Hello Dear Friends,
I am CA Ajit Gajera, I have one client doing business of Freight Forwarders. Now we have department audit for last 5 years. Last 4 years have no problem at all because Freight was exempt.
From 01/06/2016 Ocean Freight was taxable and it was clearly stated that Abatement of 70% was allowed on freight services.
My client was taking 70% abatement and paying tax accordingly. Now officer is a view that as per Circular no 206/4/2017 - Service tax dated 13/04/2017, Your firm is not eligible for 70% Abatement and now you have to pay balance tax on 70% value of Freight.
Can anybody has a view that this abatement is available or not.

Please reply urgently

Dear Experts, Service tax dept has send notice for FY 14-15 for detailed scrutiny. Our company is manufacturing (factory at Ahmedabad) & service industry (Mumbai HO). There is no any exempted goods or service. And we have separate service tax registration for Mumbai & Ahm for RCM service. We do the consolidated balance sheet to file ITR, 3CD etc.We book audit fees cost in Mumbai books & take the input in Mumbai. Now, Officer has raised question on full input taken in Mumbai for common services like audit fees etc.And ask to refer Rule 6 of CENVAT.
Please advise which rule is applicable for this common service.

My client is in the education sector who provides membership to organizations. they received a certain amount along with service tax for the purpose of membership.
now after rolling of new GST regime, they have to refund a certain amount of some members received as membership fees. As no service was given during the period, members are asking for the refund of service tax amount too. now under GST regime, how is it possible to refund the service tax amount relating to the pre-GST period.

I have a piece of land rented a petrol bunk company not directly but to dealer and I do possess a gstin now I have to pay gst for the rental income or I should collect form Tenent pls do reply

Sir, Registered NGO receiving grant under CSR to construct class room and toilets at Government School. This NGO is registered under Income Tax section 12A and GST. My query is- 1. Is this NGo is liable for service tax on grant? (which amount on total grant or excluding construction cost.) 2. NGO should claim input tax (revers charge) on material purchased for that activities? 3. If no any tax liability than which section is applied for exemption?

Not filed IT return since income belwo taxable limit. for the period ending 31.3.2016 due on 31.03.2018.

However there were transections in share market mostly not profit. The IT dept has flagged values for about 30=40 days when turnover was above three four lacs having profit of one or two thousand or loss on other days.

How to solve this querry.

Dear Expert,

my company's holding company is in US( incorporated outside India). Ours is a tech company, and we provide E platform for publishers who want to publish their work in e format. foreign holding company hires people outside India to provide services w.r.t marketing and advertisement by organizing e podiums, e book fairs etc. Service provider is an outside entity who bills our Holding company. Whatever revenue our holding company generates they send us back 80% of that, Similarly as per the Our US company also charges home company for the 80% of the expenditure incurred. ST auditor is of the opinion that we must pay service tax on 80% of the marketing and advertisement expenses our contention is that since there is no profit element involved when we are paying to our holding co. It is basically in the nature of reimbursement only Kindly advice.

Regards,
Ankur anand.

Dear Expert,
My company is a service providing entity. It provide E platform to various publishers who are willing to provide their content to their customers in E format
Which is interactive and user friendly. We are subsidary of a company which is a company encorporated outside india(US). we provide them technical services
and they sell the whole finished product as a complete package outside india. basically we provide them with a service which is a very small part of the huge product
which parent company sells outside india in US. our major market is in US. As per the agreement bitween my company and its parent company There are some expenditures which Parent company incurres on behalf of our indian company they are in the nature of: marketing expenses, Salary to the employees who came from US and performed certain services here. Our parent company Pays those expenditure. Later our company reimburses those expenditure to our parent company as a part of agreement. Does this Reimbursement made attracts service tax is my question. ST auditor is of the openion that it does ammount to import of service. but we are of the openion that it is purely in nature of reimbursment and that we are not incurring any expenditure there is no invoicing made in name of our company hence it does not attract ST. Kindly advice.
Regards,
Ankur anand.

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