WE are making design for trade fare store for customer in Germany (Outside India)from our Indian Office ( Being we are Indian Company registered under Company Act 1956). First We take the approval from customer for design through e-mail, thereafter taking approval, we go to Germay (In Europe)physically and make a structure of store as per design approved by customer. Thereafter we raised the Invoice in foreign currency from India and received payment in foreign currency in Indian bank account. Kindly advice the applicability of service tax on above mentioed transcation with specified rule or section of sercvice Tax.
09 September 2011
Thi service is not a taxable service in India as it is provided and recived outside India. It maybe liable to VAT in Germany. You may verify. If you were doing the design here and sending to germany aslong as receipts were in CFE, it would be an export.
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