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1. Summary of previous notifications related to threshold exemption along with limit, date of applicability and relevant Notification numbers:

Period Exemption limit (Rs.) Relevant Notification of Service Tax Effective date
01-07-1994 to 31-03-2005 Nil N.A. N.A.
01-04-2005 to 31-03-2007 4 lakhs 6/2005* dt. 01-03-2005 01-04-2005
01-04-2007 to 31-03-2008 8 lakhs * as amended by 4/2007 dt. 01-03-2007 01-04-2007
01-04-2008 to 30-06-2012 10 lakhs * as amended by 8/2008 dt. 01.03.2008 01-04-2008
01-07-2012 onwards 10 lakhs Notification No. 33/2012 dated 20.06.2012 01-07-2012

 2. The threshold exemption, which was available to all service providers vide Notification No. 6/2005-ST dated 1.3.2005 as amended from time to time and last amended vide Notification No. 33/2012- ST dated 20.6.2012 (and new Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20.6.2012) has been superseded by Notification No. 33/2012 dated 20/06/2012. Since this exemption is available to the Service Provider only therefore only his transactions related to provision of service are eligible for the purpose of threshold exemption benefit. This exemption is not available to receiver of service under reverse charge [refer para (ii) of “what is exempted” given below]. If a service provider (SP) is also paying duty as service receiver (SR) under reverse charge or partial reverse charge, it will not be included or considered for the purpose of arriving at aggregate value exempted under notification number 33/2012. This exemption, of Rs 10 lakhs in current financial year from service tax payable on aggregate value of taxable services, is available to service provider on the basis of provision of aggregate value of taxable services rendered in the previous financial year if that does not exceed Rs. 10 lakhs for entity existing in previous financial year and in case of new entity, it is available for such turnover. Government of India has framed new conditions vide notification No. 33/2012-Service Tax, dated 20-06-2012 for threshold exemption to be availed by “small” service provider, which are discussed below;

3. What is Exempted vide notification No. 33/2012-Service Tax: Central Government has exempted taxable services of aggregate value not exceeding ten lakh rupees in any financial year from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Finance Act. But it is clarified that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to following (as per proviso);

(i) taxable services provided by a person under a brand name or trade name, whether registered or not, of another person; Here brand name” or “trade name” means a brand name or a trade name, whether registered or not, that is to say, a name or a mark, such as symbol, monogram, logo, label, signature, or invented word or writing which is used in relation to such specified services for the purpose of indicating, or so as to indicate a connection in the course of trade between such specified services and some person using such name or mark with or without any indication of the identity of that person,   OR

(ii) such value of taxable services in respect of which service tax shall be paid by such person and in such manner as specified in section 68(2)[1] of the said Finance Act read with Service Tax Rules,1994.

It is absolutely clear by this proviso that services provided under “brand or trade name of others” and services provided under “reverse charge mechanism” as specified in section 68(2) are out of ambit of this notification. The purpose of specific mention of non-inclusion of GTA service [falling under section 68(2)] in the aggregate value vide para 3 of this notification is that legal position of consignee is of SR but of consigner is of agent to SR (while GTA is SP).

Further, as per para 10.1.3 of ST Education Guide, the liability of the service provider and service recipient are different and independent of each other. Thus in case the service provider is availing exemption owing to turnover being less than Rs 10 lakhs, he shall not be obliged to pay any tax. However, the service recipient shall have to pay service tax which he is required to pay under the partial reverse charge mechanism.

  1. This notification used two terminologies in defining the scope of threshold exemption; first is ‘taxable services’, and second is “aggregate value”.

Taxable services’ are defined in Section 65B(51) as [“taxable service” means] any service on which service tax is leviable under section 66B, which is as hereunder;

Charging Section 66B: There shall be levied a tax (hereinafter referred as the service tax) at the rate of twelve percent, on the value of all services, other than those services specified in the negative list, provided or agreed to be provided in the taxable territory by one person to another and collected in such manner as may be prescribed.

Section 65B(52): Taxable territory means the territory to which the provisions of this chapter apply.

