https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=718 The budget defers implementation of a Goods and Service Tax for one year while retaining the service tax rate; it raises several central excise duties and imposes a new clean energy cess, affords targeted relief and accelerated cenvat credit to small scale industry, and materially expands service tax coverage by adding multiple new taxable services, revising service classification, defining "business entity" for certain services, restoring rail goods transportation tax with an abatement, and adjusting cross border service rules and specific exemptions. en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:01:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=718 The budget defers implementation of a Goods and Service Tax for one year while retaining the service tax rate; it raises several central excise duties and imposes a new clean energy cess, affords targeted relief and accelerated cenvat credit to small scale industry, and materially expands service tax coverage by adding multiple new taxable services, revising service classification, defining "business entity" for certain services, restoring rail goods transportation tax with an abatement, and adjusting cross border service rules and specific exemptions. Articles Service Tax Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=718