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Service provider is not liable for Service Tax on incentives received for the promotion or marketing of mutual funds

The CESTAT, Ahmedabad in the case of NJ India Invest Pvt. Ltd. allowed the appeal filed by setting aside the Service tax demand, thereby holding that incentives from AMCs for mutual fund distribution were exempt under reverse charge, advertisements in the ‘FUNDS WATCH’ magazine fell under print media exemption and training for sub-distributors was classified as exempt vocational training these all three are exempt from tax.