reverse charge payment of service tax - eligibility of cenvat credit, Service Tax

[V Krishnan Krishnan]

After introduction of reverse charge service tax  liability from 1st July 2012 on the services like Rent a cab, the service tax discharged on the service receiver bill, whether the service receiver is eligible to avail cenvat credit on the service tax paid?

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[Pradeep Khatri]

No, on rent a cab, you can't avail the CENVAT credit as this service is specifically mentioned in the definition of input services for purpose of not availing the CENVAT credit.