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Reverse charge under manpower supply

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..... XYZ (Manufacturer) is procuring material and giving it to a outside contractor for carrying out various fabrication, repair and maintenance jobs within the factory premises. The contractor is charging labour charges bill for the same on lumpsum basis depending upon the nature of work and not on man hour basis but not charging service tax being within the threshold exemption. EA-2000 audit team is .....

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..... demanding service tax from XYZ under reverse charge under Manpower supply for the period 14-15, 15-16 and 16-17. Is the demand sustainable under the service tax provisions? - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Dear Sir,. In my view , the department is on right track. It is a clear- cut case of m .....

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..... anpower supply under RCM. The Contractor has supplied manpower for various types of work. It makes no difference whether it is on hour basis or output basis. The Contractor has supplied manpower to the manufacturer and now even manpower supplied sits idle in the factory even then Service Tax is applicable under RCM. The manufacturer has to pay ST under RCM. Also peruse the definition of job-work w .....

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..... ord for word. The situation does not conform to the definition of job work. Have you ever found job work within the factory of the principal (manufacturer) ? Otherwise also activities (fabrication, repair maintenance) fall under Service Tax net. Regarding the admissibility of threshold exemption limit, there are so many factors to be studied. .....

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..... In my view it is a modus operandi practised by the party. - Reply By CASeetharaman KC - The Reply = I fully agree with Sethiji The very idea of covering manpower supply under RCM was to ensure that the employer pays service tax on behalf of the manpower supplier who in most cases would be small time operators The demand made by the department is quite justifie .....

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..... d. - Reverse charge under manpower supply - Query Started By: - Kaustubh Karandikar Dated:- 15-1-2019 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 .....

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