St on builders & developers

samiksha nagar (Student CA Final) (168 Points)

21 July 2014  

If A (Land Owner) enters into an agreement with B (Builder/Developer), according to which B develops a colony & incurrs all expenses for construction & development of that colony, in consideration of which B receives 40% of the sales value. At the time of sale, both A & B will have to sign the sale agreement. Now, in this case what will be the treatment of following:

1- On what value of consideration is B liable for ST?, Who will be the Service Receiver for B?

2- Whether A is also liable for Service Tax? If yes, then under which category of Service Tax?