one of my client says that if main contractor pays service tax then sub contractors is not liable to service tax is its justified? pls give some case law to support my contest that service tax is stage to stage basis

my client provides professional services of website designing and graphic designing to international clients situated in USA and other foreign countries. She bills them in dollars and receives the same through paytel. The query is do she needs to take a service tax number or is the service exempt from tax on account of export of services. She provides the same service to indian clients in india as well but the receipts from indian clients does not crosses over ten lakhs. so plz reply whether she needs to take service tax number and file the return and pay service tax or service tax is exempt.

DEAR SIRS,
AN ASSESSEE WAS REGISTERED WITH ACES.GOV.IN ON 31/07/2015, AFTER THERE HE HAS NOT DONE ANY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. THE RETURN FOR PERIOD APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2015 IS FILED WITH NIL AMOUNT.

NOW, HE WANTS TO SURRENDER THE ST2, AS THERE IS NO BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE AFTER ONLINE SURRENDER AND IS ANY PROCEDURE TO PROVIDE PHYSICALLY DOCUMENTS ?

IS HE LIABLE TO FILE ST3 FOR SEPTEMBER TO MARCH, 2016 ?

Actually we are transporter and working only for companies. But in few case after supply of material to the party godowns , on returning our truck is hired by misc transporter on its GR.
He pay us a fixed amount for the trip for the truck.
Now we wish to know,
1. is there any service tax liability will arise on it on us and
2. In which head income to be shown.

Kindly advise.

I had made a work contact with Party 'A' i.e, it provide me material as well as labour. Again I had made contract verbally that it provide me only labour for doing some work (just labour not material) then please tell me under which it will be covered under WCT or Manpower supply??

Dear sir we have awarded contract by govt. of maharashtra the work of cloth washing in rural hospitals at 20 places inside the govt. hospitals at kolhapur district. The manpower and detergents and chemicals are supplied by us. All cloths are wet washed with water .machines /water is supplied by govt hospital. we charge them per no. RS 14.Does service tax liability arises? If it arises who should pay service tax?And on which amount?

I have doubt about service tax on Import of software in the form of download from website maintained out side of India.
I have received invoice from supplier in UK containing development and maintenance charges separately.
Whether i have to pay service tax on development or maintenance or both as per RCM?
is there any notification?

Hello,
I want to know the registration process of service tax in brief?
Pls being helpful to me.

Thank you

One of my client gets insurance commission from Main agent who is registered with Insurance Regulatory Authority of India, please tell if he is liable to pay service tax as he does not get commission from main agent. As per my information main agents who get commission need not pay service tax.

Dear Experts,

We are in to clearing and forwarding business and transportation is the part of the same.
we generally procure transportation direct from the transporter and bill to our customer with some margin.
please suggest do we have to pay service tax as we are procuring the service direct from transporter or can we passed on the liability to the end user i;e the customer.

Thanks in advance.