Section 64(1): This Chapter extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

5.  Now, we have to find out what is included in aggregate value for this purpose. Aggregate value [as defined in this notification itself] means the sum total of value of taxable services charged in the first consecutive invoices issued during a financial year but does not include value charged in invoices issued towards such services which are exempt from whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Finance Act under any other notification.

It is interesting to note that as per 3rd proviso to Rule 6(1) of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, an individual /partnership firm with turnover upto Rs. 50 lacs has an option to discharge service tax on receipt basis, while computation of turnover for threshold exemption limit, consecutive billing criteria applies.

From this definition, following aspects emerges;

(i) “Aggregate value” means the sum total of value of taxable services [as per section 67 of FA/ST and rule 2A, 2B, & 2C of Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006] ……. but does not include…… which are exempt from whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Finance Act under any other notification.”

(a) Value of service rendered: Rule 2(c) of Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006, “value” shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 67 [2], which is given in footnote. There are two major cases under Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006 under Rule 2A & 2C, which are as hereunder;

(i) Rule 2A for valuation of service portion in Work Contract Service is notified by NN-24/2012-ST as updated by NN-11/2014-ST:

  1. No.
Where Works Contract is for… Value of the Service portion shall be..
1 Execution of original contracts 40% of the total amount charged for the works contract
2 Maintenance or repair or reconditioning or restoration or servicing of any goods(including services mentioned in para 3) 70% of the total amount charged including such gross amount
3 In case of other works contracts, not included in S. No. 1 & 2 above, including contracts for maintenance, repair, completion and finishing services such as glazing, plastering, floor and wall tiling, installation of electrical fittings. [3] 60% of the total amount charged for the works contract

(ii) Rule 2C for valuation of service portion in catering/restaurant service is notified by NN-24/2012-ST :

Sl. No. Description Percentage of the total amount
(1) (2) (3)
1. Service portion in an activity wherein goods, being food or any other article of human consumption or any drink (whether or not intoxicating) is supplied in any manner as a part of the activity, at a restaurant 40
2. Service portion in outdoor catering wherein goods, being food or any other article of human consumption or any drink (whether or not intoxicating) is supplied in any manner as a part of such outdoor catering 60

 It is absolutely clear from abovementioned notifications that in these cases, gross amount charged is not the gross receipts but value of service as mentioned above. In case of works contract, 40% or 70% of gross receipts is service portion and in case of restaurant/catering service, 40% or 60% of gross receipts is service portion therefore only that part, which is service portion has to be considered for the purpose of computing taxable value for NN-33/2012-ST.

(b) Exempted service : As per Rule 2(e) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, “exempted service” means a-

(1) taxable service which is exempt from the whole of the service leviable thereon; or

(2) service, on which no service tax is leviable under section 66B of Finance Act; or

(3) taxable service whose part of value is exempted on the condition that no credit of inputs and input services, used for providing such taxable service, shall be taken;

but shall not include a service which is exported in terms of rule 6A of the Service Tax Rules, 1994. [4]

[It is pertinent to mention here that Export of Service as per POPS is non-taxable service in negative list tax regime. The reason behind it is that these are rendered beyond taxable territory. It is further clarified that if a service is provided/rendered out of taxable territory, whether it amounts to export as per Rule 6A or not, it is non-taxable service.]

Since threshold exemption is available only to the Provider of the service and not to the Receiver of the service and therefore, while calculating the aggregate value of Rs. 10 Lakhs the sum total of value of taxable services charged by the provider in the first consecutive invoices issued or required to be issued has to be considered.

6. The value of the following services need not be considered in reckoning aggregate value:

(a)  Value of services in the Negative List;

(b) Value of services provided/rendered outside taxable territory of India (i.e. Jammu & Kashmir or abroad) considering place of provision of service rules, 2012;

(c)  Value of services under Mega-Exemption Notification 25/2012 or any other notification which provides for full exemption from service tax;

Note: Since the definition of aggregate value given in this notification itself states that “not include value charged in invoices issued towards such services which are exempt from whole of service tax” therefore value of services under Abatement Notification 26/2012 or any other notification which provides for partial exemption from service tax is includible in the aggregate value to reckon value of service rendered to decide applicability of threshold limit. Assessee can avail benefit of threshold exemption under notification number 33/2012 and any other exemption notification simultaneously. Citation: Aggarwal Rolling Mills Vs. CCE-1997 (093) ELT 615 (Tri. Del.)

