Service Tax News

Cost Inflation indexes notified with Base Year as 2001-02

07 June 2017 at 13:49

MINISTRY OF FINANCE(Department of Revenue)(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TEXES)NOTIFICATION NO. 44/2017New Delhi, the 5th June, 2017 INCOME-TAXS.O. 1790(E).�In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (v) of the Explanation to section 48 of the Inc

Posted in Service Tax | 3 comments | 19167 Views

ST return last date extended to 30th April

26 April 2017 at 16:40

F.No.137/99/2011-Service Tax Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise & Customs Service Tax Wing *** New Delhi, dated the 25th April, 2017 ORDER NO: 1 /2017-Service Tax In exercise of the powers confer

Posted in Service Tax | 1 comments | 20544 Views

Utilities for efiling ST3 return made available

03 April 2017 at 11:50

Utilities for e-filing Service Tax Returns (ST-3 & ST3C) for the period October, 2016-March, 2017 are now available in both offline and online version. The last date of filing the ST-3/ST3C return for the said period is 25th April, 2017. To avoid

Posted in Service Tax | 2 comments | 5763 Views

Service Charges are Discretionary and Voluntary

15 March 2017 at 11:21

Service Charges are Discretionary/ Voluntary: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has issued advisory to all the State Governments/UTs to sensitise the companies, h

Posted in Service Tax | 1 comments | 5031 Views

Govt withdraws Service tax exemption for educational institute

09 March 2017 at 18:07

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMINISTRY OF FINANCE(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)NOTIFICATIONNo. 10/2017-Service Tax,New Delhi, the 8th March, 2017GSR_______(E).- In exercise of

Posted in Service Tax | 1 comments | 8292 Views

No charges on use of cards at petrol stations

10 January 2017 at 10:35

No additional levy on use of cards at petrol stations says Petroleum Minister MoS (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said neither the customers nor petrol pump dealers will bear additional charges on digital transactions at

Posted in Service Tax | 4794 Views

CBEC initiates process of migration of existing Central excise and Service tax assessee

10 January 2017 at 10:35

To ensure implementation of GST by 1st April, 2017, Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has initiated the process of migration of its existing Central Excise/Service Tax assessees to GST from today. A 24x7 Helpdesk (Through Toll-Free number

Posted in Service Tax | 1 comments | 16551 Views

Payment of service charge in restaurant is voluntary

02 January 2017 at 17:12

Restaurants billing ‘service charges’ in addition to taxes is optional: Department of Consumer Affairs Consumer has discretion to pay ‘service charge’ or not: Department of Consumer AffairsA number of complaints from consumers

Posted in Service Tax | 4 comments | 17583 Views

Govt waives service tax for payment made below Rs 2000 by card

09 December 2016 at 10:21

Government waives service tax charged while making payments through credit card, debit card, charge card or any other payment card; waiver limited to payments up to Rs. 2,000 in a single transaction When a customer uses a credit card, debit card, ch

Posted in Service Tax | 4 comments | 5874 Views

Service Tax Return Form ST3 has been amended

28 September 2016 at 20:37

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]Government of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Excise and CustomsNew Delhi, the 28 September, 20166 Asvina, 1938 SakaNotificatio

Posted in Service Tax | 9927 Views