without having STP code can the service provider collect ST?

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Can any service provider, without having registered his firm/ company/ institution under Service Tax i.e. without having STP code, collect service tax @ 10.30%?

Thanks in Advance.

 

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No. It is not posible.

 If he is doing so it is illegal plus if he is over minimum limit he should get registerd or he might face severe consequences

Originally posted by :Prasanna Kumar
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Can any service provider, without having registered his firm/ company/ institution under Service Tax i.e. without having STP code, collect service tax @ 10.30%?
Thanks in Advance.
 You could charge and collect as the law requires that wihtin 30 days of the provision of taxable services you should get registered.

The probalem could be that the client/ cusotmer may not get credit  and you would have to send the registration certificate later for him to claim the same.

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If the service tax is collected by any person, whether registered or unregistered, It is mandatory to deposit such service tax to the credit of central govt.

Yes section 73a specifically p[rovides that such payments are tobe depoited with the revenue.

An alternative if not liable is to pay the same back to the cusomter and proof of the same retained.


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