(d) Value of services provided/rendered which falls under complete reverse charge mechanism including GTA service (as referred in para 3 of this notification) as specified under sub-section (2) of section 68 of the said Finance Act read with Service Tax Rules, 1994

7. The value of the following services will be considered in reckoning aggregate value:

(a) Value of services provided/rendered under partial reverse charge has to be included fully in the aggregate value. As per para 10.1.3 of ST Education Guide, the liability of the service provider and service recipient are different and independent of each other. Thus in case the service provider is availing exemption owing to turnover being less than Rs 10 lakhs, he shall not be obliged to pay any tax. However, the service recipient shall have to pay service tax which he is required to pay under the partial reverse charge mechanism.

(b) It is pertinent to mention here that exemption [granted by government on case to case basis considering various factor and is of ex-gratia in nature i.e. cannot be demanded as a matter of right unless granted] and abatement [though granted by government but it is a matter of right on the ground that whole amount does not represent service but a part of it and legally service tax cannot be imposed on whole/gross amount] are two different things which are not comparable and therefore non inclusion of fully exempted services in the aggregf ate value does not entitle abatements to be treated at par and these will form part of aggregate value. Further, service tax paid on any exempted service does not make him/them liable to tax and such exempted services will not be taken into account for computing total value of services provided even if refund of duty paid on such services is not claimed. Citation: Bonanzo Engg. & Chemical Pvt. Ltd. Vs. CCE-2012 (277) ELT 145 (SC).

(c) The use of following words in the definition of Aggregate value …… “sum total of value of taxable services charged in the first consecutive invoices issued during a financial year…..” emphasizes first consecutive invoices issued during a financial year, and which includes following two situations;

(i) Where service was taxable from the commencement of financial year i.e. taxable earlier, aggregate value for this exemption will include first invoice from the commencement of financial year, while

(ii) Where service became taxable from 1st July, 2012 by the new definition of service then aggregate value for this exemption will be computed from 1st July, 2012 as invoices issued for non taxable service in the financial year cannot be included in the aggregate value. It is clear from the words used in the definition of aggregate value…..” the sum total of value of taxable services charged in the first consecutive invoices issued during a financial year…..” 

8. Clubbing concept:

(i) Proprietorship is trade / business name of individual so if a person is rendering taxable services in his own name, various trade / business name then they are liable to be clubbed to compute threshold exemption limit of Rs. 10 lakhs under this notification.

(ii) If the entity is an incorporated body, it has separate legal entity and clubbing of taxable turnover cannot be done merely on the ground of mutuality of some common directors/managers etc. unless there is material mutuality of interests or flow back of funds.

  • CCE Vs. CATALCO CHEMICALS (P) LTD. 2012 (277) ELT 056 (Guj.) – Merely because a company being subsidiary of another, clearances by both companies cannot be clubbed together for ascertaining SSI limits; Department has to establish mutuality of interests or flow back of funds.
  • SPICK-N-SPAN STEEL WOOLS PVT. LTD. Vs. CCE, NAGPUR 2011 (274) ELT 568 (Tri. – Mumbai) Private companies and partnership firms are independent entities and merely because of some mutuality of interest in the business of each other, their turnover (value of clearances) cannot be clubbed for determining their eligibility to SSI.

(iii) If some partners are common in various partnership firms or Karta of HUF is also the partner in the partnership firm, their taxable turnover cannot be clubbed unless there is material mutuality of interests or flow back of funds.

(iv) If there is change in ownership and thereby change in the constitution of the entity but factory and premise are same, clubbing will be done. Further, if more than one manufacturer is clearing goods or the service provider is rendering service from common factory/premise and also using of common facilities/infrastructure directly required for such purpose, clubbing will be done (except in the cases of use of remote/immaterial services like common premise only with a demarcation for seperation).

