Notification New Delhi, the 27
th
February, 2010
No. 13/2010-Service Tax
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the
Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central
Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby
exempts the taxable service provided in relation to on-line information and database access or
retrieval services and business auxiliary services as specified in sub-clauses (zh) and (zzb) of
clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, by any Indian news agency, from the whole of
service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act, subject to the fulfilment of the
following conditions, namely:-
a) If such new agency is notified as a news agency set up in India solely for collection and
distribution of news:
Provided that this exemption shall be available only to news agencies which are
specified under clause (22B) of section 10 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961);
and,
b) such news agency applies its income or accumulates it for collection and distribution of
news and does not distribute its income in any manner to its members.
2. This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette of
India.
[F. No. 334/1/2010 -TRU]
(Prashant Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India