Clarification on rate of service tax

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....& Service Tax (All) Director General of Service Tax Director General of Central Excise Intelligence Director General of Audit Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise (All) Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax (All) Commissioner of Service Tax (All) Madam/Sir, Dear Madam/Sir, Subject: Clarification on rate of service tax Doubts have been expressed in various forums regarding th....

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....and 'Secondary and Higher Education Cess' shall be subsumed in the revised rate of Service Tax. Thus, the effective increase in Service Tax rate will be from the existing rate of 12.36% (inclusive of cesses) to 14%, subsuming the cesses. 3.2 In this context, an amendment is being made in section 66B of the Finance Act, 1994. Further, it has been provided vide clauses 179 and 187 respectively of t....

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....e will be notified in due course after the enactment. 5. Similarly, certain doubts have been raised with regard to abatement on value of services provided in relation to serving of food or beverages by a restaurant, eating joint or a mess, having the facility of air-conditioning or central air-heating in any part of the establishment, at any time during the year. Valuation of services provided in....