Service Tax The taxable services,— (A) (i) provided or agreed to be provided by an insurance agent to any person carrying on the insurance business; (ii) provided or agreed to be provided by a goods transport agency in respect of transportation of goods by road, where the consignor or the consignee is,— (a) any factory registered under or governed by the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (b) any society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under any other law for the time being in force in any part of India;
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 exempts the taxable service involving import of technology, from so much of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Act, as is equivalent to the amount of cess payable on the said import of technology under the provisions of section 3 of the Research and Development Cess Act, 1986 (32 of 1986), subject to the following conditions, namely:—
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the said Finance Act), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable service of the description specified in column (2) of the Table below, from so much of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Finance Act, as is in excess of the service tax calculated on a value which is equivalent to a percentage specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, of the gross amount charged by such service provider for providing the said taxable service, subject to the relevant conditions specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table,
In addition to the 17 services listed as negative lists of services by Section 66 D, additional 34 services have been notified to be exempt from payment of service tax. This may be called as mega exemption notification.
NOTIFICATION NO. 11/2012-ST, DATED 17-3-2012 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (aa) of 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 (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006, namely :- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Amendment Rules, 2012.
Notification No. 10/2012 – ST, dated 17-3-2012 In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 93 and 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Works Contract (Composition Scheme for Payment of Service Tax) Rules, 2007, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Works Contract (Composition Scheme for Payment of Service Tax) Amendment Rules, 2012.
Notification No.9/2012 – ST, dated 17-3- 2012 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.9/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 153 (E), dated the 27th February, 2010, namely:-
Notification No. 8/2012-ST, dated 17-3-2012 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.8/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 152 (E), dated the 27th February, 2010, namely:-
Notification No.7/2012-ST, dated 17-3-2012 Section 65(105)(zzzp) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of goods by rail service – Exemption to transport of goods by rail – Amendment in Notification No. 7/2010-ST, dated 27-2-2010
Notification No.6/2012 – ST, dated 17-3-2012 Central Government hereby exempts the taxable service specified in clause (zzzo) of sub-section (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, from so much of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act, as is in excess of the service tax calculated on a value which is equivalent to forty per cent of the value of the taxable service by such service provider for providing the said taxable service
