Amendment to Finance Act 1994: Government's radio-frequency spectrum assignments classified as service, subject to service tax.

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....Amendment of section 66E - Service Tax - New Declared service - Assignment by the Government of the right to use the radio-frequency spectrum and subsequent transfers thereof is proposed to be declared as a service under section 66E of the Finance Act, 1994 so as to make it clear that assignment by Government of the right to use the spectrum as well as subsequent transfers of assignment of such right to use is a service leviable to service tax and not sale of intangible goods.....