Applicability of Service Tax

Saurabh Somani (Assistant Manager) (25 Points)

27 May 2009  
if say any financial institution quotes interest to its borrowers in multiple component e.g. say gross interst rate is 18% out of which Normal Interst is 15% and service and tracking interest is 3%. Second type of interest is collected as a additional services provided to the borrower. My query is - calling something a interest cannot not make it a interest if it is collected against the services. My view is that it should be covered under services and service tax should be charged on it. Kindly help