Service Tax News

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Notification issued to exempt the legal services provided by senior advocates

07 June 2016 at 16:30

Seeks to amend notification No. 25/2012 - Service Tax, dated the 20th June, 2012, so as to exempt the legal services provided by senior advocates to a business entity with a turnover up to rupees ten lakh in the preceding financial year.[TO BE PUBLIS

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ST3 returns filing due date extended to 29th April

25 April 2016 at 23:52

The Central Government has extended the date of filing of ST-3 returns to 29.04.2016 from 25.04.2016 owing to certain difficulties being faced by the taxpayers in the ACES application. Order 1/2016 -- Service Tax dated 25.04.2016 has been issued in t

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