11 September 2012
notification issued by the Ministry of Finance dept., Govt. of India No. 25/2012-Service Tax Dated 20-June-2012, on the applicability of Service Tax.which says that Services by way of construction, erection, commissioning or installation of original works pertaining to metro is excempted from service tax . My question is providing the consultancy services (Engineering consulting) are exempted from charging service tax.?
11 September 2012
Engineering consultancy service can not be covered under any of the activity "construction, erection, commissioning, installation, completion, fitting out, repair, maintenance, renovation, or alteration " and therefore is not exempted