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There were indications during last few months that the government could come up with scheme to facilitate exporters for speedy disbursement of refund claim blocked since many years. The Government has chosen auspicious day of Diwali to shower ‘Dhan’ on the service providers in the form of announcing simplified scheme for liquidating accumulated credit . It is a welcome step by government complementing its initiative of ease of doing business in India, but the success of the same would...

Background:

Under the negative list based taxation, service tax is leviable on all services, other than those covered in negative list or a subject matter of exemption. There is no blanket exemption to the services which are provided in port. In this backdrop we examine what is port service and what are the service tax implications of port services under negative list based taxation

What is meant by term ‘port’?

Section 65B (38) sets out "port" has the meaning assigned to it in...

This festive season, service sector has witnessed imposition of Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) in very hasty move by government. It was promised at the time of the budget that it would only be imposed on some services. Govt has gone back on its word. Further they have been left with very little time to prepare for this new tax. This owed to lack of clarity over various issues, holiday period and limited time between issuance of notification for levy and actual levy. Trade and industry had insisted...