Our Client as got a notice of regestering for service tax on swervice provided by restaurant with air condition and having licence to serve alcoholic beverages
for eg if he is paying sales tax on food and beverage and purchase excise paid on alcohol than for what purpose is service tax Payable and is he required to get register and wht are the limit of registration
24 August 2011
Restaurant Service (A) Date of Introduction:- 01.05.2011 vide Notification No.29/2011-ST dated.25.04.2011 (B) Definition and scope of Service: ―Taxable service, means any service provided or to be provided to any person by a restaurant, by whatever name called, having the facility of airconditioning in any part of the establishment, at any time during the financial year, which has licence to serve alcoholic beverages, in relation to serving of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages or both, in it premises. [Section 65(105) (zzzzv)]
our client is allready paying sale tax on food and excise tax which are included in alcohol and now again this service tax is charged which will come up Rs 300000 this year, tell me how he can reduce this liabilty of paying tax