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Query (Issue) Started By: - jitendra Gupta Dated:- 18-9-2010 Last Reply Date:- 21-9-2010 Service Tax
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Service Tax
The unit has incurred expenditure in foreign currency for making payment of divident on its share/dibentures to the foreing parties. As per Section 66A of the Finance Act,1994 unit has to pay service tax on reverse method. Whether this particulars .....

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..... transaction attarct levy of service tax? If so, under which service? Reply By Sucheta Agrawal: The Reply: Dear Mr. Gupta, This particular transactuion not attract levy of service tax as firstly this service not fall in the definetion of service. As per the reverse method the receiver should be based in india as per clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 66A provide that " received by a perso .....

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..... n (hereinafter referred to as the recipient) who has his place of business, fixed establishment, permanent address or usual place of residence, in India, such service shall, for the purposes of this section, be taxable service, and such taxable service shall be treated as if the recipient had himself provided the service in India, and accordingly all the provisions of this Chapter shall apply: Pr .....

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..... ovided that where the recipient of the service is an individual and such service received by him is otherwise than for the purpose of use in any business or commerce, the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply: Provided further that where the provider of the service has his business establishment both in that country and elsewhere, the country, where the establishment of the provider of s .....

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..... ervice directly concerned with the provision of service is located, shall be treated as the country from which the service is provided or to be provided." Thus in this case service not directly received by the recipient in India both the provider and receiver is in foreign country thus no question of reverse charges has been arised.
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