If a perason (Service Provider)comes in to contract with another person(Service Receiver)to provide a taxable service.According to term of contract if service receipeint revoke the contract he have to pay an amount of penalty to the service provider.Now my question is that whethr Service tax is to be charged on the amount of penalty to be received from service receiver?

A web designer situated in India design web site in India for an overseas Company. The former receives payment for his services in Convertible Foreign currency. Whether the said service comes under export of services under Export of service Rules,2005.

A Service provider in the nature of outsourcing employees (in its rolls) to its client(employees working at client place), raises invoice for salary of its employees working in its client place (salaries paid by service provider & reimbursed by client). Can they charge service tax on the salaries(includes pf& esi) or just on the service charge they levy? Both are charged in the same invoice.

i am working for a private limited company they are paying rent of Rs. 275,000.00 per month whether they have to pay service tax on the above mention rent. please guide me.

whether rent is a service?

Hi all,

Kindly clarify on the below issue.

I own service apartments. I raise invoices on customers inclusive of service tax. I charge service tax on the whole amount of rent without deducting municipal taxes paid and collect the service tax.

While remitting the same to the government, I deduct the corporation tax from the rent and compute service tax and remit the same.

Can I Do so? What is the remedy for the same. should i refund back the excess amount collected to the customers

Pls reply to ma queries

My client is a Commission Agent for the manufacturing company, he only receives the commission after getting claring the payments from the customers. The manufacturing company raise the invoices to his customers and gets the payments after the credit period (say 45 days). The commission agent raise his bill only after clearing the payments by the cusomter to his manufacturing company. My doubt is, for the invoices raised during the month of Jan-09, the commission agent raise the bill only during Mar-09, what is the service tax rate applicable, is it 12% or 10%

Dear Sir,

My Query is regarding service tax applicable in India if A&Co. paid Royalty to Foreigh Company i.e. B&Co. of USA and JAPAN.

Please reply.

Regards

Our House keeping service provider bills for the following
1. Wages paid to manpower supplied
2. service charges of the service provider
3. Materials supplied like toiletries and other house keeping items.

He charges service tax @ 12.36 on all of the above . Is he correct in doing that.

I HAVE A QUERY ABOUT WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CREDIT TAKEN AND UTILISED IN SERVICE TAX FORM ST-3.

Service tax has been amended wef 24.02.2009. Now one of our service provider submitted service bill ( security services)with including srvice tax 12.36% and the bill date is 01.03.2009. Now my question is whether nwe rate (10.33%) or 12.36% will be applicable to this bill. Pls clarify