Service tax on flat purchase

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Arvind Bind

6 Points Joined July 2016

how the service tax on purchase on under construction flat is calculated?

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CA ABHAY GUPTA

Practice

3235 Points Joined August 2009

service tax is calculated on the amount demanded by builder or amount received from customer which ever is earlier...

Arvind Bind

6 Points Joined July 2016

how % of service tax is arrived? what is present service tax rate in mumbai for purchase of under construction flat.

CA ABHAY GUPTA

Practice

3235 Points Joined August 2009

At present service tax is 4.2% plus Swach bharat Cess @ .15% and krishi kalyan cess @ .15% total comes to 4.5% on amount demanded or received

manoj

student

5205 Points Joined February 2009

Refer CASE suresh kumar bansal V/s UOI

It is exempt now

its a delhi high court judgement not binding on every state further It is too early to say who all will be benefitted by this judgement. However, it is yet to ascertain if the Government will challenge the judgement in SC or bring any amendments in the existing Law to escape the returns

Arvind Bind

6 Points Joined July 2016

is there any notification from central govt. on exemption of service tax on budget home?

manoj

student

5205 Points Joined February 2009

but it is high court decision also service tax is under central government sp you can take the benefit

Ajeet Singh

Service

190 Points Joined August 2013

There are 2 different methods of calculating VAT and Service Tax for under construction flat

Method 1

If total project cost is apportioned flat wise then there are 3 cost components of any under construction flat. These 3 cost heads are Land Cost (approx 35%), Material Cost (approx 40%) and Labour + Service Cost (approx 25%).

Material Cost + Labour + Service Cost is collectively referred as Construction Value.

Method 2:

In 2nd method, instead of calculating head wise cost for under construction flat, VAT and Service Tax is calculated on Total contract value of the flat. This value is amount mentioned in agreement value or registration value / value for stamp duty purpose, Whichever is higher.

Important Points:

1. Land cost is exempted from both VAT and Service Tax.

2. Total contract value include value of land under composition scheme.

3. VAT and Service Tax is not applicable on Ready to Occupy flats. You may postpone sale agreement to be signed after completion certificate is issued.

4. Builder will issue 2 separate payment receipts i.e. one each for VAT (with Tax Invoice no and TIN) and ST (with Tax Invoice No and ST registration no).

5. Service Tax is not applicable on single residential unit i.e. independent house, villa or bungalow.

6. Service Tax is not applicable for low cost housing with carpet area of upto 60 sq. mt. per house in the housing complex but subject to approval from concerned authorities.