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LIC relaunched its special revival campaign

Revival Campaign

After getting the huge response to its earlier launched Special Revival Campaign from 01/09/2015 to 31/10/2015 which was later extended up to 30/11/2015, LIC of India the state owned insurer again launched it’s Revival campaign from 01/01/2016 to 29/02/2016. In this revival campaign Life Insurance Corporation of India provided some concession in late fee and … Read more

Swachh bharat cess on Insurance premium

Swachh Bharat cess on Insurance Premium

Government vide Notification No. 22/2015-Service Tax dated 6 November 2015, has imposed a  Swachh Bharat Cess (SBS)at the rate of 0.5% on all services, which are presently liable to service tax with effect from 15 Novemeber,2015. Hence the revised rate (effective from 15/11/2015) shall be 14% Service tax plus 0.50% SBS i.e. 14.50%. Impact of Swachh … Read more