04 March 2010
We are service provider of rented property. we receive rent with service tax. My Question is : can we avail credit which we are paying like teliphone bill, AMC for computer ,Generator, Hired transportation etc. Kindly clearify . For credit rules which books should i read kindly Advice me . Thanks you in Advance.
04 March 2010
You can take credit of service tax paid on input services exclusively utilised for providing output services.
As things stands now, it is not prudent to take credit on common input services(ie. services utilised for both taxable as well as non taxable services).