service tax

Charter of Functions assigned to Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax on introduction of Goods and Services Tax. Research and analysis of (a) Subjects relevant to GST; (b) Best practices in global environment; (c) Database and issues relating to collection of CGST, IGST and SGST....

Government has reduced the interest rate on late payment of service tax drastically from 18%/24%/30% w.e.f. 14.05.2016. In case the value of taxable services of assessee is less than Rs. 60 Lacs in previous year/years, then the rate of interest is further reduced by 3% and effective rate of interest will be 21% and 12% respectively....

As the name suggests, ‘bundled services’ are the combination of two or more services. i.e. combination of provision of various services wherein provision of one service is combined with an element of provision of any other service or services....

CA Surbhi Nahata Earlier with old scheme only some specified services were taxed, but now with the new scheme all the services except negative list of services are taxed. Negative list of services is altogether a new concept put forward in Budget 2012 wherein the services covered in this list is out of the ambit […]...

A service tax demand on the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation may bring the labour ministry and the finance ministry on collision course, less than a year after they locked horns over a similar demand on provident fund payments. The revenue depa...