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Adjudication of offences under the Central Excises Act, 1944, or the Customs act 1962 or the Finance Act, 1994 (Service Tax) are important functions of the officers of the Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax competent to adjudge offences. It seeks to ensure that no economic loss is caused by the alleged contravention by the imposition of an appropriate penalty after an adjudication. If an innocent person is punished or the punishment is more than warranted by the nature of offence it may undermine the trust between the government and the public.
As per the provisions of Section 69 of Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994 and Rule 4 of Service Tax Rules, 1994 every person liable for paying the Service Tax shall make an application to the concerned jurisdictional Superintendent in Form ST-1 for registration and the same will be granted, after due verification, by the authorized officer, a certificate of registration in Form ST-2. 2. As per instructions issued vide CBEC Circular No. 493/59/99-CX dated 12-11-1999, 35/3/2001-CX.4 dated 27-08-2001 and 97/8/2007-ST dated 23-08-2007 Registration No. also known as ‘Service Tax Code’ (STC) will be alphanumeric fifteen digit PAN based number. The first part would be the 10 Character PAN issued by Income Tax authorities. It is mandatory for all the concerned persons registered under the rules to obtain PAN whether or not they pay Income Tax.
LETTER [F.No.137/131/2010-CX.40], dated 20-5-2011 Certain field formations have raised the issue of leviability of service tax on escort charges collected by State Police from banks for escorting cash, under ‘Security Agency service’. 2. While, most of the field formations are of the view that such charges should be leviable to service tax under Security Agency service, doubts have been expressed from certain formations.
AD HOC EXEMPTION ORDER No.1/1/2011, dated 1-7-2011 Whereas, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constituted under the CISF Act, 1968 as a force for protection and security of industrial undertakings is a multi-skilled agency under Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. In addition to securing property belonging to Government of India, they also provide security service to several other properties including those owned by public sector companies and State Governments for a consideration.
In this regard, please find enclosed for necessary action, a copy of Ad hoc Exemption Order No. 2/2/2011, dated 8-8-2011, whereby Government has granted exemption to the taxable service of outdoor catering referred to in sub-clause (zzt) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, if the same has been provided by a Non Government Organisation registered under any Central Act or State Act, under the Centrally assisted Mid-Day Meal Scheme, from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act, during the period 10-9-2004 to 2-9-2010
Whereas a Non Government Organization registered under any Central Act or State Act, under the Centrally assisted Mid-Day Meal Scheme, has been granted exemption from service tax vide Notification No. 47/2010 – Service Tax, dated 3-9-2010 for providing the taxable service of outdoor catering referred to in sub-clause (zzt) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act 1994;
Attention is drawn to the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s order dated 14.10.2011 in the matter of Civil Appeal No. 8391-8393 of 2011 arising out of Bombay High Court’s order in Writ Petition No. 1474 of 2010 before Hon’ble High Court of Bombay challenging provisions of Section 65 (90a) read with Section 65 (105)(zzzz) of the Finance Act, 1994 as amended by Section 75 and 76 of the finance Act, 2010, which levied service tax on “Renting/leasing of immovable property” from 01.06.2007 which provisions were upheld by the Hon’ble High Court of Bombay by order dated 04.08.2011 and dismissed the Writ Petition No. 1474 of 2010. (Copy of Supreme Court Order dated 14/10/2011 enclosed).
ORDER NO. 03/2011 – Service Tax, dated 10-8-2011- In exercise of the powers conferred by Notification No. 16/2007 – Service Tax, dated 19th April, 2007, Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby assigns to the Commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi the case specified in the following Table, for the purpose of adjudication.
A service tax assessee can file return electronically by accessing ACES Web Portal www.aces.gov.in. The said website has hosted LMS (Learning Management System) on the home page. The broad features are given below:-
The existing procedure and documents required to be filed along with application for Centralized Registration has been reviewed. In order to simplify the procedure and to follow the uniform practice in all the Divisions, a new procedure has been devised. The salient features of the new procedure are given below:
