Is service tax registration required if your service is exempt from service tax?

Also when should the registration be done? Is it within 30 days of commencement of business or when your business crosses 9 lakhs in turnover. I see both options when I search and would like to get a clarification.

We are a Pvt Ltd Company making Gold ornaments for Retailers on pure Labour / Job Work basis. We receive gold bars from our customers and we make gold ornaments for our customers.

Whether Service Tax is applicable on Labour Charge / Job Work in making Gold & Diamond Studed ornaments.

I require the following

A) service Tax applicable or not - for inward foreign remitance in U S $

B) Service tax to be deducted and paid ??- for Indians, for whom I pay commissions for their help...

C) If my payable does not cross the total value of Rs 10 lks / annaum, is service tax to be deucted ?

In a contract of work, State VAT allows the dealers to pay VAT on certain % basis say 20% of total value of contract at 4% VAT and 50% of total value of contract at 12.5% vat where dealers do not maintain proper books of accounts. The dealers used to bill accordingly and pay vat. If so, service tax should attract on rest percentage i.e on 30% of value of contract at applicable rate as because vat and service tax are mutually exclusive. Is the present frame of service tax provision will allow dealers to pay service tax in the above manner? And from this year, 50% of such service tax again vested on receivers. The whole story need clarity.
Experts can you please enlighten on this part.

Hi....We are in distribution of FMCG products across maharashtra, and we handle various promotion scheme on behalf of our suppliers and in turn it get reimbursed to us on actual cost basis.

So let me know whether service tax will be applicable on this, if yes then under what category. What will be status after implementation of negative list based service tax, will service tax will be applicable.

Dear Sir,

We are Service provider and we have these component in our business:

Taxable service + Non Taxable service (Exempted: export of service) + trading of goods

How can we utilise cenvat credit ?
Can we take full credit of input tax...

Please advice...

Thanks,

Dear Expert,

as per reverse mechanism charge, service receipint is liable for service tax.
I have received service from individual advocate, he has raised his bill on 1/6/2012 (before 1/7/2012) and charged me service tax on that.
my quarry is should I make payment to him incl. service tax amount.
what if I make payment after 1/7/2012 , in that case should I pay him service tax or should I directly make payment to govt.

Regards,

Monik Dedhia.

we have submitted service tax return up to 31st march 2012 and now i.e. on 6/06/2012 we want to surrender the service tax number/registration certificate please clear the point that whether we have to submit service tax return from 01/04/2012 to 06/06/2012 online or physical before submitting surrender application .

one of my client being an Individual having proprietorship Concern registered with Service Tax Department under Erection,Commissioning & Installation services in Aug,2010. till Date he has not filed ST return on half yearly basis for the Year 2010-11 & 2011-12.

His Total Turnover from the above services for the above period are as under:-

i) From Oct,2010 to March,2011 Rs.2670461/-

ii) From April,2011 to Sept,2011 Rs.1639657/-

iii) From Oct,2011 to March,2012 Rs.1422977/-

Now query is how to compute the service tax liability along with Interest & Penalty as per Service tax Law for each Half year.

Whether we have to compute after considering Rs.1000000/- as Exemption Limit of Turnover so far Small Service Providers are considered.

Please reply with computation of ST Liability along with Interest & maximum Penalty as per law.

Please reply soonest.

is the payment of service tax is on receipt basis or Accrual basis ?
is there the relaxation for the payment of service tax on receipt basis ?