23 February 2010
As per section 68 of The Finance Act,1994 read with rule 6 of service tax Rules, service tax becomes payable to the credit of the central government only on receipt from client. Service tax though billed but not received not having become payable to the credit of the government, by virtue of the above provisions, could not be disallowed under section 43B of the Income tax Act,1961.
Citation :- ACIT Vs. Real Image Technologies Pvt Ltd. 9 DTR 261 (Chennai-Tri).