TMI BlogService tax Liability when freight include supply billX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Service tax Liability when freight include supply bill X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t. mostly service tax (GTA) liability bear by a organisation who pay for transporter. Regard Vikram Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: You are liable to pay service tax. Reply By surya narayana: The Reply: Dear Friend, In the trade different practices are in place. One such practice is Consignor pays the freight and includes in the invoice value including ST. This might be because of the P ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... urchase order terms. In case , if you are eligible for such Service tax paid on the freight, then it is advised to change the Purchase Order terms and ask the supplier to book the consignments on freight "to pay 'basis. Best Regards S Suryanarayana Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani: The Reply: The supplier has charged freight on sale invoice. This means that the supplier would have paid frei ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ght to the transporter and is now recovering the same from the purchaser. In this case supplier is supposed to pay service tax as he has paid freight amount. If the supplier is just arranging for the transport then he is not supposed to charge freight on invoice. Instead he should write as to pay basis and then the transporter will issue consignment note in the name of purchaser and purchaser wi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ll make the freight payment. And freight will be paid by purchaser. Based on the above para querist should check the actual background as to who is going to pay freight. Thanks. Reply By vikram singh: The Reply: Thanks to all. It is observed that service tax will be pay by consigner when they pay for transporter. please revert, if I am not correct. Regard Vikram Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... :
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No you are not wrong.
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I agree with Sh.Ganesh Kalyani, Sir. In simple words, who pays the freight should pay Service Tax whether consignee or consignor. A lot of discussion has already been done on this issue in this forum. So no need to further elaborate.
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Thanks a lot KASTURI SETHI, & Ganeshan Kalyani X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ssion Forum - Knowledge Sharing ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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