ST Press Release dated November 7, 2013: Finance Minister P Chidambaram to address various Trade / Industry / Service Associations and Chambers of Commerce & Industry at Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai on "VCES 2013" on 9th, 11th and 14th November respectively; Minister of State (Revenue) Shri J.D. Seelam will also be present at such meetings




ST Form available on ACES website: Central Govt issues Service Tax Return Form ST-3 for April - Sept, 2013; Form available for e-filing in both offline and online version; Sets October 25th as last date for filing returns for said period




ST Circular No. 171/2013-ST dated September 17, 2013: CBEC issues clarification on provisions of arrest and bail under Finance Act; Intentional evasion of service tax or mis-utilisation of credit or maintenance of false books of account, where service tax exceeds Rs. 50 lakhs, liable to arrest; Prescribes procedure and modalities to be complied by Department Authorities while exercising power of arrest




ST Notification No. 13/2013-ST dated September 10, 2013: Govt exempts services provided by National Skill Development Corporation and others approved by Sector Skill Council in relation to National Skill Development Programme, Vocational Skill Development course or any other scheme; Amends Notification No. 25/2012-ST




Service Tax Notification No. 11/2013 dated June 13, 2013: Govt introduces changes relating to incremental exports under Focus Market Scheme in Customs, Excise and Service Tax laws; Bars combining of group company exports for calculation of export performance/ entitlement; Prohibits inclusion of SEZ exports, deemed Exports , service exports, supply to SEZ units etc. in calculation of export performance/ entitlements under the Scheme; Amends earlier Notifications