Amend Service Tax Rules, 1994 - 020/2007 - Service Tax

Delay in filing returns: fixed graded monetary penalties now payable, and payment closes pending proceedings under the Act.

Insertion of rule 7C prescribes graded amounts for delayed furnishing of the return under rule 7: five hundred rupees for delay up to fifteen days; one thousand rupees for delay beyond fifteen but not later than thirty days; and one thousand rupees plus one hundred rupees per day from the thirty first day for delays beyond thirty days, subject to the maximum specified in the Act. Payment of the prescribed amount deems proceedings in respect of the delayed submission concluded, and pending proceedings initiated before the Finance Bill, 2007 assent are similarly deemed concluded if payment is made within sixty days of assent.