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Service tax on commission, Service Tax

Issue Id: - 704
Dated: 20-3-2008
By:- SANJAY RAWAL

Service tax on commission


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Buying Agent (Indian Company) gets mandate from overseas company for importing certain product.Buying Agent Identifies a suitable Indian exporter.Direct order on Exporter is arrnged.Buying agent helps exporter in product development,control and monitors quality on behalf of Importer.On completion of export gets commission for services performed from overseas importer.Is a buying agent indian company liable to pay service tax on commission received in convertable foreign exchange.Such services although performed from India has been used outside India(i.e.) by Importer.

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1 Dated: 21-3-2008
By:- Surender Gupta
These issues are border line issues appears to be export of services. Apparently, the activity involved is attracted service tax. This activity is export or not must be decided in the context of detailed study of all the aspects of the contract and legal happenings that are bound to arise in future.

2 Dated: 25-3-2008
By:- V Khanna
No. The service is exported outside India.

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