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Deputation of employees to group of company- reg.

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..... Deputation of employees to group of company- reg.
Query (Issue) Started By: - vinay wakde Dated:- 4-1-2016 Last Reply Date:- 17-1-2016 Service Tax
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Service Tax
Ours is a public limited company. We have deputed some of our employees to our group company for a period of 4/5 months. Now we are raising debit note for collecting the Salary, remuneration, perquisites etc. of th .....

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..... ese employees. Whether the above service is falls under service category "Manpower supply service" or "Business support service"? Presently, we are service provider as well as service recipient. We do not have any agreement with the parent company that deputed employees sent for limited period on actual cost basis. Regards, VINAY Reply By PAWAN KUMAR: The Reply: Dear Sir, .....

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..... As per my view, you need to charge service tax on such supplies of employee to your group company and for the purpose of the same, there should be a proper agreement between the two. If you have reqiestered under the category of Manpower supply/recruitment agency service, there is no issue. If you have not, ST-2 can be amended. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Sh.Vinay Wakde Ji, Persons sent .....

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..... on deputation is manpower supply service. Your company has supplied manpower to your group of companies and received consideration. The employees were sent on deputation for a specific purpose so service tax is to be paid by your company. Non-execution of agreement with the parent company does not absolve of Service Tax liability. Since service has been provided and consideration has been receive .....

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..... d by way of debit notes, service tax has to be paid. Undoubtedly, Manpower Supply Service falls under Reverse Charge Mechanism, but employees were sent on deputation for a specific purpose, and specific period, so responsibility of deposit of Service Tax lies on your company who sent employees on deputation for a specific purpose. I also agree with Sh.Pawan Kumar on this issue. Reply By vinay w .....

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..... akde: The Reply: Thanks for your valuable guidance. Regards, VINAY Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani: The Reply: Thanks for the information. Reply By YAGAY AND SUN: The Reply: Dear All, This is just for your kind information. TMI ID= 245634 2014 (4) TMI 132 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT Other Citation: 2014 (35) S.T.R. 496 (Guj.) Commissioner of Service Tax Versus Arvind Mills Ltd. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: .....

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..... The Reply: M/s.YAGAY AND SUN, Thanks a lot for posting a relevant judgment the on this issue. Such case laws enrich our knowledge as these help in interpretation and analysis of law. In this judgment of High Court, Order-in-Appeal No. 61/2007(STC)RAJU/Commr.(A-IV)/Ahd, dated 3-9-2007 mentioned in CESTAT judgement indicates that the period involved is old i.e. prior to the year 2007. Definition .....

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..... of 'Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency' specified under erstwhile Section 65(68) and "Taxable Service" under Section 65(105)(k) was amended w.e.f. 16.5.2008. The words,'Any Commercial Concern' were substituted with 'Any Person' and the words, 'to a client' was substituted with 'to any person'. Thus situation has changed w.e.f. 16.5.2008 and fur .....

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..... ther w.e.f. 1.7.12. Moreover, I would like to emphasize that normally facts and circumstances of any case are not always the same. Your suggestion and advice always help me in my profession of consultancy. With thanks & regards. KASTURI LAL SETHI Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani: The Reply: Thanks for the information shared by the experts.
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