Thursday, May 9, 2013

ABATEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES HAS BEEN LOWERED


Amendment in the Notification  No.26/2012-Service Tax, dated the 20th June, 2012 of abatement has been made vide notification no. 9/2013 dated 8th may 2013 in case of construction services by lowering down the abatement percentage to 70% in the case of

(A)    COMMERCIAL UNITS, (B) RESIDENTIAL UNITS HAVING CARPET AREA 2,000 SO. FT. OR MORE & (C) RESIDENTIAL UNITS PRICED RS. 1 CRORE OR MORE.

In the said notification, in the TABLE, for serial number 12 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and the entries shall be substituted,namely:-

"12.Construction of a complex, building, civil structure or a part thereof, intended for a sale to a buyer, wholly or partly, except where entire consideration is received after issuance of completion certificate by the competent authority,-(i) CENVAT credit on inputs used for providing the taxable service has not been taken under the provisions of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004;
(a) for a residential unit satisfying both the following conditions, namely:–25(ii) The value of land is included in the amount charged from the service receiver."
(i) the carpet area of the unit is less than 2000 square feet; and
(ii) the amount charged for the unit is less than rupees one crore;
(b) for other than the (a) above. 30


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