20 July 2025
Service Tax Rate applicable in Nov 2012 Rate: 12.36% (including education cess and secondary & higher education cess) Approach of Service Tax applicable In 2012, Selective Approach was still in place, meaning only services specifically listed in the Finance Act were taxable. Comprehensive Approach (where all services are taxable except exempt ones) was introduced later in the Finance Act, 2012 but implemented from 1 July 2012, so for Nov 2012 exams, Comprehensive Approach was applicable.