Accountant
461 Points
Posted on 06 April 2011
Dear friends, kindly correct me the service provider has already collected 90000 fees from students in which he has already collected ST of 10.3% then my question if he has already collected ST from students then how can he retain the ST , he needs to pay the ST to govt.
Then howcome is the 10 lakhs exemption limit in force? we are conducting a course and collecting service tax from students, our income is not even 5 lakhs ,but in course fee we mention that we collect ST , so are we liable to pay govt the service tax collected from course fees or we can keep the ST with us until we cross 10 lakhs. Kindly clarfiy i feel once you collect ST you need to deposit it , irrespective of whether your limit crosses or not, because whenever you collect tax from someone you are not supposed to keep it with you , you are liable to pay to govt. kindly advise and correct me if wrong.