Service Tax Local Hire Charges

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..... Service Tax Local Hire Charges
Query (Issue) Started By: - kamal mall Dated:- 26-4-2016 Last Reply Date:- 27-4-2016 Service Tax
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Service Tax
Dear Sir, We are a company/firm .....

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..... into business of Works Contract and trading of goods. We charge Service Tax and VAT on pour sales. We also provide local transport service through our own truks to our client for smooth delivery of so .....

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..... ld goods. We charge hire charges seperatly from them on the basis of Debit Note. My query is whether we have to charge Service Tax on Hire charges collected from clients. And if Yes then on what amoun .....

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..... t (any abatment ) Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani: The Reply: Sir in my view only GTA service is a taxable service. You are using your own vehicle to transport the sold goods only to deliver it to custom .....

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..... ers place safely which is not a role of a GTA. Therefore no service tax. But it may prone to litigation. Thanks. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Dear Sir, Using own trucks for transportation o .....

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..... f goods to your customers is out of the definition/scope of GTA. De jure, I concur with the views of Sh.Ganeshan Kalyani, Sir. Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN: The Reply: When the vehicle is hired s .....

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..... ervice tax liability is there. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Yes. I agree with Sh. M.Govindarajan Sir. Thanks a lot for completing the reply.
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