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Clarification regarding Education services
September, 23rd 2013

Circular No.172/7/2013 – ST

 

 

F. No.B1/14/2013-TRU

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Excise& Customs

Tax Research Unit

146-F, North Block

New Delhi, 19th September, 2013

To

Chief Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax (All),    

Director General (Service Tax), Director General (Central Excise Intelligence), 

Director General (Audit),

Commissioners of Service Tax (All),

Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax (All).

 

Madam/Sir,

 

Subject: Education services – clarification -- reg.

 

             

            The following representations have been received seeking clarifications regarding the levy of service tax on certain services relating to the education sector:

 

  1. Private Schools Correspondents Confederation, Madurai.
  2. Tamil Nadu Nursery, Primary, matriculation and Higher Secondary Schools Association, Chennai.
  3. Punjab Association, Chennai.
  4. Association of Self financing Universities of Rajasthan
  5. Unaided Schools’ Forum, Mumbai.
  6. Vedavalli Vidyalaya, Wallajapet.
  7. Independent Schools Associations, Chandigarh.
  8. Mother Teresa Public School, New Delhi.
  9. BVM Global, Chennai.
  10. Sastra University, Tanjavur.
  11. HLC International, Chennai.
  12. Sodexo Food Solutions, Mumbai.
  13. Federation of Associations of Maharastra, Mumbai.

 

2.         The matter is covered by two provisions of the Finance Act, 1994. Section 66D of the Finance Act contains a negative list of services and clause (l) thereof reads as under:

“services by way of –

(i) pre-school education and education upto higher secondary school or equivalent;

(ii) education as a part of a curriculum for obtaining a qualification recognized by any law for the time being in force;

(iii) education as a part of an approved vocational education course;”.

 

            Further section 93(1) of the Finance Act, 1994, enables the Government to exempt generally or subject to such conditions taxable service of specified description. By virtue of the said power, Government has issued a notification No.25/2012-ST dated 20th June, 2012, exempting certain services. Sl.no.9 thereof reads as follows:

 

“Services provided to an educational institution in respect of education exempted from service tax, by way of,-

(a) auxiliary educational services; or

(b) renting of immovable property;”.

 

As defined in the said notification, "auxiliary educational services" means any services relating to imparting any skill, knowledge, education or development of course content or any other knowledge–enhancement activity, whether for the students or the faculty, or any other services which educational institutions ordinarily carry out themselves but may obtain as outsourced services from any other person, including services relating to admission to such institution, conduct of examination, catering for the students under any mid-day meals scheme sponsored by Government, or transportation of students, faculty or staff of such institution.

 

3.         By virtue of the entry in the negative list and by virtue of the portion of the exemption notification, it will be clear that all services relating to education are exempt from service tax. There are many services provided to an educational institution. These have been described as “auxiliary educational services” and they have been defined in the exemption notification. Such services provided to an educational institution are exempt from service tax. For example, if a school hires a bus from a transport operator in order to ferry students to and from school, the transport services provided by the transport operator to the school are exempt by virtue of the exemption notification.

 

4.         In addition to the services mentioned in the definition of “auxiliary educational services”, other examples would be hostels, housekeeping, security services, canteen, etc.

 

5.         Thus the apprehensions conveyed in the representations submitted by certain educational institutions and organizations have no basis whatsoever. These institutions and organizations are requested not to give credence to rumours or mischievous suggestions. If there is any doubt they are requested to approach the Chief Commissioner concerned.

 

6.         All concerned are requested to acknowledge the receipt of this circular.

(J.M.Kennedy)

Director, TRU

Tel: 011-23092634

E-mailjm.kennedy@nic.in

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