Taxation
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Service Tax
Service Tax
Service tax is a tax levied on services rendered by a person and the responsibility of payment of the tax is
cast on the service provider. It is an indirect tax as it can be recovered from the service receiver by the
service provider in course of his business transactions. Service Tax was introduced in India in 1994 by Chapter
V of the Finance Act, 1994. It was imposed on a initial set of three services in 1994 and the scope of the
service tax has since been expanded continuously by subsequent Finance Acts. The Finance Act, extends the levy
of service tax to the whole of India, except the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) under Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance, deals with
the task of formulation of policy concerning levy and collection of Service Tax. In exercise of the powers
conferred, the Central Government makes service tax rules for the purpose of the assessment and collection of
service tax. The Service Tax is being administered by various Central Excise Commissionerates, working under the
Central Board of Excise & Customs. There are six Commissionerates located at metropolitan cities of Delhi,
Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Bangalore which deal exclusively with work related to Service Tax.
Directorate of Service Tax at Mumbai over sees the activities at the field level for technical and policy level
coordination.
Registration
A person liable to pay service tax should file an application for registration within
thirty days from the date on which the service tax on particular taxable service comes into effect or within
thirty days from the commencement of his activity.
Every service provider of a taxable service is required to take registration by
filing the Form ST-1 in duplicate with the jurisdictional Central Excise Office.
A 'registered' service provider is referred to as an 'assessee'.
A single registration is sufficient even when an assessee is providing more than
one taxable services. However, he has to mention all the services being provided by him in the application
for registration and the field office shall make suitable entries/endorsements in the registration
certificate.
A fresh registration is required to be obtained in case of transfer of business to
another person.
Any registered assessee when ceases to provide the taxable service shall surrender
the registration certificate immediately.
In case a registered assessee starts providing any new service from the same
premises, he need not apply for a fresh registration. He can simply fill in the Form S.T.1 for necessary
amendments he desires to make in his existing information. The new form may be submitted to the
jurisdictional Superintendent for necessary endorsement of the new service category in his Registration
certificate.
In case of Individuals or Proprietary Concerns and Partnership Firm, service tax is to be paid on quarterly
basis. The due date for payment of service tax is the 5th of the month immediately following the respective
quarter. (Quarters are : April to June, July to September, October to December and January to March). However,
payment for the last quarter i.e. January to March is required to be made by 31st of March itself. In case of
any other category of service provider than specified above, service tax is to be paid on a monthly basis, by
the 5th of the following month. However, payment for the month of March is required to be made by 31st of
March itself. Service tax is to be paid on the amount realized / received by the assessee during the relevant
period ( i.e. a month or a quarter as the case may be).
The unique feature of Service Tax is reliance on collection of tax, primarily through voluntary compliance.
System of self-assessment of Service Tax Returns by service tax assesses was introduced w.e.f. 01.04.2001. The
jurisdictional Superintendent of Central Excise is authorized to cross verify the correctness of self assessed
returns. Tax returns are expected to be filed half yearly. Central Excise officers are authorized to conduct
surveys to bring the prospective service tax assesses under the tax net.
Service tax is payable @ 12% of the 'gross amount' charged by the service provider for providing such taxable
service. The Education Cess is payable @ 2% of the service tax payable.
Service Tax Exemptions
The Central Government can grant partial or total exemption by issuing an exemption notification. But it cannot
be granted by the Government with retrospective effect. The general exemptions are :
Small service providers whose turnover is less than Rs 4 lakhs per annum are exempt
from service tax.
There is no service tax on export of services.
Services provided to UN and International Agencies and supplies to SEZ(Special
Economic Zones) are exempt from service tax.
Service tax is not payable on value of goods and material supplied while providing
services. Such exclusion is permissible only if Cenvat credit on such goods and material is not taken.
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Taxation
Taxation of Individuals
Who is liable to pay income tax
Sources of Income
Income from Salaries
Income from Capital Gains
Income from House property
Income from Profits & gains of business or profession
Income from other sources
Taxation of Partnerships
Customs Duties (Import Duty and Export Tax)
Wealth Tax
Taxation of Corporates
Taxation of Agents
Excise Duty
Permanent Account Number (PAN)
Taxation of other forms of business entities
Taxation of Trusts
Taxation of Small Scale Industries
Joint Venture Companies
Cooperative Societies
Taxation of Representative offices
Service Tax
TDS,TCS,TAN
Value Added Tax (VAT)
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Introduction
India has a well developed tax structure. The power to levy taxes and duties is distributed among the three
tiers of Government, in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Constitution. The main taxes/duties that
the Union Government is empowered to levy are:- Income Tax (except tax on agricultural income,
which the State Governments can levy), Customs duties, Central Excise and Sales Tax and Service Tax. The principal taxes levied by the State Governments are:- Sales Tax (tax on intra-State sale of goods), Stamp Duty (duty on transfer of property), State Excise (duty on manufacture of alcohol), Land Revenue (levy on land used for agricultural/non-agricultural purposes), Duty on Entertainment and Tax on Professions & Callings. The Local Bodies are empowered to levy tax on properties (buildings, etc.), Octroi (tax on entry of goods for use/consumption within areas of the Local Bodies), Tax on Markets and Tax/User Charges for utilities like water supply, drainage, etc.
In the wake of economic reforms, the tax system in India has under gone a radical change, in line with the
liberal policy. Some of the changes include:- rationalization of tax structure; progressive reduction in peak
rates of customs duty; reduction in corporate tax rate; customs duties to be aligned with ASEAN levels;
introduction of value added tax; widening of the tax base; tax laws have been simplified to ensure better compliance. Tax policy in India provides tax holidays in the form of concessions for various types of investments. These include incentives to priority sectors and to industries located in special area/ regions. Tax incentives are available also for those engaged in development of infrastructure.
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