Whatsapp service

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ishan

none

94 Points Joined July 2011

Whatsapp is charging me 145 rs for three years subscripttion.....is it liable to service tax?

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CA Raj Shah

347 Points Joined January 2014

yaar remove karke fir se dowmload kar dete yaar...charge nahi lagta

ishan

none

94 Points Joined July 2011

Yeh i consider that a practical answer. but give me a theoritical answer which have sactions clauses and all........

CA Bhargav Nathwani

CA in Practice

8307 Points Joined August 2012

cell No is resiter with company you can't do this practice and Service tax is subject matter of service provider (Generally). You are service receiver. And Rs. 155/- is including service tax.

ishan

none

94 Points Joined July 2011

Bhargav i dont understand your answer pls..elaborate it......

Rashmi

CA Final Student

137 Points Joined July 2012

Subscripttion charge charged by Whatsapp is liable for service tax. However, the service tax is included in the amount charged, i.e. Rs. 145. You need not pay service tax over and above Rs. 145.

Post 01.07.2012, all services are liable for service tax except for those that are mentioned in

a) negative list

b) mega exemption notification

Since such service by Whatsapp is not present in either of the above two lists, hence, it is taxable. Hope this satisfies you.

No rashmi. Since it is foreign company.....and not registered it service tax no in india.....how could it charge service tax on my payment.... R you saying that the intermidietery firm which is google wallet in case of android is adding service tax...?

Rashmi

CA Final Student

137 Points Joined July 2012

As per the place of provision of service rules, the place of provision in case of telecommunication service is location of the service recipient (billing address of service recipient). Hence, even if it’s a foreign company, service tax shall be leviable since the service recipient is in the taxable territory.

Further, telecommunication service means "service of any descripttion (including electronic mail, voice mail, data services, audio text services, video text services, radio paging and cellular mobile telephone services) which is made available to users by means of any transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature, by wire, radio, visual or other electro-magnetic means but shall not include broadcasting services” (Place of provision of service rules).

sagar

43 Points Joined June 2013

agree with rashmi

Guest

428830 Points Joined August 2012

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