Clarification on rate of service tax

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....Central Excise(All) Chief Commissioner of Central Excise & 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....

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.....1  The rate of Service Tax is being increased from 12% plus Education Cesses to 14%. The 'Education Cess' 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 i....

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....r that the new Service Tax rate shall come into effect from a date to be notified by the Central Government after the enactment of the Finance Bill, 2015. The date 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 ....