Cenvat credit on st paid under reverse charge

Can credit be claimed for Service Tax paid under RCM on legal fee to a lawyer.

Suppose on legal fees of Rs.5000, ST paid Rs.725.00, so can I use this Rs.725 as cenvat credit for payment of ST on any other service.

Yes, One taken Take Cenvat Credit of ST Paid on eligible Input Services. RCM is only method of payment. It is as like ST paid on bill of some vender/Service Provider. The basis document for taking Cenvat will be Challan.

Prashant is correct. The bar/ restriction are in realtion to cab rent, some part of works contract/ construction for which you need to see the defintion of input service.

can we avail cenvat credit on service tax paid on rcm basis for GTA services and which can be utlize for payment of service tax on business support services