Import Payment for web hosting service from foreign Location

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..... Dear Sir Pl advise as to whether service tax is payable on Web hosting service received from foreign location in India, Since this service as to my knowledge falls under the specific services (Rules 9) Online information and data base access or retrieval services As per the place of provisioning of service rules the location of the service provider is out of the taxable territory. Kindly advi .....

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..... se Thanking you Ajay sharma - Reply By Akash Deep - The Reply = Dear Sir You are correct to say that activity of web hosting is covered under online database access or retrieval services. the POP of such services is to be determined under rule 9 of POP as per which location of provider of service shall be the place of provisions of service. in the this case the place of provision of service i .....

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..... s not within the taxable territory but outside taxable territory, such transaction is not subject matter of charging section. No service tax is applicable on the amount paid to foreign service provider.. It is correct to say that in case of import of services service recipient is liable to discharge service tax liability to the extent of 100%.. However, even in this case also, charging secti .....

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..... on must be applicable to such transaction. when a transaction is not covered under operating parameters of charging section, there can be no tax liability. no service tax is chageable on import of data base access or retrievable services. Regards Akash Deep - Import Payment for web hosting service from foreign Location - Query Started By: - Ajay Sharma sharma Dated:- 19-12-2014 Service T .....

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..... ax - Got 1 Reply - Service Tax - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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