  • APPALO THREADS Versus COMMISSIONER OF C. EX., COIMBATORE 2011 (267) E.L.T. 371 (Tri. – Chennai) Clubbing of clearances of more than one manufacturer from one factory/premise. Requirement under impugned notification that value of clearances of specified goods from any one factory premises required to be aggregated even if clearances made by or on behalf of more than one manufacturer –HELD: Clubbing of clearances was proper.
  • COMMISSIONER OF C. EX., AHMEDABAD Versus S.C. PATEL 2011 (264) E.L.T. 414 (Tri. – Ahmd.) Units having proximity, common passage and storage of raw materials, and inter-relationships between their partners – No evidence of flow back between units, and major part of interest free loan, taken on principal to principal basis, paid back – Both units having separate income/sales tax, import and export code numbers, bank accounts etc. – HELD : Clearances of such units cannot be clubbed.

General Rule: Pervasive financial control and management control are two basic features to exhibit/ establish whether there is, prima facie, an inter-dependence and existence of dummy unit/ firm/ company. Mere a relationship of holding and subsidiary company alone is not sufficient to render a case fit for clubbing.

(v) Where a taxable service provider provides one or more taxable services from one or more premises, the exemption under this notification shall apply to the aggregate value of all such taxable services and from all such premises and not separately for each premises or each services (para-vi of T&C in the notification).

9. Whether making claim for the exemption is mandatory or procedural lapse of not claiming it will not debar its entitlement:

Jay Travels vs. Commissioner of Service Tax Order No. A/306/W ZB/AHD OF 2012: The benefit of notification is statutory and should have been automatically be given to the assessee even if such claim was not seeked by him on the principles of natural justice.

10. Whether a service provider is also discharging ST liability under reverse/ partial reverse charge, can avail benefit under this notification:

Yes, This notification, Notification No. 33/2012 Service Tax dated 20.06.2012 does not impose any restriction on availing threshold exemption subject to fulfillment of all others T&C framed in this regard.

Similarly in case of a Service Receiver, the full value of services, on which he is required to discharge service tax liability under reverse charge, whether fully or partially, shall be excluded for reckoning the limit of Rs. 10 Lakhs

11. What is the previous year and current year taxable turnover criteria to reckon “aggregate value” for the applicability of threshold exemption:

For the entity carrying on business in previous rear also, aggregate value of taxable turnover should not exceed Rs. 10 lakhs to avail threshold exemption in current year. Further, in current year, taxable turnover eligible for falling in “aggregate value” upto Rs 10 lakhs will remain exempt and afterwards such turnover/receipts become taxable. It is pertinent to mention here that applicability of this exemption notification is evaluated by checking previous year’s turnover only, so if the entity exempted in one year and taxable in ensuing year, may again become eligible and exempted under this notification in the current year if it falls within the specified limit of “aggregate value” in any previous year.

12. Terms and Conditions for availment of threshold exemption as per Notification No. 33/2012 Service Tax- dated 20.06.2012 :

The exemption contained in this notification shall apply subject to the following conditions, namely:-

(i) the provider of taxable service has the option not to avail the exemption contained in this notification and pay service tax on the taxable services provided by him and such option, once exercised in a financial year, shall not be withdrawn during the remaining part of such financial year;

(ii) the provider of taxable service shall not avail the CENVAT credit of service tax paid on any input services, under rule 3 or rule 13 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 (herein after referred to as the said rules), used for providing the said taxable service, for which exemption from payment of service tax under this notification is availed of;

(iii) the provider of taxable service shall not avail the CENVAT credit under rule 3 of the said rules, on capital goods received, during the period in which the service provider avails exemption from payment of service tax under this notification;

(iv) the provider of taxable service shall avail the CENVAT credit only on such inputs or input services received, on or after the date on which the service provider starts paying service tax, and used for the provision of taxable services for which service tax is payable;

(v) the provider of taxable service who starts availing exemption under this notification shall be required to pay an amount equivalent to the CENVAT credit taken by him, if any, in respect of such inputs lying in stock or in process on the date on which the provider of taxable service starts availing exemption under this notification [i.e. either reversal of CENVAT credit from the balance lying unutilized (refer para –vi- below or pay cash differential];

