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Service tax liability of GTA & RCM when exempted service provided

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..... Service tax liability of GTA & RCM when exempted service provided
Query (Issue) Started By: - Das sanjoy Dated:- 25-10-2014 Last Reply Date:- 25-10-2014 Service Tax
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Dear Sir, We are the Govt. Road Contractor. This work contract is exempted from service tax. Please confirm whether we are liable to pay service tax under GTA and Reverse charge mechanism. we have .....

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..... received and paid following services are under , A) Transportation for materials purchased B) Rent of cab for staff c) Taken consultancy from Individual. Kindly let me know the proper taxation under service tax Regards Sanjoy Das Reply By Rajagopalan Ranganathan: The Reply: Sir, A) As per rule 2 of Service Tax Rules, 1994 "person liable to pay service tax in relation to service pro .....

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..... vided or agreed to be provided by a goods transport agency in respect of transportation of goods by road, is, - (I) any factory registered under or governed by the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (II) any society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) or under any other law for the time being in force in any part of India; (III) any co-operative society establishe .....

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..... d by or under any law; (IV) any dealer of excisable goods, who is registered under the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) or the rules made thereunder; (V) any body corporate established, by or under any law; or (VI) any partnership firm whether registered or not under any law including association of persons; any person who pays or is liable to pay freight either himself or through his agen .....

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..... t for the transportation of such goods by road in a goods carriage: I hope you are an individual who undertake the job of Road Contractor on behalf the Government. Therefore you are not liable to pay service tax on goods transport agency service under RCM. The service tax is to be paid by the Goods Transport Agency. B) As per Notification No. 30/2012-ST dated 30.06.2012 as amended (vide Sl. No. .....

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..... 7 of the Notification) in respect of rent a cab service, if service provided or agreed to be provided by way of renting of a motor vehicle designed to carry passengers on abated value (40% of the gross amount charged by the service provider) to any person who is not engaged in the similar line of business you have to pay 100% tax under RCM. If services provided or agreed to be provided by way of r .....

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..... enting of a motor vehicle designed to carry passengers on non abated value (gross amount charged by the service provider) to any person who is not engaged in the similar line of business you have to pay 50% of the tax payable and the remaining 50% is to be paid by the provider of the service. C) In respect of consultancy service provided by individual you need not pay the service tax under RCM. F .....

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..... ull tax is to be provided by the service provider.
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