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The Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry

Santosh Sonar

9 March 2016

Union Budget 2016 –Indirect Taxes


At a glance• FM reinforces commitment to Legislative agenda, including passing of GST

Constitution Amendment Bill

• No change in merit rates of service tax, excise duty and customs duty

• Krishi Kalyan Cess levied on value of all taxable services @ 0.5 per cent

• Importation of goods to be costlier; service tax to be paid by service recipient if goods are imported from foreign shipping vessel

• Attempt made at easing Cenvat Credit provisions

• Increased focus on compliances, reduction of litigations and easing of penal provisions for non wilful defaulters


Service tax• Krishi Kalyan Cess levied on value of all taxable services @ 0.5 per cent from 1

June 2016, with credit available to service provider

• Effective Service Tax rate increased from 14.5 per cent to 15 per cent

• Exemption extended for affordable housing sector (1 March 2016)

− Services provided for construction, erection etc. of a civil structure or any other original works pertaining to :o the ‘In-situ Rehabilitation of existing slum dwellers using land as a resource through

private participation’ component of Housing for All (HFA) (Urban) Mission/ Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana (PMAY), except in respect of such dwelling units of the projects which are not constructed for existing slum dwellers

o ‘Beneficiary-led individual house construction/enhancement’ component of Housing for All (Urban Mission) PMAY

o Low cost houses upto carpet area of 60 square meters per house for approved project

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Service tax• Exemption withdrawn − Services by way of construction, erection, commissioning, or installation of original

works pertaining to monorail or metro in respect of contracts entered into on or after 1 March 2016

− Service tax is payable on inbound ocean freight (w.e.f 1 June 2016)

− Services by a non-air conditioned contract carriage (w.e.f. 1 June 2016)

Effective from the date of enactment of the Finance Bill • Retrospective exemption provided in respect of construction, erection,

maintenance or alteration of canal, dam, or other irrigation works− Provided to government and governmental authority

− Exemption restored from 1 July 2012 to 29 January 2014

− Refund of service tax paid during the above period shall be allowed

− Application to be filed within 6 months from the date on which the bill receives assent of the President


Service taxEffective from 1 March 2016• Restoration of exemption in respect of specified services provided to government

or governmental authority for services provided under a contract entered into before 1 March 2015 for − construction, erection of civil structures including for educational, clinical or cultural

use (i.e. for use other than for commerce or industry) etc.

− construction, erection, commissioning, etc. of a residential complex meant for self-use or use of their employees

if appropriate stamp duty has been paid prior to that date

Exemption will now be available till 31 March 2020.

• Restoration of exemption till 30 March 2020 and in respect of taxable services provided during 1 April 2015 to 29 February 2016: − for construction, erection, commissioning or installation of original works pertaining to

an airport or port under a contract entered into before 1 March 2015


Service tax • Abatement in respect of services provided by construction of residential complex,

building, civil structure, or a part thereof, is proposed to be rationalised at 70% − 75% for low-end residential units depending on area and value of such unit [carpet area <

2000 sq ft and value < INR 1 crore]

− 70% for other residential units

• Services provided by Government subject to service tax under reverse charge (w.e.f. 1 April 2016)− Assignment by Government of right to use spectrum and subsequent transfer thereof is

now included in the list of declared services

• Services provided by Senior Advocate to advocate or firm of advocate liable to service tax. Such senior advocates to collect and pay service tax (w.e.f. 1 April 2016)


Service tax• Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 clarified for new levy of service tax and/or cess. The

following cases shall be excluded from new levy:− Transactions where invoice is issued, and consideration is received prior to the date of

new levy

− Consideration for services is received prior to the date of levy and the invoice is issued within 14 days from the date of new levy

• Interest on delayed payment reduced to 15 per cent, however applicable @ 24 per cent on service tax collected but not paid

• Limitation period extended from 18 months to 30 months

• Monetary limit for powers to arrest increased from INR 50 lakh to INR 2 crore

• Indirect tax dispute resolution scheme introduced – cases to be dropped pending at appeal level if taxes, interest and 25% penalty paid


Cenvat credit• No credit shall be available on capital goods which are used for the manufacture of

exempted goods or provision of exempted services for two years

• Definition of ‘exempted service’ for reversal of credit expanded to include

− An activity which is not a service under Section 65B(44)

− Can the rule expand the scope of definition of ‘service’ under the Act?

• CENVAT credit reversal under Rule 6(3) – applicable only on common input services/inputs and not on entire credit

• FIFO basis introduced last year for utilisation of credit is done away with

• Annual return introduced for manufacturer and service provider, to be filed by 30 November


Customs• Increase in Basic Customs duty on capital goods [100+ tariff lines] from 7.5 per

cent to 10 per cent

• To boost Make-in-India, Customs duty rate ratinoalised on various products

• Increase in Basic Customs Duty (on imports) for following goods:

• Mechanism for payment of customs duty on a deferred basis introduced

• Period of limitation enhanced from 1 year to 2 years

• Interest rate reduced from 18 per cent to 15 per cent

Product Description Pre-Budget Post Budget

Specified machinery required for construction of roads Nil 12.5%

Plans, drawings and designs Nil 10%


Central excise• Standard rate of Central Excise duty remains unchanged

• Excise duty rates rationalized on certain inputs to improve competitiveness of domestic industry in various sectors − Information technology hardware, capital goods

• Excise duty levied on manufacture of certain articles

• Exemption from excise duty extended to Ready mix concrete manufactured at site for construction purpose

Articles Without Credit With Credit

Articles of jewellery 1 per cent 12.5 per centBranded readymade garments with retail price of more than INR 1000

2 per cent 12.5 per cent

Routers, broadband modems, CCTV and IP camera, set top boxes

4 per cent 12.5 per cent


Central excise• Clean Energy Cess renamed as Clean Environment Cess, increased from INR 200

per tonne to INR 400 per tonne

• Infrastructure cess ranging from 1 per cent to 4 per cent is levied on motor vehicles falling under HSN 8703

• Limitation period (cases not involving frauds, suppression of facts etc.) increased to two years

• Interest on delayed payment reduced from 18 per cent to 15 per cent


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