Service Tax Mega Exemption-Renting precincts of religious place meant for general public owned-managed by charitable-religious trust registered u/s 12AA
NOTIFICATION No. 40/2016
Service Tax
New Delhi, the 6th September, 2016
GSR_______(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, Subsection (i) vide number G.S.R. 467 (E), dated the 20th June, 2012, namely:-
In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, in entry 5, for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
“(a) renting of precincts of a religious place meant for general public, owned or managed by an entity registered as a charitable or religious trust under section 12AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961(hereinafter referred to as the Income-tax Act), or a trust or an institution registered under sub clause (v) of clause (23C) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act or a body or an authority covered under clause (23BBA) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act; or”
[F. No.3354/45/2016 -TRU]
(Anurag Sehgal)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Note:-The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary by 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 by notification No.39/2016 – Service Tax, dated the 2nd September, 2016 vide number G.S.R. 850(E), dated the 2nd September, 2016.
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