Please let me know in 2016 service-tax rules, we can take input tax credit for service tax paid as reverse charge mechanism. we had paid service-tax in may16 for the services taken during the month of april'2016, can I take input tax credit out of service-tax output payable for may16 or deduct only RCM output tax payable for this month may16.
21 May 2016
Service Tax payable under RCM has to be paid in cash only. It can not be paid using CENVAT Credit.. You can take CENVAT Credit for Service Tax paid under RCM.only after the payment.
So you can take CENVAT credit of Service Tax paid under RCM and adjust it against the Output Service Tax Payable.