Membership fee - Electric research exchange

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Query (Issue) Started By: - PRAVIN GUPTA Dated:- 12-5-2009 Last Reply Date:- 18-5-2009 Other Topics
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whether payment of Membership fee to International Electric Research Excange ,Japan, NGO in Roster consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nation.As a member of this Organisation NTPC Lt .....

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..... d will have access to International R&D activities and technological solutions to varoius problems being faced by power plant. Reply By madhavvan: The Reply: whats the query ??????????? Reply By PRAVIN GUPTA: The Reply: As desired the quarry is being corrected as under Whether payment of Membership fee to be paid to International Electric Research Exchange ,Japan, a NGO registered in Roster consu .....

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..... ltative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nation will attract Service tax . As a member of this Organisation NTPC Ltd will have access to the data reating to International R&D activities and technological solutions to varoius problems being faced by power plant. we seek the considered view of lerned readers whether payment of membership fee will attract service tax under .....

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..... 'Scientific or technical consultancy service'or any other Service. Reply By madhavvan: The Reply: in the mentioned facts where is the service being provided ntpc is paying membership fees and by virtue of being a member of the said organisation you have access to data which will help in resolving power problems, this is just like subscribing to a journal where you have access to information which .....

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..... will help any person who is a member of the said organisation, in my view there is no element of service based on facts as mentioned by you hence no liabilty for service tax
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