10th September, 2004
Notification No. 17/2004-Service Tax
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central
Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable service provided by
the holder of intellectual property right to any person, in relation to intellectual property service, from so much of the service tax
leviable thereon under section 66 of the said Act, as is equivalent to the amount of cess paid towards the import of technology
under the provisions of section 3 of the Research and Development Cess Act, 1986 (32 of 1986) in relation to such intellectual
property service.
F. No. B2/8/2004-TRU
V. Sivasubramanian
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India