Reverse charges on legal services from individual advocate
vivek mishra (accountant ) (42 Points)
13 April 2017vivek mishra (accountant ) (42 Points)
13 April 2017
Ajay Kumar Maggidi
(Manager - Finance & Accounts)
(2073 Points)
Replied 14 April 2017
as per Notification ST 30/2012, Legal Services Provided by a Individual to a body corporate comes under RCM, in your case your company is liable to pay 100% of service tax...
Lalit Sangani
(M.Com. Asst. Manager Account)
(736 Points)
Replied 20 April 2017
if advocate does not have LLB certificate / bar council Certificate and he is a practitioner than reverse charge will be effective or not?
Ajay Kumar Maggidi
(Manager - Finance & Accounts)
(2073 Points)
Replied 25 April 2017
holding degree/certificate is not a criteria the only criteria is whether such individual providing legal services or not.
Legal services means providing advice,consultancy,assistance in any branch of law including representations before any courts/tribunals
hope it is helpful
thank you
Lalit Sangani
(M.Com. Asst. Manager Account)
(736 Points)
Replied 25 April 2017
Thank you ajay for reply, I agree with you but if you have any notification regarding this please provide me.
Ajay Kumar Maggidi
(Manager - Finance & Accounts)
(2073 Points)
Replied 25 April 2017
Dear Lalit,
Pardon on my previous information. Only Services of Advocate(Individual/HUF) covered under RCM, for your Reference ST 30/2012