Applicability of service tax

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Querist : Anonymous

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08 October 2013 Respected Sir/Madam,

Please let me know whether Service Tax is applicable to Pathology lab or to the medical practitioner or consultant.

Thanks,

CA Pallav Singhania

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08 October 2013 Whether services rendered by doctors, medical colleges, nursing homes, hospitals, diagnostic and pathological labs, etc. would come under the purview of the proposed levy.

In common parlance, these categories of service providers are not known as scientists or technocrats or science or technology institutions or organisations. They will not be covered under service tax.

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CA UMESH DULAL

CA UMESH DULAL (Expert)
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08 October 2013 Every services otherwise mentioned in the negative lists are liable to service after commencement of negetive tax regime

Service by lab; medical practitiner and cosulant all are liable to service tax

Sanket

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08 October 2013 The Finance Bill 2011 proposes to tax services
provided or to be provided to any person by a
clinical establishment or by a doctor, not being an
employee of a clinical establishment, who
provides services from such premises for
diagnosis, treatment or care for illness, disease,
injury or deformity, abnormality or pregnancy in
any system of medicine. Any independent entity
that carries out diagnosis of diseases through
pathological, bacteriological, generic, radiological,
chemical, biological investigations or other
diagnostic or investigative services with the aid of
laboratory or other medical equipment is also
covered within the definition of clinical
establishment. Therefore, your services will be
taxed......