« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Good news for taxpayers: ITR forms updated to allow 87A tax rebate claims, but there's a catch  Top 10 income tax changes from 2024 to look out for while filing ITR in 2025  15 income tax rule changes in 2024 that will impact your ITR filing in 2025   How to check income tax return (ITR) status  Income tax rules: How much cash can you receive in one day to avoid an I-T notice? «  PAN must from April 1 to trade in futures... Transfer pricing adjustments: Income-tax notice to IT cos... » Awareness on service tax in Kakinada December, 20th 2006 There is very little awareness about service tax among the public and trade circles, though it was introduced more than a decade ago and 95 services being brought into the tax net at present, according to Mr M. Rama Rao, Additional Commissioner of Central Excise. He was speaking at a seminar on service tax here on Tuesday organised by the Vizag commissionerate, Cocanada Chamber of Commerce and Godavari Chamber of Commerce. A help centre had been set up at the Cocanada Chamber of Commerce to help the assessees, he said. Mr D. Surya Rao, President of the Cocanada Chamber of Commerce; Mr P. Bhavana Prasad, President of the Godavari Chamber of Commerce; and Mr Neelank Kumar, Assistant Commissioner, Kakinada division, participated in the seminar.