service tax on builders

Please tell whether service tax is applicable in the following cases for builders :

1. booking advance given by the customer in oct 2008 for project 1 of the builder but he now want to transfer the amount to other project 2 of the builder.

2. booking advance given by the customer in oct 2008 for flat 'A' in project 1 of the builder but he now want to transfer the amount to flat 'B' in project 1 of the builder.

3. booking advance given by customer 'X' in projects of builder but he now transfered his amount to customer 'Y' for the same builder.

please give me answer with reasons.

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Builder while taking booking advance does not render any service, so liabilty of Service does not arise.

but as per current service tax rules liability arise when we recd advance from party........ means on receipt basis.........

Originally posted by : Devinder Jain

Builder while taking booking advance does not render any service, so liabilty of Service does not arise.

 

Why? Service tax should be paid to dept. at a time receipt.

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