06 December 2013
Rule 6(3) of the Service tax Rules, 1994, provides that where an assessee has issued an invoice, or received any payment, against a service to be provided which is not so provided by him either wholly or partially for any reason, the assessee may take credit of such excess service tax paid by him, if the assessee,- (a) has refunded the payment or part thereof, so received for the service provided to the person from whom it was received; or (b)has issued a credit note for the value of the service not so provided to the person to whom such an invoice had been issued.