The Indirect Taxes Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized a Seminar on Service Tax on 8th July 2016 at The Park, Kolkata. The inaugural session was graced by Shri S. K. Panda, IRS, Chief Commissioner of Service Tax, Kolkata Zone and Shri R. K. Mishra, IRS, Additional Commissioner of Service Tax. Welcome address was delivered by Mr. T B Chatterjee, Chairperson, Indirect Taxes Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Chief Corporate Officer, Legal and Corporate Affairs, DIC India Ltd.

The technical sessions of the Seminar covered the key trends in Indirect Taxes as a precursor to GST, New Amendments under Finance Act 2016, Recent Developments & Important Court Judgments, Cenvat Credit & Reverse Charge, Exemptions, Negative List & Rules for Place of Provision of Services, Service Tax on Real Estate Transactions & Works Contract and Other Sectoral Issues in Service Tax including Mining, IT & Software, Leasing, Restaurants & Hotels, Banking & Financial, Intellectual Property, Intermediaries, etc. The speakers included Mr. T. B. Chatterjee, Chairperson, Indirect Taxes Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Chief Corporate Officer, Legal and Corporate Affairs, DIC India Ltd, Mr. P K Saha, Partner - Tax & Regulatory Services, Price Waterhouse & Co. LLP, Mr. M S Mani, Senior Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited, Mr. Rajarshi Dasgupta, Associate Director - Indirect Tax, KPMG, Mr. Vivek Jalan, FCA, JAV & Associates, Chartered Accountants, and Mr. Arun Agarwal-FCA, K N Jain & Co.