ST Notification No. 22/2014-ST dated September 16, 2014: Central Govt. appoints officers in the Directorate General of Audit, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence and Directorate General of Service Tax as Central Excise Officers and vests them with all powers under Chapter V of the Finance Act and rules made thereunder, throughout Indian territory w.e.f October 15, 2014




ST Notification No. 21/2014-ST dated September 16, 2014: Central Govt delegates powers of CBEC under Rule 3 of Service Tax Rules, 1994 to the Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Excise or Chief Commissioner of Central Excise / Chief Commissioner of Service Tax to specify the jurisdiction of other Central Excise Officers under them w.e.f. October 15, 2014




ST Notification No. 20/2014-ST dated September 16, 2014: CBEC appoints inter alia, Chief Commissioners of Service Tax, Principal Commissioners of Service Tax, Commissioners of Service Tax (Audit), Commissioners Large Taxpayer Unit, Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) and Commissioners of Service Tax (Appeals), and all subordinate officers as ‘Central Excise Officers’; Vests all of them with powers prescribed under Chapter V of Finance Act and Rules made thereunder; Also lists down their respective jurisdictions w.e.f. October 15, 2014




Service Tax Notification No 18/2014-ST dated August 25, 2014: Service ​t​ax levy on radio taxis and online / mobile advertising in terms of Section 114 (A)(B) and (C) ​ of Finance (No. 2) Act 2014​ to take effect from October 1, 2014.




ST Notification No. 17/2014-ST dated August 20, 2014: Central Govt. exempts services by specified organisations in respect of religious pilgrimage facilitated by Ministry of External Affairs under bilateral arrangement; Defines ‘specified organisation’ as Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Limited, a Govt of Uttarakhand Undertaking, or ‘Committee / State Committee’ as defined in Sec 2 of Haj Committee Act; Amends Notification No. 25/2012-ST




Notification No. 16/2014-ST dated August 6, 2014: Pursuant to Budget 2014 proposal, Ministry of Finance notifies that 'Chief Commissioner' to be referred as 'Principal Chief Commissioner' and 'Commissioner' to be referred as 'Principal Commissioner'




Service Tax Notification No. 05/2014-ST dated February 24, 2014: Govt. allows export of cotton yarn for export performance calculation to avail Food Market Scheme (FMS) benefits i.e. Customs / Service Tax / Excise exemption; Amends Notification No. 6/2013-ST




ST Notification No.01/2014 Service dated January 10, 2014: Central Govt extends service tax exemption to sponsorship of national sports events; Amends Mega Exemption Notification No. 25/2012 - ST




Finance Ministry Press Release dated December 27, 2013: Service Tax Departmental Offices to remain open on December 28 and 29 for VCES purpose; Last date for filing declaration is December 31, 2013




Service Tax Notification No. 17/2013-ST dated December 26, 2013: Export of Meat and Meat Products, Cotton, Cotton Yarn and exports subject to Minimum Export Price / Export Duty not eligible for service tax exemption, under Focus Market Scheme; Further, such exports (except for meat / meat products) not to be included for export performance / entitlement computation under Incremental Exports Incentivisation Scheme (IEIS) / IEIS on annual basis; Amends Notification No. 6/2013-ST