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..... Dear sir, We are the Borewells Tubewells contractors since 25/11/2010 out the earth drilling work in all formation of earth in Chandrapur Gadchiroli districts of maharastra state of zilla parishads under state govt. scheme Private work as well for the purpose of Drinking water only. So kindly clarify to us whether the services which are rendered to excavate t .....

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..... he borewells Tubewells incluidng Installation of Hand Pump over said Borewells Tubewells may be govt. or private for Drinking water only, are liable for Service Tax or otherwise please. Thanking you - Reply By RAJU RAMACHANDRAN ramachandran - The Reply = This involves two segments - one is drilling of borewells using only the labour and other involving drilling and equipping with material .....

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..... s. If only labour supply is involved this will be treated accordingly. Otherwise it is whole turn key contract including materials then VAT also involved. It is left to you either to treat it as a turnkey 'Works contract' and pay service tax or pay VAT @ 5% (check VAT rate in Maharashtra, some state govt. exempt from tax if it is for drining water in drought hit/backward areas) in which case .....

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..... no service tax is applicable. - Clearify Service Tax - Query Started By: - subhash komalwar Dated:- 26-7-2011 Service Tax - Got 1 Reply - Service Tax - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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