Service Tax News


Ad-hoc exemption order for taxable service provided by the hotel or restaurant in the flood affected State of Uttarakhand

   18 September 2013 at 16:30

F.No.354/182/2013-TRU Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Tax Research Unit ***** New Delhi, 17th September, 2013 AD-HOC EXEMPTION ORDER NO.1/1/2013 Whereas the recent floods and landslides has caused ex

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Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme for Service Tax Defaulters

   30 August 2013 at 17:40

The Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES) has been brought into effect from 10.05.2013 to encourage voluntary compliance and broaden the service tax base by waiver of interest, penalty and any other consequences to a stop file

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Time Limit to File Form ST-3 Extended up to 10th September, 2013

   30 August 2013 at 17:09

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 30th August, 2013 Order No: 4/2013-Service Tax In exercise of the powers co

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Procedure for availing the VCES scheme

   16 August 2013 at 11:25

Step 1 If the declarant is not registered, then he is first required to get himself registered and then apply for this scheme. For details, please visit www.aces.gov.in . Step 2 After registration, the decl

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FAQ's on Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013

   14 August 2013 at 12:22

VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE ENCOURAGEMENT SCHEME (VCES), 2013 Q1. Whether a person who has not obtained service tax registration so far can make a declaration under VCES? Any person who has tax dues to declare can make a declaration in terms of the provis

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Clarifications regarding the Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme

   09 August 2013 at 10:46

Circular No. 170/5 /2013 - 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 8th August, 2013 To, Chief Commissioners of

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Shri P. Chidambaram Releases FAQ on Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013

   09 August 2013 at 10:08

Shri P. Chidambaram Releases FAQ on Service Tax VCES Says: Scheme A Golden Oppurtunity for Defaulters to Come Clean Union Finance Minister Shri. P. Chidambaram released a booklet containing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Service Tax Voluntary

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Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES), 2013

   03 August 2013 at 13:38

Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013 provides you with a golden opportunity to pay all your ‘tax dues’ from the period 01.10.2007 to 31.12.2012 without interest, penalty and other legal proceedings including prosec

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Date of filing Service Tax return (ST-3) has been extended up to 31st August, 2013 for the period October'12 to March'13

   01 August 2013 at 10:39

The Offline Excel utility for filing half-yearly Service Tax return (ST 3) for the period 1st October, 2012 to 31st March, 2013 is now available in ACES. The same can be downloaded from http://acesdownload.nic.in/. It can also be accessed from '

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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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