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Notification No :  48/2016-S.T.

Dated :  09/11/2016

Seeks to amend Service Tax Rules, 1994 so as to prescribe that the person located in non-taxable territory providing online information and database access or retrieval services to ‘non-assesse online recipient’, as defined therein, is liable to pay servi

New Delhi, the 9th November, 2016

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

Sub: Seeks to amend Service Tax Rules, 1994 so as to prescribe that the person located in non-taxable territory providing online information and database access or retrieval services to ‘non-assesse online recipient’, as defined therein, is liable to pay service tax and the procedure for payment of service tax.

G.S.R..... (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Service Tax Rules, 1994,namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Service Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2016.

(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of December, 2016.

2. In the Service Tax Rules, 1994,-

(i) in rule 2, in sub-rule (1),-

(a) after clause (ccb), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

'(ccba) “non-assesse online recipient” means Government, a local authority, a governmental authority or an individual receiving online information and database access or retrieval services in relation to any purpose other than commerce, industry or any other business or profession, located in taxable territory;

Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause, “governmental authority” means an authority or a board or any other body :

(i) set up by an Act of Parliament or a State legislature; or

(ii) established by Government,

with 90% or more participation by way of equity or control, to carry out any function entrusted to a municipality under article 243Wof the Constituion;';

(b) after clause (ccc), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

‘(ccd) “online information and database access or retrieval services” means services whose delivery is mediated by information technology over the internet or an electronic network and the nature of which renders their supply essentially automated and involving minimal human intervention, and impossible to ensure in the absence of information technology and includes electronic services such as,-

(i) advertising on the internet;

(ii) providing cloud services;

(iii) provision of e-books, movie, music, software and other intangibles via telecommunication networks or internet;

(iv) providing data or information, retrievable or otherwise, to any person, in electronic form through a computer network;

(v) online supplies of digital content (movies, television shows, music, etc.);

(vi) digital data storage; and

(vii) online gaming;‟;

(c) in clause (d),-

(i) in sub-clause (i),-

(a) in item (G), after the words “taxable service”, the words “other than online information and database access or retrieval services,” shall be inserted;

(b) after item (G), following item shall be inserted, namely:-

“(H) in relation to services provided or agreed to be provided by way of online information and database access or retrieval services, by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by any person in the taxable territory other than non-assesse online recipient, recipient of such service;”;

(ii) in sub-clause (ii), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided that in case of online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by non-assesse online recipient, provider of service located in a non-taxable territory shall be the person liable for paying service tax:

Provided further that in case of online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by non-assesse online recipient, an intermediary located in the nontaxable territory including an electronic platform, a broker, an agent or any other person, by whatever name called, who arranges or facilitates provision of such service but does not provides the main service on his account shall be deemed to be receiving such services from the service provider in non-taxable territory and providing such services to the non-assesse online recipient except when such intermediary satisfies all the following conditions, namely :-

(a) the invoice or customer's bill or receipt issued or made available by such intermediary taking part in the supply clearly identifies the service in question, its supplier in non-taxable territory and the service tax registration number of the supplier in taxable territory;

(b) the intermediary involved in the supply does not authorise the charge to the customer or take part in its charge i.e. intermediary neither collects or processes payment in any manner nor is responsible for the payment between the non-assesse online recipient and the supplier of such services;

(c) the intermediary involved in the supply does not authorise delivery;

(d) the general terms and conditions of the supply are not set by the intermediary involved in the supply but by the service provider:

Provided also that in case of online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by non-assesse online recipient, any person located in taxable territory representing such service provider for any purpose in the taxable territory shall be the person liable for paying service tax:

Provided also that in case of online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by non-assesse online recipient, if the service provider does not have a physical presence or does not have a representative for any purpose in the taxable territory, the service provider may appoint a person in the taxable territory for the purpose of paying service tax and such person shall be liable for paying service tax:

Provided also that in case of online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by any person located in the taxable territory, person receiving such services shall be deemed to be located in the taxable territory if any two of the following non-contradictory conditions are satisfied, namely :-

(a) the location of address presented by the service recipient via internet is in taxable territory;

(b) the credit card or debit card or store value card or charge card or smart card or any other card by which the service recipient settles payment has been issued in the taxable territory;

