Service Tax News

Filing of online DVAT return for 1st quarter of 2014-15 - extension of period thereof

29 July 2014 at 15:13

GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHIDEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND TAXES(POLICY BRANCH)VYAPAR BHAWAN, I.P.ESTATE, NEW DELHI-110 002No.F.7(420)/VAT/Policy/2011/PF/212-218 Dated: 28/07/2014CIRCULAR NO. 4 of 2014-15 Sub: Filing of online return fo

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ST-3 return now available for efiling

01 April 2014 at 14:08

Service Tax Return (ST-3) for the period Oct,13 -March,14 is now available for e-filing by the assessees in both offline and online version. The last date of filing the ST-3 return for the said period is 25th April, 2014. However, to avoid congestion

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CBEC Denies any Holding of Customs, Excise Duty and Service Tax Refunds/Drawbacks

11 March 2014 at 17:33

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has denied the report that the Customs, Excise Duty and Service Tax refunds/drawbacks are being held-up by the Department. This was mentioned in a certain section of media attributing to a statement by P

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Changes in Service Tax -Union Budget 2014(Interim)

17 February 2014 at 15:44

Government of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of RevenueTax Research Unit***M.Vinod KumarJoint Secretary (Tax Research Unit)Tel: 011-23093027; Fax: 011-23093037e-mail: m.kumar58@nic.inD.O.F. No. 334/03 /2014-TRUNew Delhi, dated February 17, 2014.

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No service tax required to be paid to the member of a commodity exchange

05 February 2014 at 10:26

No Service Tax Required to be Paid on Services Provided by An Authorised Person or Sub-Brokers to the Member of a Commodity Exchange in Respect of Such Taxable Serviceon which the Service Tax was not Being Levied During the Period Commencing from The

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Clarification regarding issue of Discharge Certificate under VCES and availment of CENVAT credit - regarding

21 January 2014 at 16:02

Circular No. 176/2/2014 - ST F. No. B1/19/2013-TRU (Pt)Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise and Customs Tax Research Unit ***** New Delhi, dated the 20th January, 2014 To,Chief Commissioners of Central

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Delhi Service Tax Commissionerate Arrests CFO of an Aviation Company for Evasion of Service Tax

21 January 2014 at 15:57

Delhi Service Tax Commissionerate arrested the Chief Financial Officer(CFO) of an Aviation Company on last Saturday, 18th January, 2014 for evasion of service tax amounting to more than Rs. one crore. The Company provides helicopter chartering servic

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No TDS needs to be deducted on Service tax if charged separately in Bill

17 January 2014 at 15:18

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]Government of IndiaMinistry of Finance(Department of Revenue)Notification No. 01/2014 - Service TaxNew Delhi, 10th January, 2014 G.S.R....(E).- In

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40,000 declarations involving over Rs 5500 crores received under VCES till date

30 December 2013 at 15:51

Press Statement of the Finance Secretary on VCES There has been an overwhelming response to the VCES . In the last four days, we have received over 16,000 applications involving Rs. 1500 crores of service tax dues. Upto 29-12-2013 we have received ov

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Offices Handling Service Tax Shall Remain Open on 28.12.2013 & 29.12.2013

27 December 2013 at 17:50

In terms of Section 107(1) of the Finance Act, 2013, the last date for filing declaration under Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme is on or before 31.12.2013. In order to enable trade & industry to file declarations well in time before 31.

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