Service Tax

Procedure for Online Service Tax & Excise Registration Procedure for registration in ACES for NEW Central Excise or Service Tax Assessee as the case may be (User who is NOT already registered in erstw...

Vide Notification No. 5/2015-ST dated 1.3.2015, Rule 4C has been inserted in Service Tax Rules, 1994 whereby a provision for issuing digitally signed invoices has been introduced. New Rule 4C provides...

All Service Tax registrants, except Government Departments, not having PAN based registration number shall file an amendment and obtain a PAN based registration on or before 31/05/2015. (refer Order n...

Service Tax Exemption been extended vide Notification No. 12/2015-ST, Dated: April 30, 2015 to Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yoga...

Service Tax Exemptions Withdrawn From 1st April, 2015 a) Withdrawal of certain exemptions under Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20.06.2012 (i) Construction services provided to Government etc (Entry...

Reliance Infratel Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Service tax, Mumbai – II [2015 (4) TMI 129 – CESTAT MUMBAI] Reliance Infratel Ltd. (the Appellant or the Company) is a subsidiary of Reliance Communications...

The Union Budget, 2015 has proposed an increase in the rate of Service tax from 12.36% to flat 14% with abolishment of Education cess and Secondary & Higher Secondary Education cess. Further pursuing...

Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Tax Research Unit) Circular No. 183/02 /2015-ST , Dated 10th April, 2015 Dear Madam/Sir, Subject: Clarification on rate of service tax –...

ST-Service Export from India Scheme (SEIS) under FTP 2015-2020 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 11/2015 – Service Tax Dated- 8th April, 2015 G.S.R. 274...

ST- Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) under FTP 2015-2020 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 10/2015 – Service Tax Dated- 8th April, 2015 G.S.R....

Works Contracts exigible to Service tax even before June 1, 2007 Larger Bench of Tribunal held that Works Contracts are exigible to Service tax even before June 1, 2007 Larsen and Toubro Ltd, Kehems E...

; Focuses on boosting manufacture & service exports and employment generation, in line with Central Govt's 'Make in India' initiative

Central Govt announces 2 new Schemes - Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) & Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS); No conditionalities attached to the Scrips; Scrips as well as goods proc...

Clarification- No change in rate of Service Tax Finance bill, 2015 has proposed to increase effective rate of Service Tax from 12.36% to 14%. It is wrongly reported in some quarters that the effective...

e-filing ST-3 Return Utility for October 2014 to March 2015 available Utility for e-filing Service Tax Return (ST-3) for the period October 2014 to March 2015 is now available in both offline and onli...

It's a development that will leave a bitter taste in the mouth. Upholding a tax demand made by the central excise department in February 2013, the Chandigarh central excise office has issued an order...

New Rate of Service Tax Budget 2015-16 The charge of Service Tax under the Finance Act, 1994 as amended so far is at the rate of 12 percent on the value of taxable services. This rate of Service Tax i...

With the introduction of the Negative List of Services, all eyes, including those of the taxmen and the taxpayers were looking forward to a simplified tax regime. To add to the work of the taxmen and...

Permanent Account Number (PAN) is now mandatory for private firms for getting service tax registration besides email and mobile number. The registration shall mandatorily require that the PAN number o...