In pursuance of the announcement made by Commerce and Industry Minister on 18.4.2013, the Second Task Force on Transaction Cost has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Director General of Foreign Trade under following terms and reference:
CLARIFICATION IN RESPECT OF NOTICES/REMINDER LETTER ISSUED FOR LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES TRADE NOTICE NO. 901/01/2013/ST [F.NO.IV(16)30-105/STC/TECH./2013/NAGPUR], DATED 20-2-2013 Authority: – Circular No.166/1/2013-ST, dated 1-1-2013 issued by Technical Officer TRU, New Delhi. It has been represented by life insurance companies that in terms of the practice followed, reminder notices/letters are being issued to the policyholders to […]
SERVICE TAX ON SERVICES BY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS BY RAIL/VESSEL – TRANSPORTATION OF MILK TRADE NOTICE NO. 902/02/2013/ST [F.NO.IV(16)30-106/STC/TECH./2013/NAGPUR], DATED 20-2-2013 Authority:- Circular No. 167/2/2013-ST, dated 1-1-2013 issued by Technical Office TRU, New Delhi. Representation has been received from the Indian Railways seeking clarification as to whether service by way of transportation of […]
Various items have been added from time to time under Appendix 37A i.e. Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojna (VKGUY) and Appendix 37D i.e. Focus Product Scheme (FPS) and Market Linked Focus Product Scheme (MLFPS) in the Hand Book of Procedure Vol-I.
TRADE NOTICE NO. 3/ST/2013-CEXCHD1[F.NO.V(MISC)30/STC/HQ/TRADE NOTICE/10/2010/PT.], DATED 22-3-2013 (I) A copy of letter dated 20-3-2013, vide F. No. IV(24)/20/2012-Systems issued by the Directorate General of Systems, Customs & Central Excise, C.R Building, I.P. Estate, New Delhi- 110109 on the above subject matter, is enclosed (Annexure) herewith for information and guidance for the trade and field formation. The […]
In partial modification of the aforesaid Facility Notices, it is decided that all matters relating to 100% EOUs/EHTP/STPs, Customs Bonded Warehouses and other Customs related work in the jurisdiction of Mysore, which are currently under Service Tax and EOU Division, are now attached to their respective Central Excise Ranges under the jurisdiction of the concerned Divisions of Mysore Commissionerate
It is to bring to the notice of all trade associations and stake holders that Clarification has been sought whether Service Tax is payable on rent paid by them to various building owners who has given the buildings on rent to Govt. Departments for office purpose.
It has been brought to our notice that the present practice of issuing account payee cheques to the refund claimants is cumbersome and it also entails lot of paperwork, including return of cheques due to incomplete address and other clerical errors, leading to considerable delay in realisation of the refund! rebate amounts by the claimants.
It is to bring to the notice of all trade associations and stake holders that concerns have been expressed in various forums regarding the leviability of Service Tax on the remittance of foreign currency in India from overseas.
Modified version of the Service Tax Return (ST3) for the quarter April to June 2012 is now available for uploading to ACES .It is available in ‘DOWNLOADS’ section in offline version only and not online version. In view of the implementation of the Negative List concept in Service Tax with effect from 1st July, 2012