TMI BlogSERVICE TAX ON RENTING OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY SERVICEX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Dear Experts, Good Evening to all. Sir, One of my clients has taken a building on rent from a person in 2012-13. He is paying Rs . 1,00,000/- per month rent. As per his knowledge, the landlord has not paid any service tax on this amount. According to rent agreement, he has deliberately tried to evade the Service Tax because as per rent agreement the rented property is in the name of both his ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... wife and son i.e. he has tried to split the rent of Rs . 12,00,000/- per annum in Rs . 6,00,000/- per person (perhaps to keep below the SSI limit of Rs . 10,00,000/- and to avoid the Service Tax). Sir, Please guide whether he is right in doing so. Whether he is liable to pay the Service Tax. Whether I am liable to pay the service tax. - Reply By PAWAN KUMAR - The Reply = Dear Sir, As pe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r my view, no such provision is available under the law to split the income into two parts for avoiding tax implications. In service tax, premises which involve for provisioning of service in case of renting of immovable property is important. The rent which the landlord charging to you is applicable for service tax. The liability for service tax in on the service provider in this case, therefore ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... you need not to pay the service tax. The requirement for payment of service tax is on the land lord which has not being paid. If he is not paying, he may be penalized with huge amount of penalty. - Reply By Rajagopalan Ranganathan - The Reply = Sir If the property is inherited then each owner of the property can claim separate exemption. However, if the property is purchased jointly for p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... roviding renting services or for business purposes the turnover will be clubbed for purpose of exemption available to small service provider, as they will be considered as Association of Persons (AOP) or Body of Individuals (BOI). The exemption limit for small service provider is a turnover of ₹ 10,00,000/- during previous financial year or the turnover is not likely to exceed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 377; 10,00,000/- during current financial year. - SERVICE TAX ON RENTING OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY SERVICE - Query Started By: - DIPAK K Dated:- 28-1-2015 Service Tax - Got 2 Replies - Service Tax - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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