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Goods and Services Tax : Notification No. 06/2024 updates reverse charge mechanism for metal scrap transactions, applicable from 10th October 2024....
The date of 01.07.2012 was a critical date in service tax laws because from this date the service tax laws underwent gigantic change. The concept of Negative list and partial reverse charge was introduced for the first time to broaden the scope of service tax along with simplifying the service tax laws.
What is Reverse Charge? Generally, Service tax is payable by person providing the service who actually collect the tax and pays to government. But Section 68(2) introduced and makes provision for reverse charge i.e. making person receiving the service, liable to pay tax. Provision can be made that part of tax will be paid by service receiver and part by service provider or entire by Service Receiver.
Point of taxation is determined on the basis of earlier of following events (Rule 3) :- a) The time when the invoice for the service provided or to be provided is issued OR b) Where the person providing the service, receives a payment Provided that the invoice has been issued within 30 (45 in case […]
1) Introduced in the Finance Act, 1994 under Service Tax Rules in 2002. 2) An explanation to Section 65(105) was added wherein concept of import of services was launched. 3) This explanation to Section 65(105) was removed in year 2006 and Section 66A was inserted. 4) Rule 2(1)(d) of the Service tax rules, 1994 prescribed the cases of deemed service providers.
The tourism sector is booming at a rate that none other sector have thought of. Today maximum revenue for any country’s or even state’s government is earned from tourism sector, but where different states are trying to promote their tourism, the CENTRAL Government with the introduction of Partial Reverse Charge in Service Tax has raised […]
The Reverse Charge Mechanism (a.k.a. RCM) was introduced first by Notification No. 36/2004 specifying Persons liable to pay Service Tax. Where section 68(1) of the Finance Act provided, in the year 1994 that the Service Provider shall be the person liable to pay Service Tax, section 68(2) empowered the Government to prescribe Services wherein the Service Receiver instead of the Service Provider to be person liable to pay Service Tax.
CA Tarannum Khatri Definition of legal service As per Notification No. 25/2012-Service Tax, Dated – 20th June, 2012 “Legal service” means any service provided in relation to advice, consultancy or assistance in any branch of law, in any manner and includes representational services before any court, tribunal or authority” (Before 1/7/2012 representative service was exempt) […]
Whether Service Tax can be demanded again from the Service Recipient under reverse charge, where the same has been paid by the Service Provider and accepted by the Department?
We know that the rate of abatement and applicability of RCM (Reverse Charge Mechanism) play an important role while making payment of service tax to vendor and payment of service tax under RCM. In the article we have compiled all the provisions and notifications applicable for Abatement on service tax and Reverse charge mechanism.
Notification No. 15/2012 covers following kind of services under reverse charge along with the percentage of tax liability payable by service provider and service receiver respectively. We have divided the services covered by the Notification under five categories for ease of reference.
