Service tax query

CA Rajesh Prajapati (Practice) (202 Points)

04 November 2013  

There is a proprietorship firm giving services of providing labour for construction of residential house.The other items such as cements , dust, bricks etc..are   directly paid & provided by the owner of the plot on which residential house construction is being carried out. there is no other payment made by the owner to the provider of labour.

Now my query 

                      1. Whether service tax is payable by the provider of labour.

                      2.Is there any exemption relating to the this case

                      3. Is there any tax planning that can be done to to avoid/reduce tax payament

 

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