Service tax on reimbursement

For levy of ST, all the expenditure in connection with taxable service shall be included in the value of consideration. However, if expenditure is incurred by the service provider as a pure agent then no ST is applicable on such expenditure.

Pure agent is a person who:

• enters into a contractual agreement with service receiver to act as his pure agent to incur expenditure/costs in the course of providing taxable services
• neither intends to hold nor holds any title to goods/services so procured/provided
• does not use such goods/services so procured
• receives only the actual amount incurred to procure such goods/services

If the above conditions are satisfied, then no need to charge ST on such expenditure incurred.

We are receiving bill from Hotel Banquet 

- Taxi 

- Printing & Stationery

- Bags / Souvenirs / 
in our company's name but not in the name of client whether we will be covered in definition of pure agent or not?