Service tax on goods transport by road

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Sheetu (Querist)
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15 January 2014 Dear Members,

I am working for a logistics co.

We hire transport services for transportation of goods on behalf of Exporter/Consignee
1.Are we liable to pay service tax in following scenario:
a.We bill the same transport amount on Exporter/consignee
b.We bill transport amount by adding profit on Exporter/Consignee

2.Also while Billing are we suppose to recover service Tax from Client in scenarios mentioned above

Thanks for reading hope to receive good answers

Porwal Consultancy

Porwal Consultancy (Expert)
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15 January 2014 If u are billing to the service receiver in your name i.e. consignment note is issued in your`s name, than u have to take care of service tax., otherwise service tax is not applicable in case of normal trading i.e. adding up profit.