Applicability of Service tax on Domain Name Registration Services

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As per the Finance Bill, 2012, of Govt. of India, there have been vast changes in the taxation provisions relating to Service Tax. As per the new provisions, services of all types unless these have been specifically exempted in the negative list ( Vide Notification No. 25/2012-Service Tax Dated 20^th June, 2012) , shall become chargeable to service tax. As a consequence, domain registration charges have also become chargeable to service tax.

The new provisions are applicable with effect from July 1, 2012