ST3 for Half year ending 30th Sep 2012

 ‘ST-3’ required to be submitted by the 25th day of October, 2012 shall cover the period between 1st Aprilto 30th June, 2012 only.”

NOTIFICATION APPENDED HEREWITH:

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

NOTIFICATION No 47/2012-SERVICE TAX

New Delhi, the 28th September, 20126 Asvina, 1934 Saka

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, 2012.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2.         In the Service Tax Rules,1994, in rule 7, in sub-rule(2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

          “Provided that the Form ‘ST-3’ required to be submitted by the 25^th day of October, 2012 shall cover the period between 1^st April to 30^th June, 2012 only.”

F.No 341/21/2012-TRU(Rajkumar Digvijay)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-ST, dated 28^th June, 1994 vide number G.S.R 546(E), dated the 28^th June, 1994 and were last amended by notification No 46/2012- Service Tax, dated the 7^th August 2012 , vide GSR 622 (E) dated the 7^th August 2012.

Source : http://www.servicetax.gov.in/notifications/notfns-2012/st47-2012.htm



Further Announcement regarding modified ST3 Return :

All Service Tax assessees are hereby informed that they will not be able to file ST 3 returns in ACES now and have to wait until the modified version of ST 3 Form is made available in a few weeks.

Please revisit ACES website(http://www.aces.gov.in) for further information. Inconvenience caused is regretted.

Source : http://cbec.gov.in/cae1-english.htm