our firm is involved material trading acitivity & also in business auxillary services activities.

would like to knwo can we get 100% input credit which is paid our vendors. ( eg telphone bills, cosultants bills etc..)

mr X an individual and commission agent of an NRI and he is rendering services in india onbehalf of NRI on the basis of agreement executed by NRI ( in between NRI and Commission agent)
he is receiveing commission in convertable foriegn currency . Whether it is export of service or not ?

ARE LIASION OFFICES LIABLE TO LEVY SERVICE TAX ON THE RENT COLLECTED BY THEM???????????????

Hello Everybody

This is Mohammad Ghouse, I am in CA Finals. I need a clarification on service tax on GTA in the following situation:

Whether a firm incuring transportation expenses for moving its own goods ( & issuing its own Consignment note) need to bear the service tax ?

What I feel is at some point / some one has to bear the service tax in the whole process of moving of goods. In above discussed case since the firm issuing its own consigment note and incurring expenses on its own account i.e., transportation is not done for others goods. In this case is there complete escapement from service tax on GTA.

pl. clarify.

Good Luck & warm reg.

Ghouse

DEAR SIR/MADUM
I AM MUTTU FROM BANGLORE
I AUDITING THE AN GOVT ORGANISATION
IN MARCH 2006 AN ADEVETISEMENT COMPANY HAS CHARGED THE SERVICE TAX @1.83%AND1.54%AS SERVICE TAX MENTIONING (AS GOVT ACT)BUT THEY HAVE NOT MENTIONED THE NOTIFICATION NO
SO MY DOUGHTIS SERVICE TAX IN 2005-06 WAS ONLY 10.24% SO TELL ME
WHY THEY HAVE CHARGED 1.53%AS SERVICE TAX INSTEAD 10.24%?

REGARDS
MUTTU
STUDENT

there is a registered service provider renting immovable property.the service provider is collecting service tax.
now my question is can the service provider deduct the property tax paid on the same property from the service tax collected and deposit the balance amount of service tax.
i request for an early clarification quoting if possible any section reference or judgement or dept. notification.
thanks
R.V.RAO

daer sir
i want to know that what is the procedure for claim the service tax refund.

Please let me know the procedures for refund of service tax to exporters as per notification no.40 given by the department.

Shall I approach with Service tax department or is there any form to claim service tax?

Your valueable advice will help me to move further. My Email ID- kannan@trademin.com

S.M. KANNAN

a. inputcredit from which date onwards can be availed.

b. inputcredit taken by quartely or half yearly or yearly basis.

Should Service tax be added and TDS be deducted on the following transaction?

Facts;
Instead of each company performing its own marketing activities, one company X in India is pooling their resources together to do what we call as cluster sales and marketing activities. Essentially, all the companies(including Company X) in India would contribute to a cluster fund. The fund is then used to hire sales people to promote group companies in India, and to perform different promotional activities.

Currently, all cluster activities are paid centrally by Comapny X. All cluster sales people are also hired by this X. The costs incurred are then shared by all group companies (including X). At the end of each month, Comapny X would bill the other group companies for their share of the costs.

Questions:

1. Would the above cost sharing arrangement trigger service tax? Should Comapny X add service tax when it's charging out the costs to the group companies? Note there is no profit element being added when Comapny X is charging the costs to group companies. All items are on a cost reimbursement basis.

2. Should TDS be deducted from the amount charged by Company X? If yes, under which section of the Income Tax Act?