Education is a costly affair, after all!
In the matter of the section 11C notification issued, P.G.James whose article Hanging Sword of Service Tax on Schools and Educational institutions we carried on August 17, 2016, dropped us this mail -
Kudos to TIOL for escalating the issue on the unfair demand of Service Tax on the fees collected by schools towards transportation of students which now got settled with the issuance of Notn No 45/2016-ST exempting the levy for the interim period.
Based on my RTI application, total ST demanded and paid pan India was obtained. Total ST paid was Rs 73.83 lacs and 78 SCN's were issued involving demand of Rs 649.92 lacs.
Post the publication of , another RTI query was raised to CBEC regarding the action plan to which it was replied that:
"The file dealing with the relevant data has been submitted to the higher authorities for seeking an exemption under Sec 11C of Excise act for the services of transportation for the relevant period. data will be shared with you as soon as file reaches this office and the future action taken will be intimated."