11 April 2014
No,you cannot file your service tax return manually. The Central Board of Excise and Customs came out with Notification No.43/2011 – Service tax dated 25 August 2011, amending Rule 7 of Service Tax Rules, 1994 wherein, it was stated that, “Every assessee shall submit the half-yearly return electronically”.
Therefore, all the assessees are now required to file their half yearly service tax return by electronic mode only