25 May 2012
Hello experts please tell me if an advocate firm are providing service in relation to the pettion filed before company law board ( CLB)then will this service be a taxable service ? i mean to say whether service tax will be charged by advocates firm?
25 May 2012
Yes the same was amended vide finance act 2011 which states Scope of ‘Legal Service’ has been extended to include: – services provided by a business entity to any person; – services provided by any person to any business entity in relation to representational services before any court, tribunal or authority; and – services provided by an arbitral tribunal to any business entity in respect of arbitration.