XYZ PVT LTD incorporated since 15.02.2013, started collecting fees for commercial coaching from students as advance payment inclusive of service tax since first day upto march amount of Service Tax collected was Rs.25000/- aprox. Company got service TAx registration in month of July 2013, and paid amount collected uptodate with interest as applicable. Now while filling of ST-3 for the period OCT-MARCH2013, ACES giving message that you are not required to file the return for the specified period...
query is
1) whether there is any way to file the return ST-3 for period upto March 2013 (as non fillng of return will lead to penalty upto Rs.20000/-
2) on what grounds penalty of Rs.10000 can be waived off for collecting service tax without being registered.
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