Service tax exemption for transportation of life saving medicines

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....ervice tax exemption for transportation of life saving medicines<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - frankling g Dated:- 26-8-2016 Last Reply Date:- 28-8-2016 Service Tax<br>Got 4 Replies<br>Service Tax<br>Any service tax exemption for GTA for the transportation of life saving medicines between military hospitals. Reply By Rajagopalan Ranganathan: The Reply: Sir, According to Sl. No. 21 of mega exe....

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....mption Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20.6.2012 as amended only services provided by a goods transport agency, by way of transport in a goods carriage of (a) agricultural produce; (b) goods, where gross amount charged for the transportation of goods on a consignment transported in a single carriage does not exceed one thousand five hundred rupees; (c) goods, where gross amount charged for....

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.... transportation of all such goods for a single consignee does not exceed rupees seven hundred fifty; (d) milk, salt and food grain including flours, pulses and rice; (e) chemical fertilizer, organic manure and oil cakes; (f) newspaper or magazines registered with the Registrar of Newspapers; (g) relief materials meant for victims of natural or man-made disasters, calamities, accidents or m....

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....ishap; or (h) defence or military equipments; (i) cotton, ginned or baled. is exempted. Life saving drugs do not find a place in the above list. Therefore service of transportation of life saving drugs by GTA is not exempted. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: I endorse the views of Sh.Ranganathan, Sir. Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani: The Reply: Sir, to the point reply submitted by Sri Rajago....

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....palan Sir. Just a curiosity why transportation of life saving drug is not exempted from service tax? Thanks. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Sh.Ganeshan Kalyani Ji, You are right. Other day-to-day items have been exempted. Life saving drugs should be exempted from ST for transportation.<br> Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing ....