A person was running his business as a sole proprietor & was having Service Tax registration on his Proprietorship Firm name. Now he wants to incorporate a Partnership Firm with his friend & use the same registration number for partnership firm also, can he do so ?

IF I ST-1 FILE TODAY, CAN I GO VCES SCHEME, BECAUSE ST-2 RECEIVED IN 7 DAYS, THE WHEN WE FILE VCES-1 AND PAY 50% TAX, WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGE VCES-2, PLESE REPLY

We are providing temporary and permanent staff to our client. please let me know which services tax head is applicable to collect service tax. whether it should be manpower recruimtne or supply agency or business auxillary service.

Kirti Shah

Dear Experts,

we are into trading business since 2008. we were importing the readymade software and sold the same into locally alongwith support services. we have not paid the service tax on import of Readymade software.

my query is whether service tax was applicable on Import of readymade software under reverse charge ?

If yes, than since when it was applicable.

Please advise.

Thanks,
Vijay Jain

I am providing services of Translation. The translation is mainly done from English to Hindi language and I have crossed turnover of above 10 Lacs.

I want to know under which head shoukd i register myself under service tax act.

Also provide me the accounting code for the same

We are a trading company of yarn trading.
We have to pay service tax on GTA as service receiver.My query is suppose many bill are raised from month of September to December of which a lump sum payment of Rs 100000
is done in month of January. So when will the service tax amount be recorded in books of account at the time of bill raised or at the time of payment. Please answer this query of mine.Thanks

I have a proprietorship company and I have not filed service tax returns as the turnover is below the prescribed limit. do i need to surrender the service tax registration.

Also, some of my corporate customer has deducted the TDS and deposited the same and send form 16A. what should i do.

Dear Experts,
Can we avail abatement under VCES for service tax (ST) on builders.

From which period ST started for builders?
From when abatement is granted to the builder's service tax?

(Builders- Construction of Residential Complex)

One assessee has its principal place(Head office) at PLACE A and has its branch at PLACE B

Whole service tax is being deposited from PLACE A also accounting and everything (except billing ) is done from PLACE A.

The PLACE B has not been mentioned in the registration certificate ST-2.

books of accounts are being seperately being maintained of branch at head office only. Also bill books are seperate of branch.

The question is:

the whole service tax in total is being paid from head office.

There is no claim of CENVAT.

should be penalised by how in service tax

We have not filed the ST-3 returns for the financial year 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11. During these relevant years late fees for late ST-3 returns was Rs. 2000 (Maximum).
But as of now the maximum amount of late fees is Rs. 20000.

So if now I would file the st-3 returns, should the late fees be rs. 2000 or 20000. And will it be late fees or penalty.

Also can i opt for VCES, provided all the due taxes for all these years have been deposited long back in 2010-2011.