mr. a is running fast food business frm a shop. he is charging service tax as well as vat also frm customers. whereas invoice shows service tax and vat as Applied for. my query is that whether it is possible to charge service tax and vat frm custoners without having both? he is running the same since last 3 or 4 months. thanks

We running our consultancy business at Jaipur in Rajasthan and issue invoice of monthly consultancy charges to a party which is situated in Jammu & Kashmir.
Shall we charge Service tax @14.50 % in our invoice to party or service tax is exempted.
Please advice.

I want to know how a hotel can raise invoice to a customer when all the services are provided to say Corporate customer. e.g. A Corporate hires a hotel rooms for stay of its chief executive officers to whom food is also served in room as well as at restaurant run by hotel. Further conference is also held in conference room where Audio Visual Arrangement is also made by hotel along with food and drink. Hotel also charges extra amount as service charges. How all services can be covered in one bill. Hotel also pays luxury taxes and Sales/Vat tax. How invoice will be changed if hotel has opted for lumpsum payment of vat (as in Gujarat).

[For room services taxable portion is 60%, for food and drink in restaurant taxable portion is 40%, food and drink supplied in conference room taxable portion is 70%].

What would be the rate of service tax for conference room provided by hotel when no food is supplied in conference room.

Whether audio visual arrangement will be taxable at 100% value or it will be merged with conference room charges and benefit of 30% of value will be available.

if commission is Rs. 12 Lacs in fy 2012-13, is agent liable to pay service tax on this ??

Can penalty on late filling of service tax return (not being NIL) be waived if registration is voluntarily obtained and tax has been paid along with interest and total turnover does not exceed Rs. 10 lakhs ???

Reason for not filing of return is that consultant of the assessee died and and assessee was in impression that return has been filed as tax has been paid in due time. can we take plea that as there is no loss to the revenue and there is genuine reason for not making compliance and as soon as he came to know that compliance has not been done, he through another consultant filed returns which were not filed earlier

my company is service provider and purchase some capital assets like AC, computer and paid excise duty whether , compnany can avail cenvet credit please relpy this question with relevent section.

My company have received an Invoice in which Seller of goods has charged Transport Charges in the Invoice which are actually paid by him. Therefore, my question is, whether company is liable to pay service tax on transport charges as per reverse charge, charged in the Invoice of Seller of goods ?

Company X has office in Delhi and registered under service tax act. They have not a branch office in Jammu, but the company is providing services to projects in J&K. permanent staff posted at site offices in J&K. Is the Company liable to charge service tax on operations in J&K if the billing is done by their delhi office ? What will be the situation if the billing is being done by their delhi office against service provided in Jammu & Kashmir, tf the service providing company is not charging service tax in his bill? then service provider company is liable to pay tax or not.

What is balance sheet reconcillation? And how it wil be prepared.

Dear Sir,
We are purchasing a Crusher- Machinery, bill including Excise duty, the same can be utilize and we can adjust the same how many years against payment of service tax. Please clarify the same.
Thanking you
With regards
S. Joshi