Awareness of Service Tax Applicability at the time of rendering the services.

[Guest]

I WANT TO KNOW IF SOME PERSON DONT KNOW THAT HIS SERVICES COMES UNDER THE CRITERIA OF SERVICE TAX. AFTERWARDS HE COMES TO KNOW ABOUT IT,THEN HE HAS TO PAY SERVICE TAX OR NOT AS IT IS A INDIRECT TAX &BURDEN IS TRANSFERED TO CUSTOMER AS NO SERVICE TAX IS CHARGED FROM CUSTOMER ANY RELAXATION CAN BE CLAIMED PLZ EXPLAIN

[Surender Gupta]

There are various supreme court ruling in which it has been held that ignorance of law is not an excuse. Yes if you were bonafide and if you can prove that there was malafile intention on your part, no duty can be demanded against you beyound one year from the date of notice received by you, if any.