Tax & Financial Consultants
360 Points
Joined July 2014
Because it will amount to revenue loss to the government. The option for composition to traders has been given only because when they buy goods from the wholeseller they pay tax which is not eligible for ITC. So it becomes the revenue of the government. But in case of service providers of them have very less inputs and input services and hence there will be loss to government if the service providers are allowed to composition scheme.
Take example of rent from commerical buildings- if the service provider is given composition scheme he will pay only 1% instead of 18%. And in the form of inputs he has nothing through which government can make good the revenue loss.
Take example of a traders- when he makes purchases from a wholeseller he pays tax which is non inputable and hence the revenue loss is set off in that manner.