Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise and Customs
NOTIFICATION No. 47/2016-Service Tax
New Delhi, the 9th November, 2016
G.S.R. 1056 (E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of
section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government being
satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the
following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in
the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
No.25/2012-Service Tax, dated
the 20th June, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 467 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012,
namely:-
In the said notification,-
(a) in the opening paragraph, in entry 34, after clause (c), the following
proviso shall be inserted, namely,-
“Provided that the exemption shall not apply to online information and database
access or retrieval services received by persons specified in clause (a) ;”;
(b) in paragraph 2, after clause (xaa), the following clause shall be inserted,
namely: -
‘(xab) “online information and database access or retrieval services” has the
same meaning as assigned to it in clause (ccd) of sub-rule 1 of rule 2 of the
Service Tax Rules, 1994;’.
2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of December, 2016.
[F. No. 354/149/2016-TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note:-The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, vide
notification No. 25/2012 - Service Tax, dated the 20th June,
2012, vide number G.S.R. 467 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012 and last amended vide
notification number 40/2016 - Service Tax, dated the 6th September, 2016 vide
number G.S.R. 857 (E), dated the 6th September, 2016.
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