Service Tax News

Services Provided to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Authorised Operations Exempted From Service Tax

03 July 2013 at 11:57

The Central Government has decided to exempt the services on which service tax is leviable under section 66B of the said Act, received by a unit located in a Special Economic Zone (hereinafter referred to as SEZ Unit) or Developer of SEZ ( hereinaft

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Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Rules, 2013

15 May 2013 at 11:41

Rules regarding the form and manner of declaration, form and manner of acknowledgement of declaration, manner of payment of tax dues and form and manner of issuing acknowledgement of discharge of tax dues under the Service Tax Voluntary Complian

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Penal Provisions on Service Tax Evasion Cases

27 April 2013 at 11:44

The cases of service tax evasion have increased during the recent time. The details are as under: Year No. of cases detected Service tax evasion involved (Rs. in crores) 2010-11

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Date for filing the ST-3 return, for the period from Oct'12 to March'13 has been extended from 25th Apr, 2013 to 31st August, 2013

24 April 2013 at 11:05

F.No.137/99/2011-Service Tax Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise & Customs *** New Delhi, dated the 23rd April, 2013 Order No: 03/2013-Service Tax In exercise of the p

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Date for filing of the Form ST-3 for the period 1-7-2012 to 30-9-2012 has been extended from 15-4-2013 to 30-4-2013

12 April 2013 at 13:31

F.No.137/99/2011-Service Tax Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise & Customs *** New Delhi, dated the 12th April, 2013 Order No.02/2013-Service Tax In exercise of the powers con

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Amends forms for filing appeal in the CESTAT (S.T.-5, S.T.-6, S.T.-7)

12 April 2013 at 11:53

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) NOTIFICATION No.5 /2013-SERVICE TAX New Delhi, the 10th April, 2013 G.S.R …&h

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Service Tax Return (ST 3) for the period 1st July-30th September, 2012 is now available in a modified format for e-filing in ACES

26 March 2013 at 12:48

Service Tax Return (ST 3) for the period 1st July-30th September, 2012 is now available in a modified format for e-filing in ACES. Only offline version is available and there is no online version. The utility needs to be downloaded afresh from

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Due date extended for online Service tax return for the period 01.07.2012 to 30.09.2012 from 25.03.2013 to 15.04.2013

07 March 2013 at 11:33

F.No.137/99/2011-Service Tax Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise & Customs *** New Delhi, dated the 6th March, 2013 Order No: 01/2013-Service Tax In exercise of the powers con

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25th march announced as last date for filing service tax return for July quarter

26 February 2013 at 11:08

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) Notification No. 01/2013-Service Tax New Delhi, the 22nd February, 2013 3 Phalguna,

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Central Excise (INT) Unearths Service Tax Evasion of Around Rs.90 Crore

22 January 2013 at 15:03

The Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (Hqrs.), New Delhi has booked a case of Service Tax evasion against M/s Tops Security Limited, Mumbai. The search operations at 41 offices of the Tops Security Group revealed that the group wa

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