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The services relating to agriculture that are specified in the negative list are services relating to – agricultural operations directly related to production of any agricultural produce including cultivation, harvesting, threshing, plant protection or seed testing;
1 Are all services provided by the Reserve Bank of India in the negative list? Yes. All services provided by the Reserve Bank of India are in the negative list.
1. What kind of activities would come under ‘transaction only in money’? ♦ Deposits in or withdrawals from a bank account. ♦ Advancement or repayment of principal sum on loan to someone. ♦ Conversion of Rs. 1,000 currency note into one rupee coins to the extent amount is received in money form.
1. Are all services provided by an employer to the employee outside the ambit of services?No. Only services that are provided by the employee to the employer in the course of employment are outside the ambit of services. Services provided outside ambit of employment for a consideration would be a service. For example, if an employee provides his services on contract basis to an associate company of the employer, then this would be treated as provision of service. Likewise a person engaged by the employer in private capacity and beyond the demands of employment will be taxable.
‘Consideration’ has not been defined in the Act. The definition of ‘consideration’ as given in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 can safely be adopted to understand the concept of consideration. When so applied to the Act, ‘consideration’ for a service provided or agreed to be provided by service provider would mean anything which the service receiver or any other person has done or abstained from doing, or does or abstain from doing, or promises to do or to abstain from doing for receiving the service.
The phrase ‘provided by one person to another’ signifies that services provided by a person to self are outside the ambit of taxable service. Example of such service would include a service provided by one branch of a company to another or to its head office or vice-versa.
“Advertising agency” means any person engaged in providing any service connected with the making, preparation, display or exhibition of advertisement and includes an advertising consultant. “advertisement” includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper, document, hoarding or any other audio or visual representation made by means of light, sound, smoke or gas;
Works contract Services eans any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person in relation to the execution of a works contract, excluding works contract in respect of roads, airports, railways, transport terminals, bridges, tunnels and dams.
Foreign Exchange broking services means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a foreign exchange broker, including an authorised dealer in foreign exchange or an authorised money changer, other than a banking company or a financial institution including a non-banking financial company or any other body corporate or commercial concern referred to in sub clause (zm);
Article explains Service Tax Provisions on Banking and other financial services. – Taxable Service means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a banking company or a financial institution including a non-banking financial company or any other body corporate or commercial concern, in relation to banking and other financial services;
