A person engaged the gardner,peon and house keeper in nagar palika gross receipts is more than 10 lakhs then the liability of service tax? is there any exemption of these catageroies? kindly convey me as soon as possible.

We have taken a S. Tax input on catering service from April,2011 to till date. Service Tax dept says that we can't take input on catering and insurance services.

Are they right?

Now what should we do if they are right? How can we reverse these input without paying any rupee? We have not utilised any input from output tax till date.

what is diffrence between Goods Transport operator & Transportation of goods by road.
pls help me

Our Firm is a Transporter and carriage goods one destination to other destination.

when the payment of service tax of january month deposited on march 5th then how to calculate interest on service tax

1.whether on monthly basis i.e. 1.5% p.m.

2.whether on day basis i.e. 5th feb to 5th march
clarify me

If i m service provider in india & exported some services but amount received in indian currency so will it be considered as export of services & i will get exemption from paying service tax. pls provide some written proof its urgent

Actually, I want to know about the burning issue of applicability of Service Tax on construction services.

Now it is more or less settled that services provided by a builder for construction of residential complex is taxable from 1-07-2010 by a deeming provision.

My query is that If the builder has started constructing few bungalows/flats before 1-07-2010 having more than 12 residential units and no agreement to sell has been entered with any prospective buyer till 30-06-2010 and suppose it reaches it completion stage up to 35% till 30-06-2010 and Completion certificate up to this stage has been obtained from chartered engineer.

Now in Sep 2010, builder has entered into agreement to sell with some buyers for sale of flats/bungalows for gross value of Rs. 20,00,000 and now my question is Service Tax would be chargeable on whole Rs.20,00,000 or we can take an assumption that since 35% of total construction has already been done before 1-07-2010 when there was no levy on such services and therefore service tax would be leviable on remaining 65% only.

Please suggest me your views on the same and what is the industry practice is being followed in this regard.

we had a unit in SEZ since 2003, we are also having a payment towards management fees to foreign equity partner and also having a sales commission income, please advise is there any service tax liability on sez unit being import or export services

X is doing powder coating on aluminium sections for both manufacturers and contractors. The manufacturers are discharging excise duty liability but the contractors are not.
Till January, income of X from this business has exceeded Rs.9 Lacs.
Advise whether X is liable under excise or under business auxiliary service.

ONE IS PVT LTD COMPANY & OTHER IS PARTNERSHIP FIRM WHETHER SERVICE TAX TO BE PAID MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY WHAT IS THE DUE DATE FOR PAYMENT OF SERVICTAX TAX & DUE DATE FOR FILING OF SERVICETAX RETURN WHAT IS THE INETERST RATE & PENALTY RATE HOW TO CALCULATE IT

Dear Experts

Our client is engaged to provide annual maintenance and repair of a sewage treatment plant.
Whether this service is liable to service tax?
Kindly help