We're providing auditing services to a company and sometime we pay there certain tax online. So while recovering these expense from them ( which we paid on there behalf to govt)we need to levy service tax on that amount.
17 March 2012
No, if you maintain a separate client account and you just deposit the amount received from them and pay them. . You may claim that this service is already included in your fee which you charge from your clients and nothing extra you are gaining.
17 March 2012
It is very much material how you are taking the reimbursement from your client. If you are billing the same with your professionfee bill then you are inviting problem for you and also inviting service tax on that. For all expenses which are not at all connected with your profession then you have raise a separate bill for expenses and you have to maintain a separate client's account in your books. For other direct expenses incurred by you for vising client's place etc. you have to raise separate bill without charging ST.