(vi) the balance of CENVAT credit lying unutilized in the account of the taxable service provider after deducting the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (v), if any, shall not be utilized in terms of provision under sub-rule (4) of rule 3 of the said rules and shall lapse on the day such service provider starts availing the exemption under this notification;  

(vii) where a taxable service provider provides one or more taxable services from one or more premises, the exemption under this notification shall apply to the aggregate value of all such taxable services and from all such premises and not separately for each premises or each services (clubbing concept); and

(viii) the aggregate value of taxable services rendered by a provider of taxable service from one or more premises, does not exceed ten lakh rupees in the preceding financial year.

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[1] Section 68(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), in respect of such taxable service as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette, the service tax thereon shall be paid by such person and in such manner as may be prescribed at the rate specified in section 66 and all the provisions of this chapter shall apply to such person as if he is the person liable for paying the service tax in relation to such service.

[2] SECTION [67. Valuation of taxable services for charging service tax.

Sec. 67(1) Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, where service tax is chargeable on any taxable service with reference to its value, then such value shall, —

(i) in a case where the provision of service is for a consideration in money, be the gross amount charged by the service provider for such service provided or to be provided by him;

(ii) in a case where the provision of service is for a consideration not wholly or partly consisting of money, be such amount in money as, with the addition of service tax charged, is equivalent to the consideration;

(iii) in a case where the provision of service is for a consideration which is not ascertainable, be the amount as may be determined in the prescribed manner.

67(2) Where the gross amount charged by a service provider, for the service provided or to be provided is inclusive of service tax payable, the value of such taxable service shall be such amount as, with the addition of tax payable, is equal to the gross amount charged.

67(3) The gross amount charged for the taxable service shall include any amount received towards the taxable service before, during or after provision of such service.

67(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3), the value shall be determined in such manner as may be prescribed.

[3] Deleted by NN 11/2014-ST dated 11-07-2014

[4] “RULE 6A. Export of services. – (1) The provision of any service provided or agreed to be provided shall be treated as export of service when,-

(a) the provider of service is located in the taxable territory, (b) the recipient of service is located outside India,

(c) the service is not a service specified in the section 66D of the Act, (d) the place of provision of the service is outside India, (e) the payment for such service has been received by the provider of service in convertible foreign exchange, and (f) the provider of service and recipient of service are not merely establishments of a distinct person in accordance with item (b) of Explanation 2 of clause (44) of section 65B of the Act

(2) Where any service is exported, the Central Government may, by notification, grant rebate of service tax or duty paid on input services or inputs, as the case may be, used in providing such service and the rebate shall be allowed subject to such safeguards, conditions and limitations, as may be specified, by the Central Government, by notification.”

(Author- CA Kamlesh Singh Chauhan-FCA, LLB, DISA(ICA), E-mail: ks_chauhans@yahoo.com, Mobile: +91 9839 094 094)

(Article was first published on 09.08.2012 and republished with amendment on 05.12.2014)

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45 Comments

  1. N Amin says:

    1. during 2011-12 taxable service Rs 2166324.00 of which taken SSI exemption of Rs 1000000.00 and paid Tax on 1166324.00.
    2. during 2012-13 Mega Exemption Rs 3001162.00 and Taxable service Rs 24857.00 only
    3.during 2013-14 Mega Exemption Rs 9471078.00 and Taxable service Rs 0.00 only
    4.during 2014-15 Mega Exemption Rs 9660540.00 and Taxable service Rs 2297438.00 only
    Whether Rs 1000000.00 can be deducted as SSI exemption. from Rs 2297438.00. SSI exemption shall be allowed or not.

  2. KUNAL THAKKAR says:

    we are providing service to government hospital and trust based hospital we are washing patients infected badsheet and pilo cover clothes of hospital, is there any service tax liable , please inform us

  3. Harshit says:

    Dear Sir/ Ma’am,
    I have provided service in 3 bills amounting to Rs. 985000/-, 350000/- & 365000/-. I have charged service tax on 365000/- & deposited to govt. my contention is 2nd invoice of Rs. 350000/- is also covered under SSI exemption limit of Rs. 10L. Please help whether my contention is right or wrong?

