lawyers service tax
29 February 2016
The Union Budget has withdrawn the service tax exemption of senior advocates providing services to other advocates or law firms, effectively increasing the cost of instructing senior counsel by 14 per cent.
12 April 2011
The Finance Ministry has reversed its earlier budget proposal that would make service tax payable by professionals such as lawyers when bills are issued rather than when they are paid, after protests and representations from lawyers that this would be unduly onerous.