The Service Tax Return Preparer Scheme, 2009 has been notified vide Notification No. 7/2009-ST dated the  3rd  February,2009

Salient features of the Scheme are:

Any individual who has successfully completed education upto senior secondary level, under 10+2 education system, is aged more than thirty-five years, shall be eligible to  become  a Service  Tax Return Preparer.
 
The  Partner Organisation shall carry out the screening of the applications, tests and training.
 
An assessee shall pay a fee as may be  mutually agreed upon between an assessee and the  Service Tax Return Preparer. The Board recommends , as a yardstick, a fee of  rupees one thousand rupees per return prepared by the  Service Tax Return Preparer.
 
A Resource Centre  shall be responsible for overall administration of the Scheme.