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TMI BlogNew Service Tax Structure a Step Closure Towards Proposed GST - Service Tax Regime on Hotel Accommodation, Restaurant Services RestructuredX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... New Service Tax Structure a Step Closure Towards Proposed GST - Service Tax Regime on Hotel Accommodation, Restaurant Services Restructured - Goods and Services Tax - GST Dated:- 28-2-2011 - News - Hotel accommodation, in excess of declared tariff of ₹ 1000 per day and service provided by air conditioned restaurants that have license to serve liquor are the new services which have been br ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ought under the service tax net. While proposing to levy service tax on these services, the Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that the hotel accommodation with declared tariff of over ₹ 1000 per day will have to pay the service tax with an abatement of 50 per cent. This will mean an effective burden of only 5 per cent of the amount charged. Air conditioned restaurants ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... with license to serve liquor will now be paying service tax with an abatement of 70 per cent. The effective burden will be 3 per cent of the bill only in this case. Shri Mukherjee has also proposed various measures to achieve a closure fit between the present service tax regime and its GST (service and goods tax) successor. These measures would include: Bringing in a few n ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ew services into the tax net to expand the tax base while ensuring that the impact is predominantly on sections of society that have the ability to pay; Suitably expanding or rationalizing the scope of existing service categories; Rationalizing certain provisions relating to import of services and valuation; Modifying provisions of the Cenvat Credit scheme to achieve a more realistic bala ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nce between input credits and output tax and harmonizing the provisions of the scheme across goods and services; Rationalizing penal provisions to reinforce the message that honest taxpayers would be facilitated and deviants would be dealt with severely; and Adoption of Point of Taxation rules for services which would shift the basis for tax collection from cash towards accrual basis as ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... with Central Excise duty. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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