20 May 2009
we are manufacturar exporter we are paying service tax on GTA
some of our suppliers paying the freight to the transporter and charging it from us by adding it seperately on the material invoice but not calculating the service tax seperatly on that amount.
i want to know that are we liable to pay the service tax on that freight which was indirectly paid by us.
29 May 2009
CONSIGNOR (SUPPLIER) IS PAYING FREIGHT CHARGES ON YOUR BEHALF AS PER THE TERMS OF SALE. THE FREIGHT AMOUNT IS ULTIMATELY BOOKED IN YOU LEDGER AS IN-WARD FREIGHT FOR WHICH YOU HAVE TO PAY SERVICE TAX ON THE 25% OF THE FREIGHT PAID (75% BEING ABATMENT).YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY SAID SERVICE TAX IN CASH ONLY. THE SAID SERVIE TAX PAID BY YOU ON GTA IS AVAILABLE BACK TO YOU AS CENVAT CREDIT.