In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 68 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby notifies the following taxable services for the purposes of the said sub-section, namely:-

(A) the services,-
(i) in relation to a telephone connection or pager or a communication through telegraph or telex or a facsimile communication or a leased circuit;

(ii) in relation to general insurance business;

(iii) in relation to insurance auxiliary service by an insurance agent; and

(iv) in relation to transport of goods by road in a goods carriage, where the consignor or consignee of goods is,-

(a) any factory registered under or governed by the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);

(b) any company formed or registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956);

(c) any corporation established by or under any law;

(d) any society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under any law corresponding to that Act in force in any part of India;

(e) any co-operative society established by or under any law;

(f) any dealer of excisable goods, who is registered under the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) or the rules made thereunder; or

(g) any body corporate established, or a partnership firm registered, by or under any law;

(v) in relation to business auxiliary service of distribution of mutual fund by a mutual fund distributor or an agent, as the case may be

(B) any taxable service provided or to be provided by a person, who has established a business or has a fixed establishment from which the service is provided or to be provided, or has his permanent address or usual place of residence, in a country other than India, and such service provider does not have any office in India.
2. This notification shall come into force on the first day of January, 2005.

(V. Sivasubramanian)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India