Kindly distinguish between ST-3 & ST-3A. And its utilisation.
U S Sharma
(glidor@gmail.com)
(21063 Points)
Replied 10 September 2011
ST3 is half yearly return
ST3A is the return of provision deposit of service tax, which may get adjusted under ST3 in future.
CA Prabhat Gupta
(Manager (Indirect Taxes))
(821 Points)
Replied 10 September 2011
ST -3 is the form for half yearly return that has to be filed by every registered service provider (for periods from April to September and October to March), whereas ST- 3A is Memorandum for provisional deposit under rule 6 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994.
It has to be filed by those Service Tax assessees only who have paid their service tax on provisional basis.
Where ST 3 contains the details of Value of Taxable Services provided and tax thereon along with other details, ST - 3A contains the details of Taxable value & Tax paid on Services assessed provisionally and Taxable value & tax paid on final assessment alongwith the reasons for paying tax provisionally.
ST - 3A has to be submitted on monthly basis as against ST 3 that is to be filed Half yearly.
Hope this helps.