  4. Harshit says:

    Sir/Ma’am,

    I have provided service in 3 bills amounting to Rs. 985000/-, 350000/- & 365000/-. I have charged service tax on 365000/- & deposited to govt. my contention is 2nd invoice of Rs. 350000/- is also covered under SSI exemption limit of Rs. 10L. Please help whether my contention is right or wrong?

  5. chakradhar chowdary says:

    sir in py trnover is 9.5lakshs and cy trunover is 10.5lakshs but a bill of 1 laksh lead to cy trunover 9.5 lashs to 10.5 laksh .how to show that 1laksh bill it is inclusive of both ssp and taxable value. plese reply it past

  6. Dinesh says:

    Dear sir
    Previous year i was providing 2 services. My turnover was more than 10 lakhs but seperately one of my service was below 6 lakha. This year my other service is under negative list. Any my teceipts from my other service is below 6 lakha. Whether i have to. pay service tax in this service, if it is below 10 lakh
    blelow 10 lakh

  7. Amit kumar says:

    Dear Sir,
    i understand the notification, i have taken the exemption notification 33-2012 ST,
    but how i fill the return points are as under :
    1. PART – B VALUE OF TAXABLE SERVICE AND SERVICE TAX PAYABLE-what will be treatment of this part??
    2. B1.15 Service Tax Rate-wise breakup of NET TAXABLE VALUE(B1.14):Advalorem Rate- how can we do for this section of return?

    Kindly help me in this regard.
    Thanks & Regards
    Amit Kumar
    Accountant
    8742944988
    amitkumar2237@yahoo.in

  8. KK Chauhan says:

    I am a govt. contractor in MES with a annual turnover of 75 lakhs.I primarily take up maintainance work contract whereby i make vat purchases of upto 40 lakhs.What shall be my service tax liability?Please advice.

  9. RAJANI says:

    WE ARE REGISTERED AS A PVT LTD COMPANY.WE ARE ALSO MSME REGD. WE ARE MANUFACTURER’S OF A DEGREASER PRODUCT WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY SERVICE AND THEREFORE NOT REGISTERED UNDER SERVICE TAX .WE HAVE TO AVAIL TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR DESPATCHING OUR PRODUCT. DO WE HAVE TO PAY TAX REVERSAL OR GTA IS IT APPLICABLE TO US FOR WHICH WE WILL HAVE TO GET IN THE FIRST PLACE SERVICE TAX REGISTERATION BUT FURTHER HOW DO WE TAKE SETOFF OF THIS TAX PAYMENT AS WE HAVE NO SERVICE TAX COLLECTIONS AT ALL.
    PLEASE REPLY

  10. keyur says:

    Hi There,

    We are an outsourcing service provider company and our annual turnover goes more than 10 lacs. We are register as proprietorship.
    Now my question is Do we have to pay service tax in India? Our total income comes from outside the India in Foreign Currency.

  11. Ran says:

    I am planning to do technical consultancy. This is my first year of providing consultancy. I expect the services deliver to exceed 10L. however I am not sure. Do I need to start paying service tax from day 1 or wait till service exceeds 10L?

    Please clarify.

  12. Ramesh says:

    Hello,
    Very good article.
    I intend to start my management consulting (sole proprietor), so I understand service tax is applicable. Need one clarification though.
    Can I do the service tax registration and still avail the exemption for 1st 10 Lacs value. Is that allowed.
    OR
    a) it is mandatory to charge service tax once I have taken ST registration no.
    b) or should I file to ST registration only after availing the exemption.

    Would appreciate a clarification. Thanks.

  13. MIRAJ says:

    Hello Sir,

    I am running one website development firm in India and my turn over has crossed 10 lakh and is now 11.30 lakhs…

    My 90% of income is from abroad…I make websites and ecommerce stores for foriegn clients..

    So will i get exemption in service tax for exporting services to foreign clients?

    we are ready to take service tax number for exemption..

    Its very urgent matter..

    Pls reply soon…

    Your any help is highly appreciable.

