Service Tax News

CBEC clarifies rate of Service Tax is 12.36%

11 April 2015 at 17:40

Circular No. 183 / 02 / 2015-STF. No. B-1 /1/2015-TRUGovernment of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of Revenue(Tax Research Unit)Room No. 153, North Block, New Delhi.Dated 10th April, 2015. To Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise(All)Ch

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No change in rate of service tax from 1st April

02 April 2015 at 10:21

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 date of change in rate of Service Tax is 1st Apri

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Extension for today e-payment deadline and banking hours

31 March 2015 at 11:04

Circular No 182/01/2015 Service TaxF.No. 137/155/2012-Service Tax (Pt II)Government of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Excise & CustomsService Tax Wing***New Delhi, the 27th March 2015 To The Principal

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PAN Mandatory for Service Tax Registration

19 March 2015 at 10:32

Circular No. 997/4/2015-CXdated the 28th Feb., 2015F. No. 201/24/2013-CX.6Government of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Excise and CustomsToPrincipal Chief Commissioners / Chief Commissioners of Central Excise (All),Prin

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Simplification of Registration Procedures in Service Tax

02 March 2015 at 12:51

F. No. 137/22/2012-Service Tax ( Part-I)Government of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Excise and CustomsService Tax Wing*************New Delhi, the 28th February, 2015 ORDER No. 1/2015-SERVICE TAX The legal provisions fo

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FM calls for non adversarial tax administration

27 January 2015 at 17:46

FM: Investors Showing Huge Curiosity and Interest in India; We Cant Afford to Miss this Opportunity; Ordinarily Everything is Going in our Favour Including Better Growth Prospects, Good Reserves, Fiscal Deficit and Cad Under Control; Calls for

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Indirect tax collection increases by 6.7% in April - December 2014

14 January 2015 at 10:46

Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) Collections Increase from Rs. 3,54,049 Crore in April-December 2013 to Rs. 3,77,648 Crore During April-December 2014; Registering an Increase of 6.7% During April-December 2014 over the Corresponding Period in the P

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Increase in indirect tax and service tax collection

12 December 2014 at 13:01

Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) Collections Increase from Rs.3,06,814 Crore in April-November 2013 to Rs. 3,28,662 Crore During April-November 2014; Registering an Increase of 7.1% during April-November 2014 Over the Corresponding Period in the Pr

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Audit of the Service Tax assessees by the officers of Service Tax and Central Excise Commissionerates

11 December 2014 at 10:49

Circular No. 181/7/2014-Service TaxF. No. 137/46/2014-Service TaxGovernment of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueCentral Board of Excise and Customs New Delhi, the 10th December, 2014 To, All Principal Chief Commissioners / Chief Commissi

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CA and CMAs empowered to do Service tax audit

08 December 2014 at 10:57

[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 CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION No. 23/2014-SERVICE TAX New Delhi, the 5th Dece

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