2. INDIRECT TAX
It is a fees that is levied equally to all people residing in that country.
IDT is passed on to others irrespective of their income. IDT can
increase or reduce the price of products by the increasing or
decreasing the percentage levied on it. Example: Excise Duty,
Custom Duty, Service Tax.
3. Highlights
Implementation of GST till April 2016.
Excise duty from 12.36% to 12.5%
Service tax from 12.36% to 14%.
Additional Investment Allowance @ 15% &
Additional Depreciation @ 35%.
Online Excise and Service tax registration.
Clean energy cess from ₹ 100 to ₹ 200 per metric
tonne of coal
4. Service Tax
It is the tax which is payable on the services provided by
the service. The tax is directly payable by the service
provider to government.
Increased from 12.36% to 14% in all Services.
Provision of Swatch Bharat cess on all services if needed.
5. Service-Tax Exemption
Services of pre-conditioning, pre-cooling, ripening etc. of fruits
and vegetables.
Life insurance service provided by way of Varishtha Pension Bima
Yojana.
All ambulance services provided to patients.
Admission to museum, zoo, national park, wile life sanctuary and
tiger reserve.
Transport of goods for export by road from factory to land
customs station.
Common affluent treatment plants from service tax.
Manufacturing of electrically operated vehicles and hybrid
vehicles extended to one more yr.
6. Rate of Income-tax on royalty and fees for technical
services reduced from 25% to 10% to facilitate
technology inflow.
Basic Custom duty on certain inputs, raw materials, inter
mediates and components in.
7. Excise Duty
Excise duty from 12.36% to 12.5%, not in the case of
Petrol an Diesel.
Excise duty on footwears with leather uppers and having
retail price of more than ₹ 1,000 per pair is proposed to
be reduced to 6 per cent
Excise duty on sacks and bags of polymers of ethylene
other than industrial use from 12% to 15%.
8. Central excise plus education cesses increased from 12.36% to 12.50% to
facilitate transition to GST. Education cess and the Secondary and Higher
education cess to be subsumed in Central Excise Duty.
Central excise/Service tax assesses to be allowed to use digitally signed
invoices and maintain record electronically
Specific rates of central excise duty in case of certain other commodities
revised.
Excise levy on cigarettes and the compounded levy scheme applicable to pan
masala, gutkha and other tobacco products also changed.
Online central excise and service tax registration to be done in two working
days.
Time limit for taking CENVAT credit on inputs and input services increased
from 6 months to 1 year.
Clean energy cess increased from ` 100 to ` 200 per metric tonne of coal, etc.
to finance clean environment initiatives.
9. • Concessions on custom and excise duty available to electrically
operated vehicles and hybrid vehicles extended upto 31.03.2016.
Excise duty on rails for manufacture of railway or tram way
track construction material exempted retrospectively from 17-03-
2012 to 02-02-2014, if not CENVAT credit of duty paid on such
rails is availed.
• Excise duty exemption for captively consumed intermediate
compound coming into existance during the manufacture of
agarbathi.
• Penalty increased from INR 2,000 to INR 5,000 for cases
related to dealing with confiscation of goods
10. CUSTOM DUTY
• Increase in basic custom duty:
• a) Metallergical coke from 2.5 % to 5%.
• b) Tariff rate on iron and steel and articles of iron and steel increased
from 10% to 15%.
• c) Tariff rate on commercial vehicle increased from 10 % to 40%.
• Decrease in basic custom duty:
• a) Bituminous coal from 55 % to 10 %.
• Artificial heart exempt from basic custom duty of 5% and CVD
• Concessions on custom and excise duty available to electrically operated
vehicles and
• hybrid vehicles extended upto 31.03.2016.
• Advance ruling benefit extended to resident firms, LLPs, sole
proprietors and one person
11. • Direct tax proposal will result the loss of ₹ 8315 cr.
and yield from IDT will be ₹ 23383 cr, net impact
will be ₹ 15068 cr revenue gain.
