Is service tax applicable on water supply by individual ?
KAPIL BATRA (ANALYST) (27 Points)
12 June 2013Is service tax applicable on water supply by individual ?
SAURABH PANVELKAR
(ARICLE ASSISTANT)
(250 Points)
Replied 12 June 2013
Services provided to the Government or local authority by way of erection, construction, maintenance, repair, alteration, renovation or restoration of - pipeline, conduit or plant for (i) drinking water supply (ii) water treatment (iii)sewerage treatment or disposal;then exempts from taxable services from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 B of the said Finance Act,
otherwise not
Madhukar N Hiregange
(Chartered Accountant)
(39039 Points)
Replied 12 June 2013
Water is an article and cannot be subjected to ST. If at all in future itmaybe included in VAT/ CST. In fact the Tribunal has examined this in case of apartment owners and observed that electricty and water are goods not liable for ST.
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