25 November 2014
Abatement referss to that part of the taxable service on which no service tax is required to be paid becaise of abatement. Say for example: Invoice issued by GTA for Rs 10,000 Now the service receiver needs to pay service tax.He can claim abatement of 75%,so that comes out to 7500. In st-3 ,enter 7500 as amount claimed as abatement.Tax shall be caluculated on 2500 i.e. 2500*12.36%=309/-.