Service Tax on online Sale of Digital Contents in India w.e.f 01.12.2016 Withdrawal of exemption from service tax on cross border B2C OIDAR services provided online/electronically from a non-taxable territory to consumers in taxable territory in India-reg. At present services received in taxable territory in India from outside the taxable territory by Government, a local… Read More »
OIDAR services What is the definition of OIDAR services? Online information and database access or retrieval i.e OIDAR services have been defined in Service Tax Rules, 1994, rule 2(1)(ccd) to mean services whose delivery is mediated by information technology over the internet or an electronic network and the nature of which renders their supply essentially… Read More »
Withdrawal of exemption from service tax on cross border B2C OIDAR services provided online/electronically from a non-taxable territory to consumers in taxable territory in India Circular No. 202/12/2016-Service Tax F.No. 354/149/2016-TRU Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Tax Research Unit) Dated the 9th November, 2016 To, Principal Chief Commissioners of Customs and… Read More »
Notification No 49/2016-Service Tax dt. 09-11-2016 Seeks to amend notification No. 30/2012- ST, dated the 20th June, 2016 so as to put compliance liability of service tax payment and procedure on to the service provider located in the non-taxable territory with respect to online information and database access or retrieval services provided in the taxable… Read More »
Notification No 47/2016-Service Tax dt. 09-11-2016 Seeks to amend notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20th June , 2016 so as to withdraw exemption from service tax for services provided by a person in non-taxable territory to Government, a local authority, a governmental authority or an individual in relation to any purpose other than commerce, industry or… Read More »
Notification No 46/2016-Service Tax dt. 09-11-2016 Seeks to amend Place of Provision of Services Rules, 2012 so as to amend the place of provision of ‘online information and database access or retrieval services’ with effect from 01.12.1016. Download Notification No 46/2016-Service Tax dt. 09-11-2016
FORM-ST – 3C Return under section 70 of the Finance Act, 1994, read with rule 7 of Service Tax Rules, 1994 with respect to online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by any person located in the taxable… Read More »
FORM ST – 2A Certificate of registration under section 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994)
FORM ST – 1A Application form for registration under section 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) for person in non-taxable territory providing online information and database access or retrieval services in India
SERVICE TAX (FOURTH AMENDMENT) RULES, 2016 – AMENDMENT IN RULES 2, 4, 4A & 7 AND INSERTION OF FORM NOS. ST-1A, ST-2A & ST-3C NOTIFICATION NO.48/2016-ST, DATED 9-11-2016 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government… Read More »