(c) the service recipient's billing address is in the taxable territory;

(d) the internet protocol address of the device used by the service recipient is in the taxable territory;

(e) the service recipient's bank in which the account used for payment is maintained is in the taxable territory;

(f) the country code of the subscriber identity module (SIM) card used by the service recipient is of taxable territory;

(g) the location of the service recipient's fixed land line through which the service is received by the person, is in taxable territory:

Provided also that in case of online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by non-assesse online recipient, a person receiving such services shall be deemed to be a non-assesse online recipient, if such person does not have service tax registration under these rules.”;

(ii) in rule 4, in sub rule (1), after third proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided also that a person located in non taxable territory liable for paying the service tax in the case of online information and database access or retrieval services may make an application for registration in form ST-1A for registration within a period of thirty days from the date on which the service tax under section 66B of the Act is levied or the person located in non taxable territory has commenced supply of taxable services in the taxable territory in India and notwithstanding anything contrary in these rules, the registration shall be deemed to be granted in form ST-2A from the date of receipt of the application.”;

(iii) in rule 4A, in sub-rule 1, after the sixth proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided also that in case of online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided in taxable territory by a person located in the nontaxable territory, an invoice, a bill or, as the case may be, challan shall include any document, by whatever name called, whether or not serially numbered, but containing name and address of the person receiving taxable service to the extent available and other information in such documents as required under this sub-rule.”;

(iv) in rule 7, in sub-rule (1) after the letters and figure “ST-3A”, the word, letters and figure “or ST-3C” shall be inserted;

(v) after Form ST-1, the following Form shall be inserted, namely :-

"FORM ST-1A

[Application form for registration under section 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) for person in non-taxable territory providing online information and database access or retrieval services in India]

(Please tick appropriate box below)

♦ New Registration

Amendments to information declared by the existing Registrant.

Registration Number in case of existing Registrant seeking Amendment……………………..

1. (a) Name of applicant

                       
                       

(b) Trading name of applicant [if different from (a) above]

                       
                       

(c) Address of the applicant:

Unit No.

           

Street No.

           

Complex (If applicable

                   

Street/ Farm Name

                   

Suburb/ District

                   

City/ Town

                   

Pin Code

           

Registered Physical Address

 

Country (Full Name):

                   

(d) Postal Address Detail

[Complete this address if Postal Address is a Postal Box]

Postal Agency or other Sub Unit (if applicable)

                       

PO Box

 

Private Bag

 

Other PO Special Services

                   

Number

 

Post Office

                   

Country Code

                   

Postal/Zip Code

                   

Registration Postal Code

 

Country (Full Name):

                   

(e) Applicant‟s Website‟s Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) through which taxable services are provided:

(i) …………………………..

(ii) ……………………………

(f) E-mail ID of the applicant:

2. Details of registration/business identification number/any unique identification number in the country of incorporation of the applicant

                             
                             

2A. Name of the applicant (as appearing in above identification number)

                             
                             

3. Name, Address and Phone Number of Proprietor/Partner/Director

(i) Name

                             
                             

(ii) Address

                             
                             

(iii) Phone Number

                             
                             

(iv) e-mail ID

                             
                             

4. Category of Registrant

(i) Person liable to pay service tax

(ii) Online information and database access or retrieval services provider whose aggregate value of such services provided in taxable territory in a financial year exceeds nine lakh rupees.

5. Name, Designation, Address, Phone Number and email ID of the Authorised Signatory/Signatories:

(i) Name

                             
                             

 (ii) Designation

                             
                             

 (iii) Address

                             
                             

(iii) Phone Number

                             
                             

(iv) e-mail ID

                             
                             

6. Name, Designation, Address, PAN, Phone number and email ID of the Authorised agent in the taxable territory (if any):

(i) Name

                             
                             

(ii) Designation

                             
                             

(iii) Address

                             
                             

(iii) PAN

                             
                             

(iv) Phone Number

                             
                             

(iv) e-mail ID

                             
                             

DECLARATION

I, _ …………………………..hereby declare that the information given in this application form is true, correct and complete in every respect and that I am authorised to sign on behalf of the Registrant. I would charge and collect service tax from the non-assesse online recipient located in taxable territory and deposit the same with Government of India through internet.

