Following scenarios:-

scenario 1) CPA firm in USA open its back office in India. From indian office accounting and tax work done which are reviewed from USA office and final delivery from USA to client

Question) Whether service tax will be applicable to Indian office for providing KPO services

Scenario 2) Does it make any difference if the Indian office is an independent entity.

Please give your answer with supporting section and exemption notification

Thanks in advance for your help.

I m doing export of goods. my whole sale is outside India.My office is on rent where there is separate packing department & accounting department. Can i claim input service tax on rent as a refund in export scheme. some expert said that it does not directly related to export so i did not claim refund in last year. i want to claim this input in export as a refund.

Dear All

We are the recepient of GTA Services and liable to deposit Service Tax on the amount after the abatement of 75%, Now please provide me the Notification No. and Serial No. to be filled in the online service tax return for the period April to June-2012 to take the aforsaid excemption.

thanks & regards

Santosh Pandey
M-9810947821

A prop.firm has a work contract with a company the wooden work has to been done by the firm.the wooden work is related with the construction for the residential flats for the employees of the company.material and labour will be suppplied by prop.firm. in advance the firm received 15 lakh rupees in july,12.what % should be for the purpose of service tax and when it should be deposited.urgently required

Hi,

I am working in a Charitable trust which is running hospitals and educational institutions. We are constructing buildings for new hospital and colleges. Before the introduction of recent finance bill, there were no service tax is charged by the contractor. Now he demands service tax also claiming that negative list does not include construction contracts. Earlier when it was declared service, only commercial constructions are attracted by service tax. Whether there is any change in the status? whether the claim of the contractor is correct as per Act?

Sir,please enlighten me about the service tax levy on what part of bill,wheather VAT & service tax both is imposed on sevice charge part of invoice

A PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKING HAS 15 BRANCHES IN INDIA.HE IS LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF SERVICE TAX. I WANT TO KNOW THAT WHETHER COMPANY REQUIRED SEPARATE SERVICE TAX REGESTRATION NUMBER FOR EACH OF ITS BRANCHES.

Dear Sir,
We are a CHA (Custom House Agent) & provideing services of pure agent to our clients. Certain expenses we are incurring on behalf of our client & get it reimbursed from our clients(without any mark-up on the same i.e. as it is basis) and on certain expenses we add some margin & charge the same to our client. what will be position of service tax on both the cases under new regime of S.Tax.
Apart from theses we charge agency charges that are subject to service tax.
ThX:

Dear Sir,

If work order issue on 01/04/2012, to a firm
complementation date 30/08/2012
and invoicing in RA bill mode,
Work done in month of June and R.A. bill date of 3rd July 2012 for work completed in month of June in this invoice Reverse charge mechanism is applicable or not.

Dear Members,

While filing ST-3 returns for our client, we claimed SSI abatement of Rs.10,00,000 under notification no.006/2005 by clicking on the option as given in the drop down list on the first page of the ST-3 online retrun.
However,while claiming the said abatement amount, the return is not processing further stating the error as " If no abatement number is selected then, no abatement amount should be claimed".
What should be done?