Negitive list for services tax India or exempted items

All the services mentioned below in the negative list are exempted. Previously only the services which are mentioned in the act are taxable but now all the services are taxable the below mentioned are exempted. As per Finance Act 2012, all services are taxable other than specifically mentioned in the negative list as listed below. In the prior finance act the implementation date is not mentioned so the new implementation date is notified as Notification No. 19 /2012-Service Tax dated June 05, 2012.


The negative list comprises the following Services:
(a) Services by Government or a local authority excluding the following services to the extent they are not covered elsewhere
(i) Services by the Department of Posts by way of speed post, express parcel post, life insurance and agency services provided to a person other than Government
(ii) Services in relation to an aircraft or a vessel, inside or outside the precincts of a port or an airport
(iii) Transport of goods or passengers
(iv) Support services, other than services covered under clauses (i) to (iii) above, provided to business entities
(b) Services by the Reserve Bank of India
(c) Services by a foreign diplomatic mission located in India;
(d) Services relating to agriculture or agricultural produce by way of
(i) Agricultural operations directly related to production of any agricultural produce including cultivation, harvesting, threshing, plant protection or seed testing
(ii) Supply of farm labor
(iii) Processes carried out at an agricultural farm including tending, pruning, cutting, harvesting, drying, cleaning, trimming, sun drying, fumigating, curing, sorting, grading, cooling or bulk packaging and such like operations which do not alter the essential characteristics of agricultural produce but make it only marketable for the primary market
(iv) Renting or leasing of agro machinery or vacant land with or without a structure incidental to its use
(v) Loading, unloading, packing, storage or warehousing of agricultural produce.
(vi) Agricultural extension services.
(vii) Services by any Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee or Board or services provided by a commission agent for sale or purchase of agricultural produce........ Read More http://www.ajsh.in/service-tax-services.php