25 April 2012
I am running a institute to deliver education ,courses of a university under distance education mode. and all fees collected by university, expenses is being reimbursed by university. Please Advice Applicability of service tax.
The service provided by you could be classified as Commercial coaching or training center.
The essential pre-requisite are
1. such education must be provided by an institute (In your case, its an institute) 2. such coaching is provided for imparting skills or knowledge (in your case, this condition is also satisfied) 3. such a skill is imparted on any subject other than sports (in your case, it may be MBA or PGDBM) 4. such training is provided with or without certificate.
You have to pay service tax if your fees received during previous year exceeds 10 Lakhs.