintenance of medical records (zzzzp)...

Service Tax applicable on 8 new services to come into effect from July 1 2010

Finance - The Finance Ministry has specified July 1 as the date from which service tax levy would be applicable on the eight new services brought under the tax net in Budget 2010-11. The eight new services include services of promoting, marketing or organising of games of chance, including lottery, health services undertaken by hospitals for employ...

Post budget 2010 medical treatment and medical insurance premium will cost more

Finance - According to the Bill, tax will be levied on “a person covered by health insurance scheme, for any health check-up or treatment, where the payment for such health check-up or treatment is made by the insurance company directly to such hospital, nursing home or multi-specialty clinic”. This will be only applicable to cashless insurance...

There is No Provision of Service Between Partners & Partnership Firm

Cadila Healthcare Limited Vs C.S.T.-Service Tax (CESTAT Ahmedabad) - • In a partnership firm, partner‘s capital can be in the form of cash/asset. It can also be in the form of contribution of skill and labour alone without contribution in cash. The appellant is a partner performing some duties for which he has an expertise, skill in the marketing and distribution...

Service tax – Summary of Recent Amendments

LETTER D.O.F. NO. 334/3/2011-TRU - (25/04/2011) - Clarifications on new services specified in clauses (zzzzv) and (zzzzw) of section 65(105) of the Finance Act, 1994 and amendments to existing clauses of same section and following services Services provided by a Restaurant, Short Term Accommodation. Commercial Coaching and Training, Legal Services,...

Recent Posts in "health services"

Health Insurance for all Indians

During my earlier stint when I was in UAE and Abu Dhabi in specific, I was made in charge of the Insurance department of the company where I worked and I had acquired good practical knowledge since medical insurance is compulsory in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and our company had a strength of nearly […]...

Posted Under: Service Tax |

Strategic Cost management – Healthcare Industry

Hospitals and healthcare systems increasingly face financial pressures from increasing competition, deteriorating payer mix and other factors.  Due to these pressures, Cost reduction and control is at the forefront of healthcare finance leaders’ minds, whether they are a rural, nonprofit, urban or safety-net organization. Healthc...

Posted Under: Service Tax |

Health care services under GST Act

Health is the primary thing and everything else follows thereafter, There is a saying that ‘Health is Wealth’, which means when a person maintains good health, everything else falls into place.  The Central government understanding the importance of health and services supplied by health service sector has exempted the health...

Posted Under: Service Tax |

CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organization)

CDSCO is controlled and regulated by the Directorate General of Health Services, which is part of the Government of India's ministry of health and family welfare. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization is headquartered in New Delhi and operates several zonal offices across the country. Additionally, CDSCO collaborates together wi...

Posted Under: Service Tax |

Expenditure on COVID-19 Healthcare facilities & Infrastructure counted under CSR

General Circular No. 09/2021 05/05/2021

Expenditure on COVID-19 Healthcare facilities and Infrastructure counted under CSR Expenditure Pursuant to the General Circular No. 09/2021, issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, on 5th May, 2021, and in continuation to the General Circular No. 10/2020, as issued on 23rd of March 2020, the MCA hereby elaborated on various health relate...

Posted Under: Service Tax |

IMA demands health ministry to Wake up from its slumber

IMA is astonished to see the extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions from the Ministry of health in combating the agonizing crisis born out of the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The collective consciousness, proactive cognizance, and requests made by IMA and other professional learned colleagues are put into the dust...

Posted Under: Service Tax |

Whether Indian Judiciary is equipped to declare ‘Medical Emergency’

COVID-19 is a disaster that has engrossed from Wuhan, China. Although over the last few months this has travelled many countries and the reason for the birth of the Coronavirus is still not known. Some say that it is a virus which is a mixture of several viruses such as swine flu,  bird flu etc., However the virus has spread all over the...

Posted Under: Service Tax |

There is No Provision of Service Between Partners & Partnership Firm

Cadila Healthcare Limited Vs C.S.T.-Service Tax (CESTAT Ahmedabad)

• In a partnership firm, partner‘s capital can be in the form of cash/asset. It can also be in the form of contribution of skill and labour alone without contribution in cash. The appellant is a partner performing some duties for which he has an expertise, skill in the marketing and distribution of the goods manufactured by partnershi...

Private healthcare sector: Income tax incentives, Provisions & Judgments

Private healthcare sector: Income tax incentives, Legal Provisions and Judgments This article covers various sections related to healthcare sector such as Section 10(23C), Section 44A, Section 44AB, Section 11, Section 12, Section 35AD, Section 194I, Section 194h, Section J and many more along with various related case laws. Legal Provisi...

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Easy-to-miss Tax Benefits of Health Insurance Policies in India

If you are the breadwinner of your family and willing to buy health insurance plans for your children, spouse, and parents, you can avail tax benefits under section 80D of income tax act, 1961. You can avail these benefits as an individual as well as when you buy it for your parents no matter whether they are dependent on you or not....

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