Service Tax - 93 Power to Grant Exemption from Service Tax
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93. Power to grant exemption from service tax. –
- If the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt generally or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, taxable service of any specified description from the whole or any part of the service tax leviable thereon.
- If the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by special order in each case, exempt any taxable service of any specified description from the payment of whole or any part of the service tax leviable thereon, under circumstances of exceptional nature to be stated in such order.]
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94. Power to make rules. -
- The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Chapter.
- In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: -
- collection and recovery of service tax under sections 66 and 68;
- the time and manner and the form in which application for registration shall be made under subsections (1) and (2) of section 69;
- the form, manner and frequency of the returns to be furnished under subsections (1) and (2) of section 70;
(cc) the manner of furnishing return under section 71A. - the form in which appeal under section 85 or under sub-section (6) of section 86 may be filed and the manner in which they may be verified;
- the manner in which the memorandum of cross objections under sub-section (4) of section 86 may be verified;
(ee) the credit of service tax paid on the services consumed for providing a taxable service in case where the services consumed and the service provided fall in the same category of taxable service;
(eee) the credit of service tax paid on the services consumed or duties paid or deemed to have been paid on goods used for providing a taxable service. - any other matter which by this Chapter is to be or may be prescribed.
- The power to make rules conferred by this section shall on the first occasion of the exercise thereof include the power to give retrospective effect to the rules or any of them from a date not earlier than the date on which the provisions of this Chapter come into force.
- Every rule made under this Chapter and every notification issued under section 93 shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made or issued, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or notification or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made or the notification should not be issued, the rule or notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or notification.
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95. Power to remove difficulties –
| (1) | If any difficulty arises in respect of implementing, or assessing the value of, any taxable service incorporated in this Chapter by the Finance Act, 2002, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, which is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter remove the difficulty: |
| | Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date on which the provisions of the Finance Act, 2002 incorporating such taxable services in this Chapter come into force. |
| (1A) | If any difficulty arises in respect of implementing, or assessing the value of, any taxable service incorporated in this Chapter by the Finance Act, 2003, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, which is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter remove the difficulty: |
| | Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date on which the provisions of the Finance Act, 2003 incorporating such taxable services in this Chapter come into force. |
| (2) | Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the Parliament. |
96. Consequential amendment.–
In the Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act, 1974 (12 of 1974), in the Schedule, after entry 7 relating to the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the following entry shall be inserted, namely:-
"7A. Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994."