Dear Sir,

In case of service tax return, what should be considered as gross consideration whether basic fare on which service tax was paid or the whole amount which was collected from client excluding service tax??
Please reply

Thanks in advance

Our client is franking service provider registered under business auxiliary service provider. They are receiving legal service from legal firm in respect of investment dispute. Can they avail service input tax credit of legal services against franking service liability.

Thanks in advance.

my client engaged Providing service of sub contract basis in 1.04.2009 to 31.03.2010 and his total receipts is 475 lacs. Main contactor has engaged with surat municipal corporation under JNNURM-BSUP scheem. Main contractor has paid service tax under the service of residential complex servcie and vat on same contract. Now service tax department has issued notice to my client to pay service tax on 475 lacs as you are sub contract. How would i deal with this case. Kindly give your suggetion as the matter with preventive department.

My Query is related to Service tax on Services provided by hotel.

A hotel has rooms and a Restaurant in its building

Customer can eat food in Restaurant or order food in his/her own room.

For Example customer charged Rs. 500 if he eat food in restaurant, but if he order food in his own room he charged Rs. 700 (This amount of Rs. 500 or Rs. 700 is exclusive of VAT).

I want to ask this room service( food in own room) will be taxable under Hotel Servie or Restaurant service.


as well as i want to ask is hotel service include any service provide in Rooms or anywhere in hotel( e.g. Restaurant too)


Please reply me fast as it is compulsary for my audit of hotel.

Dear experts,

Please tell me how to change the details in Service tax challan (GAR-7).

Few days before we paid online service tax on "Works contract", but while paying tax wrongly selected "construction of residential premises" head.

Please give detailed procedure how to correct the challan.

Dear sir, kindly consider my query.

Suppose an assessee have raised an invoice wrongly including the service tax, (the assessee's gross income fall below the threshold limit).
Invoiced amount has been received after deducting TDS.

what is the best option from the following?
(1)Apply for service tax registration and pay the amount so collected and then surrender the service tax registration.
Or
(2)Pay back the amount collected as service tax to the client and issue/raise a new invoice without service tax.

Dear Experts,

I visited a 5 star Hotel for AUDIT. I saw there Invoice in which they were charging 5% ST +cess on Room Rent and 10.3% on facilties like Massage, Laundry and others. Is this correct?

dear sir,
please advice for i have received notice for filing service tax return st-3.for the last five years or from date of regd.but i have not any type of business after registration .can i surrender the ST no. without filing of ST-3. say what is the process for it how?

Sir,

We are raising our bill for brokerage on our customer in the month of Dec'2011 instead of April'11 to Nov'11.We are not received any amount during that period. So, Our Service tax liability will be in the Jan'2012.

Sir, I want to know whether there would be any problem for us if the bill is not raised month wise in case of continuous work started from April'2011.

Thanks,

Regards,
Prem Chandra Thakur

Whether registration is mandatory under service tax for availing credit on input service by a manufacturer?