https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=5579 The Finance Act amendments confer arrest powers on departmental officers for specified service tax evasion and the department issued detailed guidelines on thresholds, credible material for arrest, arrest memo content, medical and post arrest formalities, bail procedures and mandatory reporting. Notifications added targeted exemptions (rice handling, cord blood preservation, certain canteens, skill development services), clarified non levy for specified intermediary brokerage services, revised the governmental authority definition, changed electronic payment thresholds, adjusted construction abatement rates, and prescribed SEZ ab initio exemption and refund procedures with authorisation and recordkeeping requirements. en-us Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:38:33 +0530 Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:38:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=5579 The Finance Act amendments confer arrest powers on departmental officers for specified service tax evasion and the department issued detailed guidelines on thresholds, credible material for arrest, arrest memo content, medical and post arrest formalities, bail procedures and mandatory reporting. Notifications added targeted exemptions (rice handling, cord blood preservation, certain canteens, skill development services), clarified non levy for specified intermediary brokerage services, revised the governmental authority definition, changed electronic payment thresholds, adjusted construction abatement rates, and prescribed SEZ ab initio exemption and refund procedures with authorisation and recordkeeping requirements. Articles Service Tax Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:38:33 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=5579