• 

  Can Centre impose service tax on lottery distributors? Supreme Court clarifies

  Business | February 11, 2025 14:04 IST

  The Centre had moved the top court in 2013. The high court judgement had come on a plea filed by lottery firm Future Gaming Solutions Pvt Ltd.

• 

  DGGI summons foreign airlines operating in India over alleged tax evasion

  Business | February 15, 2024 21:50 IST

  DGGI, the investigative arm under the GST regime, said head offices of foreign airlines providing services like ental, maintenance of aircraft and crew salaries are taxable under the reverse charge mechanism. It has sought clarification from ten foreign airlines.

• 

  CAPSI writes to PM, seeks service tax exemption on pvt security services

  Business | August 02, 2020 15:48 IST

  The Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying private security services should be exempted from paying service tax.

• 

  Tax officials to scrutinise mismatch between income tax and service tax returns

  Business | April 08, 2019 18:32 IST

  Mismatches were also noticed for the financial year 2016-17, for which data is being shared with the field offices.

• 

  GST: How the new tax regime will impact food and restaurant services?

  Lifestyle | June 30, 2017 13:07 IST

  In terms of food services and restaurant services, GST is going to bring rejoice for both restaurant owners and customers

• 

  Step-by-step guide to GST enrolment for existing Central Excise, Service Tax Assessees

  June 27, 2017 20:03 IST

  A video tutorial by the CBEC to help Central Excise and Service Tax assessees to migrate to GST.

• 

  Service tax to go up from 15 pc to 18 pc under GST, says Revenue Secretary

  April 13, 2017 14:00 IST

  Hasmukh Adhia informed that the services sector is likely to attract a higher tax rate of 18 per cent from the current 15 per cent under the GST regime, thus making services more expensive.

• 

  Service Tax dept issues notice to Sania Mirza for alleged evasion

  Tennis | February 09, 2017 9:02 IST

  Tennis player Sania Mirza has been issued notice by the Service Tax department in connection with alleged non-payment or evasion of Service Tax.

• 

  Budget may see big move on service tax, govt considering dual rate of 12 and 18 pc

  January 25, 2017 16:44 IST

  The government is planning to introduce two rates of service tax in the Union Budget, with one slab for essential services and another for non-essential services.

• 

  RBI plans to abolish service tax on card transactions up to Rs 2,000

  December 08, 2016 12:53 IST

  In an attempt to promote digital transactions amid cash crunch following currency ban, the government is all set to waive service tax on debit and credit card transactions of up to Rs 2,000.

• 

  15% service tax on all downloads from foreign portals starting Dec 1

  November 12, 2016 10:05 IST

  15% service tax on all downloads from foreign portals starting December 1

Advertisement
• 

  In huge relief for flat buyers, HC rules against service tax levy on under-construction buildings

  June 09, 2016 13:29 IST

  New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that there will be no service tax on contracts between buyers and builders for purchase of under-construction flats in a housing complex. The court also clarified that

• 

  Krishi Kalyan Cess comes into force, mobile, eating out, travel to cost more

  June 01, 2016 9:42 IST

  New Delhi: Modi government's proposed Krishi Kalyan cess of 0.5% will come into force from today(June 1). It will be levied on all taxable services from 1 June in addition to the Swachh Bharat cess

• 

  Indirect tax collections in April rose 41 per cent to Rs 64,000 crore

  May 11, 2016 18:59 IST

  New Delhi: India's indirect tax collections for April rose 41 percent to Rs.64,394 crore -- mainly on account of a spike in central excise realisations, a finance ministry statement said today. The figure was Rs.45,417

• 

  Income Tax refunds worth Rs 1.22 lakh crore issued in FY’16: Govt

  May 06, 2016 19:01 IST

  New Delhi: The Income Tax department has issued 2.10 crore refunds totalling over Rs 1.22 lakh crore in 2015-16, which saw 94 per cent the returns being filed online “During FY 2015-16, more than 2.10

• 

  Government to move Supreme Court on Service Tax levy on lawyers

  India | April 11, 2016 20:02 IST

  New Delhi: The revenue department has decided to move the Supreme Court for transfer of petitions filed in three High Courts, which had stayed levy of service tax on legal services provided by senior advocates.

• 

  Service Tax deptt moves to recover Rs 535cr dues, Vijay Mallya's aircraft to go under hammer

  April 02, 2016 22:42 IST

  the Finance ministry has said that the service tax department will "very shortly" auction liquor baron Vijay Mallya's aircraft to recover dues estimated at nearly Rs 535 crore.

• 

  No arrest for Service Tax evasion for Rs two crore: Govt

  March 02, 2016 16:18 IST

  New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has proposed 100 per cent increase, to Rs two crore, in the monetary limit for arresting Service Tax evaders, a step aimed at projecting its taxpayer-friendly image.At present the limit

• 

  How not to get confused between service tax and service charge

  December 13, 2015 14:56 IST

  We all love to visit restaurants. Love to have the delicious mouth watering food but what we forget is the amount being paid by us. Without understanding the difference between service tax and service charge

• 

  Service Tax: New guidelines for returns' scrutiny from August

  July 17, 2015 18:15 IST

  New Delhi:  Announcing new guidelines for the manual scrutiny of service tax returns from August 1, the finance ministry on Friday said while scrutiny and anti-evasion work will be the domain of the Central Board of