30 September 2010
I am unable to solve this below given problem, so please can anyone help me in solving this problem...
Ajay & Co., a partnership firm, is providing taxable legal consultancy services, for the second consecutive assessment year. The firm furnishes the following information relating to the services rendered, bills raised, amounts received relating to this services, for the year ended 31.3.2010: a)Free services rendered to poor people(Value of the services computed on comparative basis) 40,000
b)Advances received from clients for which no taxable service has been rendered so far. 5,00,000
C)Services billed to clients Gross amount 12,00,000 (Service tax has been charged separately in all the bills; the firm follows mercantile system of accounting)
d)The firm has received the following amounts duing the year: Relating to taxable services rendered in March, 2009 (excluding service tax at applicable rates and TDS under section 194-J of the IT Act, 1961 to the tune of45,320) 5,44,680
Relating to taxable services rendered in current year 2009 (excluding Service tax at applicable rates and TDS under section 194-J of the IT Act, 1961 to the tune of1,20,000) 9,80,000* (* includes50,000 for appearance fee before Labour Court received from another firm)
Service tax has been separately received for applicable items in d) above.
You are required to compute the value of taxable services for the year ended 30.3.2010 and the Service tax payable, briefly explaining the treatment of each item above.