(a) For new Registration: I would like to receive the Registration Certificate by mail / by hand/ E-MAIL

(b) For amendments to information pertaining to existing Registrant:

Date from which amendments are made:

Date………… (Signature of the applicant/authorised person with stamp)
Place………….”;  

(vi) after Form ST-2, the following Form shall be inserted, namely,-

“FORM ST- 2A

Certificate of registration under section 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994)

Shri/Ms ………………………… (name with complete address of the applicant) having undertaken to charge and collect service tax from non-assesse online recipient located in taxable territory and deposit the same with Government of India through internet in compliance with the conditions prescribed in Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994, read with the Service Tax Rules, 1994, and any orders issued thereunder is hereby certified to have been registered with the Central Excise Department. The Service Tax Code and other details are mentioned hereunder:

1. Service Tax Code:
(Registration Number)2. Address of the business premises:

                             

Unit No.

                   

Street No.

                   

Complex (If applicable

                   

Street/ Farm Name

                   

Suburb/ District

                   

City/ Town

                   

Pin Code

           

Registered Physical Address

 

Country (Full Name):

                   

3. This certificate is issued incorporating the changes intimated by the applicant and the previous certificate of registration bearing Registration Number _______________ issued on _________ stand cancelled.

Place:

Date:

Name and Designation of the Central Excise
Official with official seal

CC : (by e-mail) to the Pay and Accounts Officer (Commissionerate Name)”;

(vii) after Form ST-3B, the following Form shall be inserted, namely,-

“FORM-ST-3C

Return under section 70 of the Finance Act, 1994, read with rule 7 of Service Tax Rules, 1994 with respect to online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by any person located in a non-taxable territory and received by any person located in the taxable territory

Part A – General Information

Supplier’s STC number

Name of the assessee

Address of business applicant

Name of the Authorised Representative in India filing the return

Financial year

Tax period (Tick the correct option) April-September October-March


Description of Taxable Service Online information and database access or retrieval services

Part B – Value of taxable services and service tax payable

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
S.No. Name of Service recipient (to the extent available) Address of Service recipient (to the extant available) Currency in which value of taxable service charged Value of service in the currency mentioned in column 4 Is service recipient a non-assesse online recipient (Yes/No) If reply in column 6 is no, service tax registration number of the service recipient in India

If reply in column 6 is yes, service tax payable [@14%] in rupees


[col-4 * Col-5 *14%]

If reply in column 6 is yes, Swachh Bharat Cess payable [@0.5%] in rupees


[col-4 * Col-5 *0.5%]

If reply in column 6 is yes, Krishi Kalyan Ces payable [@0.5%] in rupees


[col-4 * Col-5 *0.5%]

1.                  
2.                  
3.                  
.                  
.                  

Note: “non-assesse online recipient” means Government, a local authority, a governmental authority or an individual receiving online information and database access or retrieval services in relation to any purpose other than commerce, industry or any other business or profession, located in taxable territory.

Part C – Service Tax Payable

S.No Tax Amount in Indian Rupees
C1 Service Tax Payable Total of values mentioned under Column 8 of table under Part-B
C2 Swachh Bharat Cess Payable Total of values mentioned under Column 9 of table under Part-B
C3 Krishi Kalyan Cess Payable Total of values mentioned under Column 10 of table under Part-B

Part D – Service tax Paid in Advance

Amount of Service tax paid in advance under sub-rule (1A) of rule 6 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994:

1.
2. 3. 4.
S.No Challan No Date Amount
1.


2.


3.


.


.


D1 Total Service tax paid in Advance Σ

Part E – Swachh Bharat Cess Paid in Advance

Amount of Swachh Bharat Cess paid in advance under sub-rule (1A) of rule 6 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994:

1. 2. 3. 4.
S.No Challan No Date Amount
1.


2.


3.


.


.


E1 Total Swachh Bharat Cess paid in Advance Σ

Part F – Krishi Kalyan Cess Paid in Advance

Amount of Krishi Kalyan Cess paid in advance under sub-rule (1A) of rule 6 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994:

1. 2. 3. 4.
S.No Challan No Date Amount
1.


2.


3.


.


.


