01 October 2012
we are registered company without registration with service tax department. presently we received an invoice from individual advocate as legal service. In this case is it mandatory for us to register with service tax dept. or is there any other provision / rules not to take registration upto certain limit or other wise for receiving such service.
02 October 2012
No. as Service Recipient under reverse charge method, need to register under service tax and need to pay service tax on legal services received by you.