« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  ITR Filing 2025: These individuals are exempt from paying tax. Do they need to file returns?  Full List Of Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Announced Wednesday  Top 5 tax-saving investment options for salaried individuals to consider before March 31, 2025  5 lesser lesser-known avenues of tax saving you can use to save income tax before March 31, 2025  March 15 is deadline for last advance tax installment: Know if you must pay «  I-T returns date extended in Bihar... IT dept to tighten noose around tax defaulters above Rs 10... » Service tax refund for exporters October, 09th 2007 The service tax paid by the exporters on general insurance, technical testing/analysis and inspection and certification will be refunded. The Finance Ministry has come out with a notification in this regard, according to a communication from the Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA). The TEA President, Mr A. Sakthivel, in a statement said he welcomed the measure, although this had not fully met the exporters' expectation. He wanted the Ministry to exempt the service tax for all services, including the fringe benefit tax. He also wanted that the interest rates for export sector be reduced to 6 per cent. Unless these are acceded, the survival of the exporting industry would be at stake, Mr Sakthivel said.