Service tax revenue to be flat in 2009-10

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Service tax revenue to be flat in 2009-10

2009-07-06 17:55:07

India's service tax revenue is estimated to be flat at Rs 65,000 crore ($13.4 billion) this fiscal, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday while presenting the budget for 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha.

The revised estimates of the service tax revenue for 2008-09 stands at Rs 65,000, while the government earned Rs 51,301 crore from the tax in 2007-08.

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While Mukherjee brought the law firms/lawyers offering advice to non-individuals under the service tax net, relief has been provided to exporters.

The tax was first introduced in 1994-95 by the then finance minister Manmohan Singh on three services - telephone, general insurance and stock broking.

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Over the years, not only the tax ambit, but also the tax also went up, helping the government fetch handsome revenues.

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