Hi Sir, I'm running a Tour Operator Business. We Arrange Tours and Book Air Tickets also from our Agent VIA.com and we'll get some commission from Airlines like 1% - 2% approx on Basic Fare and we're paying Service Tax of 0.60% for Domestic and 1.4% on International Tickets on the Base Fare respectively...Now my query is Recently i Came to know that we have to pay the service Tax on the Commission also which we received from the Airlines. If YES what is the Tax rate. Please kindly help me.

dear experts, if an assessee has charged service tax during financial year 2015-2016 and deposited the same. now if in a y 2016-2017 assessee wants to claim exemption limit based on py turnover I.e. below rs 10 lacs ,can he do so..or now in ay 2016-2107 he can not claim exemption because he has already charged service tax on bills in a y 2015-2016 ( I want to clear whether exemption is one time or it depends on last year turnover) please suggest , confusion has arises due to difference in opinion of different persons. Thanks Ashish Saini

Dear Member,

As we're aware that Service Tax on Air Freight is exempt. So, we need to mention the Air Freight receipt amount in ST-3 as "Amount Charged for exempted service provided or to be provided (other than export of service".

i have a garden rent charge 42000 .including st. there is abatement of 40%. help me to find out st amount... and it's calculation..

Is GTA service for transportation of agricultural produce liable to service tax???

We are registered a s Trust and we are providing various training programmes to Employees of our another division and other institution. We are planning to conduct one International Training Programme in January-17 in Kerala and expecting some participants from Foreign Country. Hence we are expected to getting some fees as foreign currency.Please advise me on the service tax applicability on the above matter.
MAnu

I am working in Electricity distribution company I want to know that, we have engage some Credit cooperative society Ltd. for collection of electricity bill, these cooperative societies are register under service tax act, let me know whether we are liable to pay service tax under reverse service tax mechanism.

Hi,


I want to understand whether its compulsary to be registered under service tax for works contractar if the service provided is below the limit decided....
If not then how the invoices are to be prepared for works contract.. (i.e both Labour & supply are done)

WE ARE RECURITMENT AGENCY, WE REGISTERED SERVICE TAX DEC 2015. BUT WE STARTED RECUIRTMENT AGENCY APRIL 2016 . WE ARE NOT FILED SERVICE TAX RETURNS FOR THE HALF YEARLY OCT15 TO MARCH 16. REASON FOR NO RECURITMENT.

BUT APRIL 2016 ONWARDS WE RECRUITED WE RECEIVED PAYMENTS FROM THE COMPANY . WE DEPOSITED THE CHALLAN.

MY QUERY IF ANY PROBLEM FOR NON FILING OF OCT15 TO MARCH16. WE DEDUCT SWATCH BHARAT CESS 0.50% SHORTAGE OF RS.90/- . WE EXCESS PAID OF KRISHI KALYAN CESS 0.50%. IF EXCESS PAID ANY CARRY FORWARD FOR NEXT PAYMENT CHALLAN DEDUCTION. IF SHORT PAYMENT WHAT IS THE RATE OF INTEREST OR MINIMUM AMOUNT.

Whether service tax on transportation of agricultural produce are comes under reverse charge mechanism to business entity? Is it necessary to pay service tax by the service receiver who has an agriculture business and transport that produce to one place to another under RCM?