05 May 2016
Dear sir please give me proper detail where service tax and HVAT is applicable on work contract. what is procedure to pay tax ,what is rate of tax , &have any exemption or abatement there on
06 May 2016
Works Contract Services are a milch cow for revenue gathering and hence, even though illogical the same activity is subject to Central Service Tax and State VAT. The rates of VAT vary from state to state, and hence not being aware the provisions of Haryana VAT Act I will not be able to specify the same, but experience across various states present a trend of 67% materials subject to VAT and 33% towards labour exempted.There are certain exemptions and abatements (vary from state to state), provisions for deduction of VAT at source, exemptions for sub-contractors, etc. which can best be advised by a local consultant.
As far as Service Tax goes, 70% of the invoice is taxable. If the service provider is an individual and the service recipient a body corporate then the service provider is liable to collect 50% of the duty i.e on 35% of the invoice and the body corporate service recipient is liable to pay the balance 50% under Reverse Charge Mechanism. If the service recipient is not a body corporate, then the service provider is liable to collect the entire amount of service tax on 70% of the invoice and remit the same to the Government.
This results in an anamolous situtation in that the total dty is paid on 137 (67+70) percent of the invoice value, but then there is no relief therefrom.
07 May 2016
thanks sir for kind reply
but my further dilemma that ,
if a work contractor is raise bill of Rs 1000 than he will Shaw all amount of tax in his bill or only the part
10 May 2016
The Works Contractor will have to include the portion of tax he is liable to collect from the recipient in his bill. He should also mention that he is liable only to the extent of 50% of the duty liable and the recipient is liable for the other 50%.
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