Necessary to do online paymnet of service tax

Amit Prakash Singh (Accountant) (295 Points)

27 September 2011  

Dear sir

As per guideline by service tax Deptt that ST 3 return Mansatory for all categorie of all register tax payer.Dear sir we paid service atx on Transport by good (A service receiver lable to make payment of service tax ) our last finacial year we paid only 1.50 to 2.0 lac we paid it trough GAR 7 challan by manualy to bank( not online payment).Is it necessary to do online paymnet of service tax ?.If no then how we fill challan detail in ST3 form ?Below is the deptt guidelines:-

E-FILING OF ST-3 RETURNS HAS BEEN MADE MANDATORY FOR ALL CATEGORIES OF ALL REGISTERED TAX PAYERS.... ELECTRONIC PAYMENT COMPULSORY FOR THOSE PAYING Rs 10 lakhs or more TAX LAST FINANCIAL YEAR... 

Thanx and Regards,

Amit Singh