    Thanks

  14. Jagdish Agarwal says:

    What is the status of a Beauty parlour with respect to the cosmetics and other material consumed for renderring the services. What are the options available:
    1) To treat the contrat as Works contract and segragate the value of material consumned on notional basis and charge vat on the same and charge serice tax on the remaining portion as service.
    2) To charge service tax on entire consideration -what will be the fate of VAT paid and Excise duty paid on the material purchased.
    3)will it be alright to ignore the vat as works contract tax if the entire value is taken as service. (west bengal VAT)
    pls help

  15. Vadivel says:

    We are a partnership firm in the business of providing service. Can we avail SSI exemption or it won’t apply because we render service in the name of our firm which would construde as branded service?

  16. Kanhaiya Chaudhary says:

    Please advise me that what notification no and serial no. will be filled in case of company is taking service of security form individual person ? while company is to paid service tax 75 % of the assessable value as per partial reverse charge

  17. CA. Kamlesh Singh Chauhan says:

    Reply to various quarries….
    1. Exemption is available to all service providers irrespective of their status subject to condition that their aggregate value as explained in the article does not exceed Rs. 10 lacs in the given year and also not in the previous year.
    2. New companies are also entitled but care should be taken of RCM & PRCM where there is no exemption being liability of service receiver like director’s fee etc. in the case of company.
    3. All services rendered in trade name or patent name of others are taxable and not exempted by this notification.
    4. Wherevere valuation rules apply…..service portion is determined according to those rules so only that portion of such receipt is service so will form part of aggregate value.
    Thanx everbody for such warm response.
    CA. Kamlesh Singh Chauhan

  18. MOHMADRAFI says:

    SIR,
    I AM UNDER 10 LAC IN A YEAR.
    I AM UNDER EXEMPTION FOR MY SERVICE.
    BUT MANY OF MY CLIENT ASK ME FOR ST NO.
    WHAT SECTION I HAVE TO MENTION IN MY INVOICE CLAIMING FOR THE ST EXEMPTION.

  19. VINAY G HEGDE says:

    Sir,

    Please clarify me whether commission received by multilevel marketing agent acting for a particualr Co (branded) is liable service tax. If liable for service tax can he avil SSI exemption of RS.10lakhs.

  20. viresh says:

    if person A (service provided Rs. 8 Lakhs) and person B (service provided Rs. 8 Lakhs) providing services from same premises, is SSI exemption under service tax available.

    thanks
    viresh shah

  21. Shilpa says:

    Sir,
    We are manufacturing excisable goods using imported capital goods, on which cenvat availed. By using the same capital goods we are providing aervices also. But not charging service tax as we thought to avail ssi exemption.
    Now my doubt is whether we are eligible for ssi exemtipn or not? Ours is pvt ltd company & taxable service is below 10L. How to consider the taxable aervice value to pay tax, if reaches 10L?
    Whether we have file returns though we comes under ssi exemtion?
    Pls reply…
    Urgent…

  22. SBAgarwala says:

    You are requested to clarify how to pay service tax taking abatement of 67% & SSI exemption
    My aggregate taxable service was 9 lac in 2010-11
    My aggregate taxable service was 25 lac in 2011-12

  23. Arun says:

    One of my client is providing services under erection and commissioning since many years from 2003-04 to 2009-10 and then as business is near closure he applied for surrender but service tax officials wanted financials for 2-3 previous years as the requirement.

    WE had submitted the same and as there is pending of registration cancallation continue to file NIL return. He had service provider receipt in the year 2011-12 for 2.5 lacs and in 2012-13 Rs.3.82 lacs.

    Now what he had to do about the service tax benefit of Rs.10 lacs could be availed or NIL return or Turnover data to be given in the return filed.

    Plz reply ..its urgent.

    Arun

  24. Ajay says:

    Dear All,

    We have dealership of one well known software company of india, We do sales, service, support of that particular brand, also earn money from AMC from customers for that software, call charges & other.

    so we want to know weather we must have to take service tax no, charged service tax in our all type of service invoices as we are selling one brand, give services for that brand?

