Cenvat credit of st on rent paid

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Querist : Anonymous

Querist : Anonymous (Querist)

09 August 2013 Hello Sir/Mam, We r a corporate assessee nd engage in supply of manpower. We charge service tax on invoice raised to our clients @12.36%. Our company pay office rent along with service tax on rent to the owner of office premises. My question is that can we take credit of service tax paid on rent. . If possible please mention notification no/rule/sections, so that i would be enable to convince my senior. Thanks you so much.

RENGARAJ R.K

RENGARAJ R.K (Expert)
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09 August 2013 From your query it is learnt that you are a service provider and you are also paying ST on rent. Ok.
If the owner of the building is registered under Service Tax provisions and issues a valid bill showing the ST element, you can avail the input aslong as such input is in relation to your output service as per Rule 2(1) of the CENVAT Rules, 2004.