Is purchase of residential property liable to service tax?

Dear Gurpreet

Service tax is levied on services provided by a service provider

You have purchased a flat. At the outset there is no service provided.

But it should be seen whther it falls under Construction of  Residential complex services

Pls elaborate...

Well, the flat is being built in a residential complex, Royal Palms to be precise. Till sometime back there was no service tax on this, but then the government decided to levy it now, at least thats what the builder is claiming.

Dear Gurpreet,

Pls refer to this - /forum/service-tax-on-under-construction-residential-bulding-92792.asp

Thanks,

Ganesh