F1 Total Krishi Kalyan Cess Paid in Advance Σ

Part G – Service Tax paid consequent to the point of taxation

Amount of service tax paid consequent to the point of taxation:

1. 2. 3. 4.
S.No Challan No Date Amount
1.


2.


3.


.


.


G1 Total service tax paid consequent to the point of taxation Σ

Note: “point of taxation” means the point in time when a service shall be deemed to have been provided as determined under the provisions of Point Of Taxation Rules, 2011.

Part H – Swachh Bharat Cess Paid consequent to the point of taxation

Amount of Swachh Bharat Cess paid consequent to the point of taxation:

1. 2. 3. 4.
S.No Challan No Date Amount
1.


2.


3.


.


.


H1 Total Swachh Bharat Cess paid consequent to the point of taxation Σ

 

Part I – Krishi Kalyan Cess Paid consequent to the point of taxation

Amount of Krishi Kalyan Cess paid in advance under sub-rule (1A) of rule 6 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994:

1.
2. 3. 4.
S.No Challan No Date Amount
1.


2.


3.


.


.


I1 Total Krishi Kalyan Cess Paid consequent to the point of taxation Σ

Part J – Total Tax Paid with respect to the taxable services provided in the period for which return is filed

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
S.No Tax Advance Apr/Oct May/Nov Jun/Dec July/Jan Aug/ Feb Sep/ Mar Total in Apr-Sep/Oct-Mar Amount in Indian Rupees
J1 Service Tax Paid







D1 + G1
J2 Swachh Bharat Cess Paid







E1 + H1
J3 Krishi Kalyan Cess Paid







F1 + I1

Part K – Arrears, Interest, Penalty, any other amount etc. Paid

S.No Month Apr/ Oct May/ Nov Jun/ Dec July/ Jan Aug/ Feb Sep/ Mar Total
K1 Arrears of Service tax paid              
K2 Amount collected as service tax and paid in terms of section 73A of Finance Act, 1994
             
K3 Interest paid              
K4 Penalty paid              
K5 Amount of Late fee paid, if any.              
K6 Any other amount paid (please specify)              
K7 Total amount of service tax arrears, interest, penalty and any other amount , etc. made K7 = (K1+K2+K3+K4+K5+K6)            
K8 Arrears of Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) paid






K9 Amount collected as SBC and paid in terms of section 73A of Finance Act, 1994






K10 Interest on SBC paid






K11 Penalty on SBC paid






K12 Total amount of SBC arrears, interest, penalty and any other amount , etc. made K12 = (K8+K9+K10+K11)






K13 Arrears of Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) paid






K14 Amount collected as KKC and paid in terms of section 73A of Finance Act, 1994






K15 Interest on KKC paid






K16 Penalty on KKC paid






K17 Total amount of KKC arrears, interest, penalty and any other amount , etc. made K17 = (K13+K14+K15+K16)






K18 Total Arrears of revenue K18 = (K7 +K12+K17)






Part L – Challan details of payments made regarding Part K

1. 2. 3. 4.
S.No Challan No Date Amount
1.


2.


3.


.


.


L1 Total amount Paid Σ


Part M – Self Assessment Memorandum

(a) I/We declare that the above particulars are in accordance with the records and books maintained by me/us and are correctly stated.

(b) I/We have assessed and paid the service tax as per the provisions of the Finance Act, 1994 and the rules made thereunder.

(c) I/We have paid duty within the specified time limit and in case of delay, I/We have deposited the interest leviable thereon.

(d) I/We have filed this Return within the specified time limit and in case of delay, I/We have deposited the amount towards late filing as prescribed under rule 7C of the Service Tax Rules, 1994:

(e) I have been authorised as the person to file the return on behalf of the service provider. Place: Date: (Name and Signature of Assesse or Authorised Signatory)”.

Place:

Date:

(Name and Signature of Assesse or Authorised Signatory)”.

[F. No.354/149/2016 -TRU]

(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note:- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide Notification No. 2/94-SERVICE TAX, dated the 28th June, 1994 vide number G.S.R. 546 (E), dated the 28th June, 1994 and last amended vide Notification No. 43/2016-Service Tax, dated the 28th September, 2016 vide number G.S.R. 923 (E), dated the 28th September, 2016.

 
 

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