    Thanking You,
    Ajay Bohra

  25. Roshan says:

    Hi we are a new formed pvt. ltd.company that has opened a salon/beauty parlour (December 2012) are we required to obtain service tax registration and collect service tax from clients initially ?

  26. Prakas says:

    if I have paid service tax of 2009-2010 & 2010-2011 & 2011-2012 but my turn over in 2011-2012 is 957000 .can I get exemption in 2012-2013 ? & when I pay service tax in this year. so pl answer

  27. raju kumar says:

    during 2007-08 exemption limit was Rupees eight lakhs. and a person’ s turn over is nine lakhs only during 2007-08. from 01.04.2008 exemption limit enhanced to rupeees ten lakhs, then whether that person is again eligible for 10 lakhs exemption or he has to pay duty from first rupee.

  28. CA P K JHA says:

    Dear collegue

    i have a company(Builder) having 3 branches in 3 cities,and decentralised accounting system. Taken 3 registration for different cities. whether threshold exemption under service tax would apply seperestely for seperste branches. As i have read that each registration is to be treated as seperate assessee

    kindly make a clear comment

  29. Monil Shah says:

    My client charged service tax in 1st year of registration to get CENVAT though he didn’t cross limit. In second year can he avail the exemption limit? 

  30. RAVI KIRAN R says:

    Dear Kamlesh Sir and Adamya Sir, thanks a lot for your valuable inputs.  As you rightly pointed out only services/transactions which are wholly exempt from the levy of service tax can be excluded from the “aggregare value”;  My arguement is, as Kamlesh Sir pointed out Abatement/exemption is a legal right and also value of goods traded is in the Negative list,  why the ad-hoc deduction allowed by way of an abatement towards value of goods [included in a composite & indivisible contract such as a Civil Works Contract] be treated as value of service (deemed) and included in “aggregate value” to compute 10 lacs limit..  Thank you

  31. Adamya says:

    any new company is exempted till 10 lac, however please evaluate that if you are expecting good amount of CENVAT credit during the initial period from purchase of capital good and other infrastructure, then opt to pay service tax

  32. Adamya says:

    it is an interesting discussion regarding aggregate value; however please consider the definition before concluding
     “aggregate value” means the sum total of value of taxable services charged in the first consecutive invoices issued during a financial year but does not include value charged in invoices issued towards such services which are exempt from whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66B of the said Finance Act under any other notification.”

    the words used are -“such services which are exempt from whole of service tax leviable thereon”

  33. CA. Kamlesh Singh Chauhan says:

    Dear Nikhil Ji
    This exemption is available to every assessee subject to fulfilment of turnover criteria & other criteria discussed in the article.
    CA. K S Chauhan

  34. CA. Kamlesh Singh Chauhan says:

    Dear Ravi Kiran Ji,
    Pl. refer notification index at the site www. servicetax.gov.in/st-notfns-home.htm where nickname of notifications are given and for notification number 25 & 26, these are as hereunder;
    26/2012-ST dt. 20-06-2012 [Eng]: Abatement notification
    25/2012-ST dt. 20-06-2012 [Eng]: Mega exemption notification.
    Exemption is ex-gratia so available at the pleasure of government but abatement is legal necessity which can be in-forced in court of law. Further, value of sales of goods is now excluded by the definition of “service” itself. If you refer earlier notifications related to exemption, the language used therein is also of exemption to the extent…………………………….. CA. K S Chauhan

  35. RAVI KIRAN R says:

    Dear Sir,  this is a very comprehensive article on SSI exemption, which many commentaries have failed to do, as on date; I appreciate your effort.  However, I wanted one clarification in this regard,  you have stated that Abatement is different from exemption, but abatements are normally awarded only when the “goods” portion also is involved in a composite indivisible contract and abatement intends to provide an ad-hoc deduction for the value of such goods, when it is not readily ascertainable;  moreover Not. 26/2012 ST, which is the Abatement Notification is issued under same Section of Finance Act, 1994, under which other exemption notifications are issued; it also states that, a portion of the value of taxable services is “hereby exempted from the levy of service tax”, that being the case, why one has to include the abate value also in the aggregate value for the purpose of computation of SSI limit of Rs. 10 lacs?

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