Assessee is a Maintenance cooperative socity. It collects life time maintenance deposit at once, say at 12% of price of premises.Therefore, the amount maintenance deposit payable in first year is far exceeding Rs.3,000 per person/premises. It will earn interest on deposits and meet its expenses from it.

Whethe service tax will be applicable on lifetime deposits collected first year ? Will there be any tax liability in subsequnty years assuming society will not collect any deposit exceeding Rs.3000 in subsequent years ?

I have got invoices from travel agents but they are billing these with the service tax rates on applicable amount with 12.36%. My qusetion is, are the air/ travel services are not effected with the reduced service tax notification, do these services be billed with service tax rate of 12.36% on the proportionate amount as applicable in domestic & foreign flights instead of 10.3%.

What is position after Notification 29/2008 26.6.2008 & notification 1/2009 dt. 05.01.2009

If A owner of Vehicles gives to B GTA ( both Registered in Service Tax) to use for a customer (other than specified customers like ltd co., pvt.ltd, partnership firm.

What is liability of A To Charge service tax?

Should B also charge service tax?

if B also owns his vehicles and hires it to customer or Another GTA then what is liability to service tax?

Thansks
Narinder

Would the recent judgement of the Hon'ble Delhi high court have the impact on the property in chandigarh ...?

The tenant at Chandigarh (member of retailers association of india) stopped the payment of service tax wef September 2008 after the interim relief was granted by the Hon'ble Mumbai High court. Now, what should be the stand of the landlord, is he required to deposit the service tax on rent recieved though the service tax compoent has not been paid by the tenant?

hello

myself Rohit Taneja from gurgaon persuing CA - PCC,

The last date of filling Service tax returns for the period 1.10.2008 TO 31.03.2009 is 25.04.2009 and as the same day is Saturday and the respective department remains closed on weekend.
my question is - the last date for filling of return would be 24.04.2009 or 27.04.2009?
Regards,
Rohit Taneja
(rohit2918@gmail.com

hello

myself Rohit Taneja from gurgaon persuing CA - PCC,
my question is - Is there any rule in SERVICE TAX which relieves the service provider registered with service tax department regarding filling of return having no income in a particular period of 6 months.
Regards,
Rohit Taneja
(rohit2918@gmail.com

How many taxable services are there

Sir,

My client has registered under Service Tax and service provide under exemption limit under notification i.e. below 10 lakhs but some of service bill he charged service tax, Now my quetion is that once he charged & paid to govt.than after next billing he could charge the same or not because service provide in this financial period till date below limit.
Does it means his exepmtion limit cease if once he charge service tax ?

We are running a manufacturing partnership firm from 13/09/2001. As per service tax law we have to take GTA Registrations pay tax and filling returns, but due to lack of knowldege we could not do so, now we take registration on date 19/10/2008, paid the service tax with interest now its time to filling ST3 returns, We paid service tax voluntarily there is no SCN issued by any department in favour of us. My question is wheather any panlty imposed on us ?

Please tell the applicability of Delhi high court decision in Mumbai.