Excluding funerals and betting, all services to be taxed from July 1

07 Jun 2012 Evaluate

In order to bring in more activities under the tax bracket, the government has extended the definition of services under which almost all services will be taxed except funerals, betting and gambling with effect from July 01, 2012. Currently, under the positive list 119 services are taxed whereas 17 services are under negative list.

Services under the negative list include entry to amusement parks, betting, gambling, lottery, metered taxis, auto rickshaws, transport of goods, electricity transmission, school, university education and approved vocational courses. On the other hand, services which will attract tax are coaching classes, training institutions, first class and air-conditioned rail coach travels.

The negative list was announced by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Union Budget where the rate of service tax was also increased from 10% to 12%, with the government targeting to collect Rs 1.24 lakh crore in 2012-13. The services sector account for about 60% of the country's GDP.

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