Service Tax on Dietitian

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..... A person who is dietitian by profession, providing dietitian services to her client is liable for charging Service Tax and under which category. - Reply By Suresh Kumar Agareal - The Reply = Dietitian are not covered under the Service Tax as such no service tax is leviable on Dititians. S.K.Agarwal .....

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..... - Reply By anil sharma - The Reply = Dear S K Agarwalji , Can you please confirm if Service tax is applicable to consultation fee collected from clients by a Dietitian through an independent practice (Outside of a hospital) . My query to you is whether Dietitians services would come under the negative list of service tax by way of two definitions- 1. Provider of Healtcare Service .....

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..... s . The problem with this is the only recognized systems of medicines are- Allopathy, Yoga, Homepathy, Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Siddha or Unnani. A dietitian or nutritionist seems to be missing from any for of treatment mentioned above. 2. There is an exemption on Paramedics (As mentioned in the Service Tax education guide)- Includes Nursing staff, physiotherapists, technicians, lab assistant .....

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..... s etc. Services by them in and outside a clinical establishment are exempt. Again Dietitians are not specifically mentioned here although the provide Food advice based on Health profile of the patients based on whether a person has a high cholestrol , diabetes , Thyroid etc. 3 Or exempted because of any other reason - Service Tax on Dietitian - Query Started By: - Sanjeev Sharma Dated:- 15- .....

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..... 11-2011 Service Tax - Got 2 Replies - 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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