Kindly clarify Service tax and VAT both are payable on Machinery hire charges.

Hello

During audit of an exciseable unit i have faced a problem-

1) a building given on rent to another company and service tax is charged on rent . Whether Company can charge service tax since it does not have a service tax number but has only excise reg no.

2) The service tax charged on rent is credited to an expense a/c - "Service Tax paid a/c". That means service tax collected ( to be deposited with govt.) is set off against service tax paid on other services availed.Whether this is correct principally ?

3) The company can claim input on service paid on some services. Such tax is dr. to Service tax input receivable. My ques. is whether service tax collected 1) can be set off with it ?

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Is it necessary to collect service tax in case of voluntary registration, if the exemption limit of 10 lakhs is not met.

Dear sir,

whether march-10 GTA liability be paid in the month of May-10.or whether with the month of April-10 payment it may be merged and paid with interest.

We have paid S.tax for GTA in the month of March'2010., as the bills from transporter was recd. & paid in the month of March'10.
When can i take the credit of GTA against my output liability?
In March'10 itself or in the month of April'10.

I have filed online return of ST3 on ACES, it has been successfully filed on the system. The status by ACES is showing as "FILED".
My question is do I need to file Hard copy as well for the service tax return to the department.

One of my client has started business of outdoor catering. He wants to apply for Service tax registration. His gross receipts for the current year is nil , though gross billing is 2 lakhs. My query is that, after getting the registration is he required to charge service tax on subsequent bills, though his receipts does not exceed 10 lakhs, or will he had to wait for the receipts to exceed 10 lakhs and afterwards to charge service tax.
Please reply .

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My company is takin the service of rent a cab. the cab rent company is taking abatement of 60% to pay its service tax and charging the s.tax on rest 40% from us. can we take the CENVAT credit on the s.tax paid by us in this respect? or will we be disallowed CENVAT credit on the ground that the provider of service has taken abatement?

I wanna know the amount of penalty in case i m not register myself with service tax department even if my service exceeds of Rs. 10 Lacs in July 2009. and after getting registration from the service tax department should i filled the return of service tax from April 2009 to September 2009(because service tax exceeds Rs. 10 Lacs in July 2009 itself)

I want to know if service tax is to be paid when customer makes down payment. If yes, then how is it treated.(please provide journal entry if possible)