GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 10/ 2015 – Service Tax
New Delhi, the 8th April, 2015.
G.S.R. 273 (E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of
section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the
said Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in
the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable services provided or
agreed to be provided against a scrip by a person located in the taxable
territory from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66B
of the said Act.
2. Application. – This notification shall be applicable to the Merchandise
Exports from India Scheme duty credit scrip issued to an exporter by the
Regional Authority in accordance with paragraph 3.04 read with paragraph 3.05 of
the Foreign Trade Policy.
3. The exemption shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:-
- that the conditions (1) to (3) specified in paragraph 2 of the Notification
No. 24/2015-Customs, dated the 8th April, 2015 are complied and the said scrip
has been registered with the Customs Authority at the port of registration
specified on the said scrip (hereinafter referred as the said Customs
Authority);
- that the holder of the scrip, to whom taxable services are provided or
agreed to be provided shall be located in the taxable territory;
- that the holder of the scrip who may either be the person to whom the scrip
was originally issued or a transferee-holder, presents the scrip to the said
Customs Authority along with a letter and an invoice or challan or bill, as the
case may be, issued under rule 4A of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 by the service
provider indicating details of his jurisdictional Central Excise Officer
(hereinafter referred to as the said Officer) and the description, value of the
taxable service provided or agreed to be provided and service tax leviable
thereon;
- that the said Customs Authority, taking into account the debits already made
under notification number
24/2015-Customs, dated the 8th April, 2015,
notification No 20/2015-Central Excise, dated the 8th April, 2015 and this
exemption, shall debit the service tax leviable, but for this exemption in or on
the reverse of the scrip and also mention the necessary details thereon, updates
its own records and sends written advice of these actions to the said Officer;
- that the date of debit of service tax leviable, in the scrip, by the said
Customs Authority shall be taken as the date of payment of service tax;
- that in case the service tax leviable as per the point of taxation
determined in terms of the Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 is prior to date of
debit or that the rate of tax determined in terms of rule 4 of the Point of
Taxation of Rules, 2011, is in excess of the rate of service tax mentioned in
the invoice, bill or challan, as the case may be, the holder of the scrip shall
pay such interest or short-paid service tax along with interest, as the case may
be;
- that the holder of the scrip presents the scrip debited by the said Customs
Authority within thirty days to the said Officer, along with an undertaking
addressed to the said Officer, that in case of any service tax short debited in
the scrip, he shall pay such service tax along with applicable interest;
- that based on the said written advice and undertaking, the said Officer
shall verify and validate, on the reverse of the scrip, the details of the
service tax leviable, which were debited by the said Customs Authority, and keep
a record of payment of such service tax and interest, if any;
- that the service provider retains a copy of the scrip, debited by the said
Customs Authority and verified by the said Officer and duly attested by the
holder of the scrip, in support of the provision of taxable services under this
notification; and
- that the said holder of the scrip, to whom the taxable services were
provided or agreed to be provided shall be entitled to avail drawback or CENVAT
credit of the service tax leviable under section 66B of the said Act, against
the service tax debited in the scrip and validated by the said Officer.
4. Any amount due to the Central Government under this notification shall be
recoverable under the provisions of the said Act and the rules made there under.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification,-
- "Foreign Trade Policy" means the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020,
published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
notification number 01/2015-2020, dated the 1st April 2015 as amended from time
to time;
- “Point of taxation” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in clause (e)
of rule 2 of the Point of Taxation Rules, 2011;
- “Regional Authority” means the Director General of Foreign Trade appointed
under section 6 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22
of 1992) or an officer authorised by him to grant an authorisation including a
duty credit scrip under the said Act;
- “Scrip” means Merchandise Exports from India Scheme duty credit scrip issued
to an exporter by the Regional Authority in accordance with paragraph 3.04 read
with paragraph 3.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy.
[F.No.605/55/2014-DBK]
(Sanjay Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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