Special provision for retrospective exemption from service tax in certain cases relating to reinsurance services provided by insurance companies under Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
Section 135 of the Finance Act, 2025 deals with special provision for retrospective exemption from service tax in certain cases relating to reinsurance services provided by insurance companies under Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme. Service tax Special provision for retrospective exemption from service tax in certain cases relating to reinsurance services provided by insurance companies under Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme. The Act was enacted on 16 Aug 2025.
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Special provision for retrospective exemption from service tax in certain cases relating to reinsurance services provided by insurance companies under Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme.
135. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 66 of Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994, (32 of 1994) as it stood prior to the 1st day of July, 2012, or in section 66B of the said Chapter of the said Act, as it stood prior to the omission of the said Chapter vide section 173 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, (12 of 2017) no service tax shall be levied or collected in respect of taxable services provided or agreed to be provided by insurance companies by way of reinsurance under the Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and the Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme during the period commencing from the 1st day of April, 2011 and ending with the 30th day of June, 2017 (both days inclusive).
(2) Refund shall be made of all such service tax which has been collected, but which would not have been so collected, had sub-section (1) been in force at all material times:
Provided that an application for the claim of refund of service tax shall be made within a period of six months from the date on which the Finance Bill, 2025 receives the assent of the President.
(3) Notwithstanding the omission of the said Chapter, the provisions of the said Chapter shall apply for refund under this section retrospectively as if the said Chapter had been in force at all material times.
Section 135, The Finance Act, 2025 (Act 7 of 2025).
Questions about Section 135
What does Section 135 of the Finance Act deal with?
Section 135 of the Finance Act is headed "Special provision for retrospective exemption from service tax in certain cases relating to reinsurance services provided by insurance companies under Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme". Service tax Special provision for retrospective exemption from service tax in certain cases relating to reinsurance services provided by insurance companies under Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme and Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme.
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When was Section 135 of the Finance Act enacted?
Section 135 of the Finance Act, cited as Finance Act 2025 135, was enacted on 16 Aug 2025 as Act 7 of 2025. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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