CA
1135 Points
Joined January 2010
There is no specific provision on such transaction. But one may take a stand that it should not be liable to Service tax, as the Service tax levy is no serving of food. In this, the food is not served to the customer.
One can also note that pre-negative list era did not levy Service tax on takeaways or home delivery (Ref: Circular - 334/3/2011).
However, in the post-negative list era there is no similar clarification has been provided yet. Thus, one needs to interpret accordingly.