Sr. Manager
617 Points
Joined April 2011
Dear Roshini
Firstly assuming that it is a taxable service which you are talking about.
Refering Circular 141 - regarding export of service rules. since the final benefit or usage is in India it is taxable in India.
this Paragrph from the circular should clear your doubts;" In the stated Circular it was inter-alia, clarified that the words, “used outside India” should be interpreted to mean that “the benefit of the service should accrue outside India”. It is well known that services, being largely intangibles, are capable of being paid from one place and actually used at another place. Such arrangements commonly exist where the services are procured centrally eg audit, advertisement, consultancy, Business Auxiliary Services. For example, it is possible to obtain a consultancy report from a service provider in India, which may be used either at the location of the customer or in any other place outside India or even in India. In a situation where the consultancy, though paid by a client located outside India, is actually used in respect of a project or an activity in India the service cannot be said to be used outside India."