Section 67 - Valuation of Taxable Services of Charging Service Tax - Finance Act, 1994

1 67. Valuation of taxable services for charging service tax (1) Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, service tax chargeable on any taxable service with reference to its value shall,- (i) in a case where the provision of service is for a consideration in money, be the gross amount charged by the service provider for such service provided or to be provided by him; (ii) in a case where the provision of service is for a consideration not wholly or partly consisting of money, be such amount in money, with the addition of service tax charged, is equivalent to the consideration; (iii) in a case where the provision of service is for a consideration which is not ascertainable, be the amount as may be determined in the prescribed manner. (2) Where the gross amount charged by a service provider, for the service provided or to be provided is inclusive of service tax payable, the value of such taxable service shall be such amount as, with the addition of tax payable, is equal to the gross amount charged. (3) The gross amount charged for the taxable service shall include any amount received towards the taxable service before, during or after provision of such service. (4) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3), the value shall be determined in such manner as may be prescribed Explanation.- For the purposes of this section,- 4 [(a) consideration includes- (i) any amount that is payable for the taxable services provided or to be provided; (ii) any reimbursable expenditure or cost incurred by the service provider and charged, in the course of providing or agreeing to provide a taxable service, except in such circumstances, and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed; (iii) any amount retained by the lottery distributor or selling agent from gross sale amount of lottery ticket in addition to the fee or commission, if any, or, as the case may be, the discount received, that is to say, the difference in the face value of lottery ticket and the price at which the distributor or selling agent gets such ticket.] 3 [***] (c) gross amount charged includes payment by cheque, credit card, deduction from account and any form of payment by issue of credit notes or debit notes and 2 [book adjustment, and any amount credited or debited, as the case may be, to any account, whether called Suspense account or by any other name, in the books of account of a person liable to pay service tax, where the transaction of taxable service is with any associated enterprise.] ******************************* Notes : 1. Substituted by the Finance Act, 2006,w.e.f. 18-4-2006. Prior to its substitution, section 67 as amended by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1996, Finance Act, 1997, Finance (No. 2) Act, 1998, w.e.f. 16-10-1998, Finance Act, 2001, w.e.f. 16-7-2001, Finance Act, 2002, w.e.f. 16-8-2002, Finance Act, 2003, w.e.f. 14-5-2003, Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004, w.e.f. 10-9-2004 and Finance Act, 2005, w.e.f. 13-5-2005, read as under : 67. Valuation of taxable services for charging service tax. -For the purposes of this Chapter, the value of any taxable service shall be the gross amount charged by the service provider for such service provided or to be provided by him. Explanation 1 .-For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the value of a taxable service, as the case may be, includes,- ( a ) the aggregate of commission or brokerage charged by a broker on the sale or purchase of securities including the commission or brokerage paid by the stock-broker to any sub-broker; ( b ) the adjustments made by the telegraph authority from any deposits made by the subscriber at the time of application for telephone connection or pager or facsimile or telegraph or telex or for leased circuit; ( c ) the amount of premium charged by the insurer from the policy holder; ( d ) the commission received by the air travel agent from the airline; ( e ) the commission, fee or any other sum received by an actuary, or intermediary or insurance intermediary or insurance agent from the insurer; ( f ) the reimbursement received by the authorised service station from manufacturer for carrying out any service of any motor car, light motor vehicle or two wheeled motor vehicle manufactured by such manufacturer; and ( g ) the commission or any amount received by the rail travel agent from the Railways or the customer, but does not include- ( i ) initial deposit made by the subscriber at the time of application for telephone connection or pager or facsimile (FAX) or telegraph or telex or for leased circuit; ( ii ) the cost of unexposed photography film, unrecorded magnetic tape or such other storage devices, if any, sold to the client during the course of providing the service; ( iii ) the cost of parts or accessories, or consumable such as lubricants and coolants, if any, sold to the customer during the course of service or repair of motor cars, light motor vehicle or two wheeled motor vehicles; ( iv ) the airfare collected by air travel agent in respect of service provided by him; ( v ) the rail fare collected by rail travel agent in respect of service provided by him; ( vi ) the cost of parts or other material, if any, sold to the customer during the course of providing maintenance or repair service; ( vii ) the cost of parts or other material, if any, sold to the customer during the course of providing erection, commissioning or installation service; and ( viii ) interest on loans. Explanation 2. -Where the gross amount charged by a service provider is inclusive of service tax payable, the value of taxable service shall be such amount as with the addition of tax payable, is equal to the gross amount charged. Explanation 3. -For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the gross amount charged for the taxable service shall include any amount received towards the taxable service before, during or after provision of such service. 2. Substituted in the Explanation, in clause (c), for the words book adjustment. by Finance Act, 1998 w.e.f. 10-5-2008 3. Omitted vide Finance Act, 2012, w.e.f 1.7.2012 before it was read as, (b) money includes any currency, cheque, promissory note, letter of credit, draft, pay order, travellers cheque, money order, postal remittance and other similar instruments but does not include currency that is held for its numismatic value; 4. Substituted vide THE FINANCE ACT, 2015 w.e.f. 14th May 2015, before it was read as, (a) consideration includes any amount that is payable for the taxable services provided or to be provided;