Service tax

A tiles manufacturing company , if use its own truck for transportation of goods from its plant  to a customer places for delivery purpose , whether service tax are applicable on this freight charges ? provided company's main business is to manufactur tiles and not of providing transportation servise.

Replies (6)

No it will not apply...

Yes, Service tax is applicable on this process but you adopt the driver as his employee then Service Tax is not applicable on such service. Hope you got if not plz forward the same.

 

Sorry for interpreting...

Manufacturer owns a truck. then how ST ll applicable sir??

There ll not be any expenditure in books..

then how we can charge RCM sir?

Thank you,

Hi Hardik,

Service tax is not applicable in this case. Cost of transportation is includable in the assessable value as per Central Excise Act 1944. You have to pay excise duty on the cost of tiles + Cost of transportation. It is an ancillary service provided in the due course of manufacturing, not a stand alone service thus no service tax.

As per Section 66D(p) of Finance Act Services by way of transportaion of goods by road except the services of-

A) GTA

B) Courier agency are specified under negative list

Thus the service by way of transportaion are not liable to service tax but excise duty.

Dear Gajera,

If transportation charges are encludes in the value of tiles then no need to pay service tax of service recepient.  

If value charged from the buyers includes the transportion charges (which obviously be the case), the service tax is not payable.

Leave a Reply

Your are not logged in . Please login to post replies

Click here to Login / Register  

Company
17 August 2026
Chartered Accountant with US GAAP Experience

Austin Med Solutions Pvt Ltd

Bengaluru

CA

View Details
Company
18 August 2026
CA Semi Qualifies

Goyanka and Associates

New Delhi

CA Inter

View Details
Company
13 August 2026
Chartered Accountant (FP&A)

Client of Trellis Consulting

Gurgaon

CA

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 14 August 2026
Article Assistant

N J Suresh & Associates

Bengaluru

CA Inter

View Details
Company
25 August 2026
Senior Accountant

MG Associates

New Delhi

CA Inter

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 29 August 2026
Article Assistant

RRPM & ASSOCIATES LLP

Chennai

CA Inter

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 07 September 2026
CA Articles

Kothari Jain Patil & Chartered Accountants

Pune

CA Inter

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 24 August 2026
Article Assistant

M/s.S.G.Salecha & Co.

Mumbai

CA Inter

View Details