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Notification No. 23/2015-Service Tax It is hereby clarified that value of taxable services for the purposes of the Swachh Bharat Cess shall be the value as determined in accordance with the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006.
Circular No. 187/6/2015-Service Tax This scheme is applicable to service tax registrants who are exporters of services, with respect to refund claims under rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, which have been filed on or before 31-3-2015, and which have not been disposed of as on date of the issue of this circular. Such registrants will be referred to as ‘claimants’ in the subsequent paragraphs.
Notification No. 22/2015-Service Tax Government has decided to impose, with effect from 15th November 2015, a Swachh Brarat Cess at the rate of 0.5% on all services, which are presently liable to service tax. This will translate into a tax of 50 paisa only on every one hundred rupees worth of taxable services. The proceeds from this cess will be exclusively used for Swachh Bharat initiatives.
Notification No. 21/2015-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 119 of the Finance Act, 2015 (20 of 2015), the Central Government hereby appoints the 15th day of November, 2015 as the date with effect from which the provisions of Chapter VI of the said Act, shall come into force.
The undersigned is directed to refer to the CBEC’s Supplementary Instructions on Central Excise which stipulates procedures to be followed on various procedural aspects w.r.t. registration, invoice systems, rebate procedure under exports, bonds/ LUTs etc. It may be noted that considerable time has elapsed since these instructions were last issued and several instructions have lost relevance due to changes in law/ procedures over the past few years.
Circular No. 1010/17/2015-CX it has been decided to revise the limits for arrests in Central Excise and Service tax. Henceforth, arrest of a person in relation to offences specified under clause (a) to (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 or under clause (i) or (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Finance Act, 1994, may be made in cases where the evasion of Central Excise duty or Service Tax or the misuse of Cenvat Credit is equal to or more than rupees one crore.
Circular No. 1009/16/2015-CX Whoever commits any of the offences specified under sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 or sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Finance Act, 1994, can be prosecuted.
Chief Commissioners should assign the cases of adjudication on a monthly basis in his jurisdiction to the officers in personam and ensure that the officer to whom the case has been assigned disposes of the said case. In the event of his transfer out of that jurisdiction he should not be relieved till he has disposed of the said cases.
Notification No. 20/2015-Service Tax Government exempts the services provided by a business facilitator or a business correspondent to a banking company with respect to Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts covered by Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) from Service Tax.
Notification No. 19/2015-Service Tax Central Government is satisfied that in the period commencing on and from the 1st day of July, 2012 and ending with the 13th day of October, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the said period) according to a practice that was generally prevalent, there was nonlevy of service tax on the services provided by an Indian Bank or other entity acting as an agent to the Money Transfer Service Operators (hereinafter referred to as MTSO), in relation to remittance of foreign currency from outside India to India (hereinafter referred to as the said practice), and this service was liable to service tax, which was not being paid according to the said practice.
