15 January 2011
Accounting Treatment of Service Tax
At the time of booking of revenue Debit - Customer (By gross invoice amount) Credit - Income (By amount net of service tax) Credit - Service Tax Liability (By service tax amount)
At the time of receipt of payment from customer Debit - Bank a/c Credit - Customer a/c
and
Debit - Service tax liability a/c Credit - Service Tax payable a/c
At the time of payment of service tax Debit - Service Tax Payable a/c Credit - Bank a/c or service tax credit a/c