Fines or liquidated damages is payable to the Government or the local authority under contract - Service Tax Practice Manual / Ready Reckoner - Service Tax

Chapter 57 Fines or liquidated damages is payable to the Government or the local authority under contract (W.e.f - 13 tt April 2016) Scope of Exempt Service - Notification no. 25/2012 dated 20.06.2012 From 13.4.2016 - Notification No. 22/2016 - Dated 13-4-2016 57. Services provided by Government or a local authority by way of tolerating non-performance of a contract for which consideration in the form of fines or liquidated damages is payable to the Government or the local authority under such contract; Meanings and Definitions: (s) governmental authority means an authority or a board or any other body; (i) set up by an Act of Parliament or a State Legislature; or (ii) established by Government, with 90% or more participation by way of equity or control, to carry out any function entrusted to a municipality under article 243W of the Constitution ] 65B (26A) Government means the Departments of the Central Government, a State Government and its Departments and a Union territory and its Departments, but shall not include any entity, whether created by a statute or otherwise, the accounts of which are not required to be kept in accordance with article 150 of the Constitution or the rules made thereunder. 65B (31) local authority means- (a) a Panchayat as referred to in clause (d) of article 243 of the Constitution ; (b) a Municipality as referred to in clause (e) of article 243P of the Constitution ; (c) a Municipal Committee and a District Board, legally entitled to, or entrusted by the Government with, the control or management of a municipal or local fund; (d) a Cantonment Board as defined in section 3 of the Cantonments Act, 2006; (41 of 2006.) (e) a regional council or a district council constituted under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution ; (f) a development board constituted under article 371 of the Constitution ; or (g) a regional council constituted under article 371A of the Constitution ; CIRCULAR NO. 192/02/2016-Service Tax 1. It is clarified that fines and penalty chargeable by Government or a local authority imposed for violation of a statute, bye-laws, rules or regulations are not leviable to Service Tax. 2. Fines and liquidated damages payable to Government or a local authority for non-performance of contract entered into with Government or local authority have been exempted vide Notification No. 25/2012 -ST dated 20.6.2012 as amended by Notification No. 22/2016 -ST dated 13.4.2016 [Entry 57 refers].