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Port/Airport Services: At Great Expansion

  Pradeep Jain    28 February 2010 at 14:30

PORT/AIRPORT SERVICES: AT GREAT EXPANSION Prepared By: CA Pradeep Jain, Monu Toshniwal The introduction of Budget 2010 has brought a drastic change in the definition of the Port/Airport services which will definitely expand t



1st Notification of ST - Pay and file electronically

  Gautam Joshi    24 February 2010 at 11:18

New year was greeted by government with a circular on problems faced by Exporter in taking refund. Now they are came with a first notification requiring an assessee to pay ST and file return electronically if his total ST payment (including cash and



Looking Beyond the Things: Mandap Keeper

  Pradeep Jain    18 February 2010 at 23:52

Looking Beyond the Things: Mandap Keeper This Article is written by:CA Pradeep Jain andSiddharth Rutiya Visit



Tourism sector: Abatement a major component of service tax

  MONISH BHALLA    18 February 2010 at 23:52

We are engaged in tourism and hospitality industry. We understand that point-to-point journey falls under a different category whereas long trip holidays are governed by another set of principles of service tax which creates confusion. Can we classi



No entry for Service tax in clubs in certain scenarios

  MONISH BHALLA    11 February 2010 at 12:53

Are all activities of a club or an association covered under the ambit of Service tax or there are certain exclusions to the same? Becoming a member of an elite club is looked upon as a prestige symbol or a style statement; however, the high price ta



Revisions in Service Tax by the Finance Act, 2009

  Member (Account Deleted)    03 February 2010 at 16:56

According to the Finance Act, 2009 following quick sketches were introduced in Chapter V and VA of the Finance Act, 1994 3 new services brought under the service tax net [Section 65]: With effect from September, 2009, service tax has been levied o



Hard nut to crack -Service tax refund claim

  Pradeep Jain    28 January 2010 at 14:08

Hard nut to crack -Service tax refund claim Prepared By:



Service Tax Simplified: SCREENING OF TAXES FOR CINEMA GOERS

  MONISH BHALLA    15 January 2010 at 13:13

As cinema theaters owner, are we liable to pay Service Tax on screening of film?The cost to a service recipient has increased in recent past on account of the tax burden which is passed on to the end-user. In a country where more than half the popula



One circular- many solutions

  Pradeep Jain    14 January 2010 at 23:41

One circular- many solutionsPrepared By:-CA Pradeep JainSukhvinder Kaur, LLB (FYIC)& Siddharth RutiyaVisit us at www.capradeepjain.com Introduction: -The concept of service tax which was introduced in the year 1994 is still evolving. There are a



No Service Tax on Commercial Rent

  CA Pankaj Galhotra    09 January 2010 at 15:31

No Service Tax on Commercial Rent Section 65(105)(zzzz) of the Finance Act, 1994 defines taxable service of Renting of immovable property to mean any service provided or to be provided “in relation to” renting of immovable property for u