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In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 7(4) of the Service Tax Rules 1994 read with notification No. 48/2011-Service Tax dated 19th October 2011, Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby extends the date of submission of half yearly return for the period April 2011 to September 2011 from 25th October 2011 to 26th December 2011.
Notification No. 48/2011 – Service Tax, New Delhi, the 19th October 2011 G.S.R. 771(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Service Tax Rules, 1994, namely […]
As per the amended Rule 7, with effect from 1st October 2011, every service tax assessee is required to file half yearly return only electronically. 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:-
Attention is invited to Circular No. 919/09/2010-CX dated 23rd March 2010 prescribing the procedure for electronic filing of Central Excise and Service Tax returns and payment of Central Excise duty and Service Tax by all the assessees who had paid Central Excise duty and Service Tax of Rs. 10 Lakh or more (including payment by utilisation of Cenvat credit) in the previous financial year.
Kind attention is invited to instruction F No. 275/7/2010-CX-8A, dated 30-6-2010, wherein the Board had communicated its view that services tax on a taxable service received in India, when provided by a non-resident/person located outside India, would be applicable on reverse charge basis with effect from 1-1-2005, and that the ratio of judgment in Indian National Shipowners Association (INSA) v. Union of India [2009] 18 STT 212 (Bom.) would not apply to such cases. Further, direction was issued to field formations to defend the levy of service tax on such services for the period on or after 1-1-2005,
Reference is invited to Section 35L(b) of the Central Excise Act,1944, made applicable to Service Tax vide Section 83 0f the Finance Act,1994 and Section 130E(b) of the Customs Act, 1962 which stipulates that appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court against a Tribunal order in a case involving determination of any question having a relation to the rate of duty or value of the goods for the purpose of assessment. Your attention is also invited to Circular No 935/25/2010-CX dated 21.09.2010 regarding Measures to streamline the processing of departmental litigation before the Courts and Tribunals.
Circular No. 146/15/2011 – Service Tax – Audit of the accounts of M/s Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Tiruchirapalli – Issue of eligibility or otherwise of Notification No.03/1994 – ST dated 30.6.1994 in case of telephone services for local calls provided through Village Panchayat Telephones – regarding.
Reference has been received from the Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Coimbatore, wherein, a clarification has been requested for uniformity in assessment as regards levy of service tax on telephone services rendered by M/s BSNL through Village Panchayat Telephone (VPT) with local call facility, after M/s BSNL have become a public sector unit
Notification No. 47/2011 – Service Tax – Exemption of R&D Cess paid by intellectual property service providers – subject to the following conditions, namely:- (A) the said amount of Research and Development Cess is paid within six months from the date of invoice or in case of associated enterprises the date of credit in the books of account: Provided that the exemption shall be available only if the Research and Development Cess is paid at the time or before the payment for the service;
Notification No. 46/2011 – Service Tax, G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 18/2002-Service Tax,
