Can you please tell me whether late fees for filing NIL service tax return is necessary ?

X Ltd is having 10000 employees on its rolls. Each employee is provided Executive check up facility in an empanelled ABC Hospital once in year to ensure medical fitness. Payment to ABC Hospital is made directly by X Ltd. In a month around 1000 employees undergo medical check up. At present Hospital is raising 1000 Bills in a month and charges Service Tax on each bill. Processing so many Bills and taking credit each Bill is very cumbersome.
Can ABC Hospital raise a single Fortnightly or monthly consolidated Bill and charge Service Tax on consolidated amount. ? Employee wise details can be provided in annexure.

This will reduce the paper work and shall enable X Ltd to take credit with least difficulty. Kindly advice.

company A ask company B to construct Godowns for A under its(B) supervision on 10% commission basis of total cost as B has the expertise/ know how to construct the godown. B give the contract to C to construct the godown under B supervision.

Here query is the 10% commission taken by B from A on total cost of Godown is chargeable under Consulting Engineers service, if not under which service it is to be liable to service tax.

I HAVE PURCHASE A RAWMATERIAL FROM HALDIA.THE INVOICE CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PARTICULAR.
ASSESSABLE VALUE 651500
EXCISE 65150
E. CESS 1303
S & HE CESS 651.50
VAT @4% 28954.98
FREIGHT 5270
SERVICE TAX ON FREIGHT 131.75
E.CESS 2.64
S & HE 1.32
INVOICE TOTAL 752965.19

MY QUESTION WHETHER WE CAN TAKE SERVICE INPUT. OR WE WILL ADD SERVICE TO ASSESSABLE VALUE. HALDIA IS TAKING VAT ON FREIGHT WHETHER HALDIA IS DOING RIGHT. PLEASE SAY THE SECTION SO THAT I CAN MAKE FURTHER REFERRENCE.

I am starting my Business and following are my services.
1) Comprehensive Consulting for Hospitals & Group of Hospitals
2) Turnkey Project Management
3) Integrated Implementation of Enterprise Hospital Information Systems
4) Cost Centre & Business Process Outsourcing
5) Accreditations for HCO’s(NABH/JCI/AHCS / Swiss Leading)
6) Organisational Assessment
7) Supply Chain Cost Analysis & management
So, under which head of services i will register for Service Tax.

WHAT HAS THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED ON THIS ISSUE ON 20.01.2011? IN OTHER WORDS WILL THE STAY ORDERED BY THE DELHI HIGH COURT PREVAIL?

I have a doubt on service tax on import of services.

As per the reverse charge I need some clarity on the fact that, can I take input credit on the same month when my service tax liability is due on foreign payments.


During the month of Jan 11, Co. A (Indian Co.) makes payment to Co.B (Foreign Co.) and as per rules Co. A becomes liable to pay Service tax on that amount on Feb 6th , for which Co. A can take input credit also. But the doubt is when can Co. A take the input for the same ? While Making Service tax payment in Feb 11 or in march 11?

Company "A" is engaged in the business of letting our residential houses. Company assessee "B" received the residential houses from "A" and let out the same to employees.

Whether letting out of residential houses by "A" would be covered under Renting of Immovable Property used in the furthereance to the course of business?

Please provide the relevant case laws if any.

My Client had a query whether computer embroidery or machine embroidery comes under textile processing or not? He know that textile processing is exempt from Service Tax.

Please give valuable opinion.

Dear All,

I would be obliged if you solve the following queries of mine regarding Service Tax.

1. Whether an interior decorator and furniture contractor doing furniture and fixture work such as wooden partition, ceiling, window, door, paneling, kitchen units and fixed cupboards is entitled for abatement under construction services.

2. Whether POP contractor and painting contractor will be entitled for abatement if POP & painting work is carried out after carrying out interior work and after taking possession from builder. If answer is yes then how to prove that it was not a competion and finishing services.

3. What remedy service provider has when he has availed abatment and filed returns for which he was not entitled to to avoid penal action.

Please clarify my doubts.