Regarding Service Tax Liability.

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A company is liable to pay service tax for payment made to GTA in excess of Rs.750/- during the financial year-2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11, but not registered till now in service tax (even after audit, liabilities not confirmed by auditor) .

i want to know that what are the liabilities under service tax act & what to do now as best under provision of service tax act?

 

 

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Originally posted by : Vikash Kumar

A company is liable to pay service tax for payment made to GTA in excess of Rs.750/- during the financial year-2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11, but not registered till now in service tax (even after audit, liabilities not confirmed by auditor) .

i want to know that what are the liabilities under service tax act & what to do now as best under provision of service tax act?

 

 
  • in audit procedure, auditors generally dont confirm the demands, but they pass the same to range superintendent for issue of s/c and demand.
  • if auditors have asked u to pay the same, please register the unit as GTA service receipent and pay the taxes , produce the challan with covering letter to audit team at their office, this will meet their criteria.
  • in such cases avoid filing the returns of back periods, coz this will invite big time penalty for non filing of returns.

Dear Vikash,


Please clarify as what is this Rs 750/-

If you are liable to pay the service tax then you have to take iummidiate action to register yourself with service tax department and file all belated returns along with the Service tax not paid till now .

 

Consult  an advisor for the said purpose .

 

regards

Jeevesh Mehta

Service tax Advisor

Ph: 0911617186

sharmaji audit not done by department, its about audit by the company auditor.

 

Originally posted by : Jeevesh


Dear Vikash,


Please clarify as what is this Rs 750/-

If you are liable to pay the service tax then you have to take iummidiate action to register yourself with service tax department and file all belated returns along with the Service tax not paid till now .

 

Consult  an advisor for the said purpose .

 

regards

Jeevesh Mehta

Service tax Advisor

Ph: 0911617186

 

 

Sir please read this,

Exemptions/Abatement if any

Notification 13/2008 ST dated 01.03.2008 provides an exemption of 75% of the gross amount charged for the transportation of goods and consequently, service tax would be payable only on 25% of the amount charged, at the applicable rate which is 10.3% at present. Notification 34/2004 ST dated 03.12.2004 as amended also provides an exemption from service tax where the amount of freight charged for individual consignments does not exceed Rs. 750 and for other consignments where it does not exceed Rs. 1500. Service tax has also been exempted on transport of goods by road service for transportation of fruits, vegetables, egg or milk, under Notification 33/2004 ST dated 03.12.2004.

Originally posted by : Jeevesh

Dear Vikash,


Please clarify as what is this Rs 750/-

If you are liable to pay the service tax then you have to take iummidiate action to register yourself with service tax department and file all belated returns along with the Service tax not paid till now .

 

Consult  an advisor for the said purpose .

 

regards

Jeevesh Mehta

Service tax Advisor

Ph: 0911617186

 

03, December, 2004

Notification No. 34/2004 - Service Tax

       In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable service provided by a goods transport agency to a customer, in relation to transport of goods by road in a goods carriage, from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the said Act, where,-

(i)

 the gross amount charged on consignments transported in a goods carriage does not exceed rupees one thousand five hundred; or

(ii) 

the gross amount charged on an individual consignment transported in a goods carriage does not exceed rupees seven hundred fifty

 

Explanation .- For the purposes of this notification, “an individual consignment” means all goods transported by a goods transport agency by road in a goods carriage for a consignee.  

2.             This notification shall come into force on the first day of January, 2005.

F. No. 341/18/2004-TRU (Pt.)

 


Originally posted by : Vikash Kumar

sharmaji audit not done by department, its about audit by the company auditor.

atleast pay for 2010-11 by registering yourself with servicetax, and file returns from now

during the course of audit by excise department u will have to pay the servicetax for arrear years since 2005




U mean to pay and file service tax return for the 2nd half only or for both half year?

Originally posted by : Vikash Kumar












U mean to pay and file service tax return for the 2nd half only or for both half year?



 

lots of confussion u carry :)

1. u have to divide ur GTA in two parts a) transport bills above 750 ( where ur consignment is only charged) and b) above 1500 ( where u have hired a full vehicle ) 

2. monthwise u have to calculate total of such transactions

3. take abatement of 75% on gross such transactions ( generally its nominal in value)

4. pay for oct/nov /dec in jan and for jan/feb/mar in march, file return in april by 25th 

5. for april-sept 1st of all determine the taxable figure, and if possible then shift the liability to 2nd half by switching the payment dates.

 

for earlier years u have to wait for departmental audit, disclose the facts to them and show that unwilingly its done, in absence of proper guidelines, they will help u surely as u r wiling to pay the revenue. 

Thanks for giving ur valuable time.


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