CIRCULAR NO 119/13/2009-ST, Dated : December 21, 2009 Subject : Service tax valuation issues pertaining to Customs House Agents Service-reg. Customs House Agent’s (CHA) Services are taxable since 15th June 1997. As per the definition (section 65 (105) (h) of the Finance... (Continue reading)
Circular No. 115/09/2009 – ST - Service tax on commission paid to Managing Director / Directors by the company is not liable to service tax unless the services rendered are of the nature of advice or consultancy... (Continue reading)
Notification No. 24/2009-Service Tax exempts services rendered in relation to management, maintenance or repair of roads... (Continue reading)
Service Tax Notification No. 9/2009. Services rendered from outside special economic zones (SEZs) to developers/units in such zones will now be entitled for service tax relief. The benefit would flow in the form of “refund of service tax” and not... (Continue reading)
Applicability of the provisions of the Export of Services Rules, 2005 in certain situations Circular No.111/05/2009-ST ... (Continue reading)
Service tax NOTIFICATION NO 8/2009-ST - Reduces Effective Rate of Service Tax from 12% to 10%... (Continue reading)
Giving relief to the industry reeling under the impact of slowdown, the Government on Tuesday reduced by two per cent rates of excise duty and service tax. While the general excise duty has been reduced from 10 per cent to 8... (Continue reading)
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZATTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (ii) ] MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (Central Board of Excise and Customs) New Delhi, the 3rd February,2009 Notification No. 7/2009-ST G.S.R. …. (E). In exercise of the powers conferred by... (Continue reading)
Service Tax Circular No.108/02/2009 Dt. 29th January 2009 F. No. 137/12/2006-CX.4 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise and Customs No service tax on booking, construction and sale of residential flats – CBEC clarifies Construction of residential complex was brought... (Continue reading)
The government fully exempted service tax on certain taxable services provided to a goods transport agency (GTA) by sub-contractors. A notification no. 01/2009 dated 5th January 2009 to this effect was issued by the Revenue Department. Evidently, the exemption was... (Continue reading)