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| This is to inform you of the Service Tax rate change, effective June 1 2016, per Finance Act, which was approved by the Govt of India on May 14, 2016. As part of this legislation, the effective rate of Service Tax has been increased from 14.5% to 15% on account of levy of Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) of 0.5%. Due to this change, Service Tax @ 15% (including Swachh Bharat Cess and Krishi Kalyan Cess) will be applicable for all customers of Google India Private Limited. This will affect all invoices dated on or after June 1, 2016 for services provided by Google India Private Limited. |
| Google can’t advise you on tax matters, so contact your tax adviser for any questions regarding this change. |
| This service announcement is sent to all our Indian customers (active as well as inactive) and does not affect your account status or activity. |
According to the payment address provided by Google AdSense publishers, there are four payment options available for their AdSense earnings and these payment methods are i) Checks, ii) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), iii) EFT via Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), iv) Wire Transfer and v) Western Union Quick Cash. However, to select a form of payment, your earnings must have reached the payment method selection threshold. Previously, only Cheque (issued by Citibank) payment method was available to those publishers who receive payments at a payment address in India. The checks were mailed via the local courier service Blue Dart which takes 15-20 days to delivers cheque from the date of issue of payments. Therefore, Indian AdSense publishers were eagerly waiting for the new payments system for their AdSense earnings and get rid of cheque payment system which takes several weeks to get clear and paid. But, now AdSense publishers in India will get their AdSense earnings directly int...

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