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LABOUR CHARGES ON SERVICE TAX

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..... GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL MY GREAT EXPERTS, SIR CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME 1 THE MEANS OF PURE LABOUR CONTRACT. 2- IS LABOUR CHARGES / PURE LABOUR CHARGES SERVICE CAME UNDER R.C.M WHERE SERVICE PROVIDER AND SERVICE RECEIVER WILL PAID SERVICE TAX @ 50%(15*50/100 = 7.5%) - Reply By Rajagopalan Ranganathan - The Reply = Sir, Notifi .....

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..... cation No. 30/2012-ST dated 20.6.2012 as amended prescribes the percentage at which service tax is to be paid under RCM. This Notification prescribes at Sl. No. 9 that in respect of services provided or agreed to be provided by way of supply of manpower for any purpose or security services. According to rule 2 (g) of Service Tax Rules, 1994 Supply of manpower means supply of manpower te .....

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..... mporarily or otherwise, to another person to work under his superintendence or control. If the service availed by you fits into above definition then you have to pay 100% of service tax payable with effect from 1.4.2015 (vide Notification No. Not. 07/2015 - Dated 1-3-2015 w.e.f. 1st day of April, 2015 . Prior to that 25% of the service tax is payable by the service provider and 75% of the service .....

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..... tax is payable by service receiver. Payment of 50% of service tax by service provider and 50% of service tax by service receiver in respect of services provided or agreed to be provided in service portion in execution of works contract (vide Sl. No. 9 of the above referred Notification. Since the service received by you will not fall under services provided or agreed to be provided in service por .....

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..... tion in execution of works contract you cannot pay 50% of the service tax liability. This is my view. - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Sh.Khulbe Ji, Pure labour charges cannot be classified under Works Contract Service and hence RCM is not applicable.Full ST is to be paid by the Contractor under respective service i.e. whether Residential, Commercial Construction o .....

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..... r Erection Commissioning or installation, Repair etc. - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Pure labour means service provided without material. In case service is not provided with material, no eligibility for the benefit under Notification No.24/2012-ST dated 6..6.12 as amended. - Reply By YAGAY AND SUN - The Reply = Doing a job or work or providing services without involving any materi .....

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..... al called Pure Labour and Works Contract means Pure labour plus Material involved. Hence, on Pure Labour the provision of Notification No. 30/2012-ST are not applicable. Even VAT is not applicable. - Reply By CS SANJAY MALHOTRA - The Reply = Am in agreement with the views shared by Sh. Rajagopalan ji Sh. Kasturi ji. - Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani - The Reply = Sir, I support the views of th .....

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..... e experts above. 1) sir, Labour contract means supply of Labour to another to work under his control and supervision. It may be supplying Labour to manufacturer for using them in carrying out manufacturing activity. This would mean Labour contract I.e. supply of labour / ?manpower supply service . 2) Sir, pure Labour charges in carrying out civil work or erection of machinery or doing any .....

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..... Repair work would not qualify to mean works contract service. Works Contract would mean a contract for carrying out, say, construction work of building a wall which would involve both material and service or any work which involves both material and Labour. Reverse charge is applicable on works contract service if in addition to above conditon the provider is an individual, HUF, Firm and re .....

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..... ceiver is the company. Valuation is also available. Thanks. - Reply By KASTURI SETHI - The Reply = Sh.Khulbe Ji, I support the views of Sh.Ganeshan Kalyani, Sir as he has detailed additional points which are very crucial to understand the concept of Pure Labour Contract. - Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani - The Reply = Sri Kasturi Sir, your acknowledgement and appreciation is a .....

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..... remuneration and encouragement to me to contribute more. Thanks for your words. Thanks. - LABOUR CHARGES ON SERVICE TAX - Query Started By: - Rajeev Khulbe Dated:- 3-9-2016 Service Tax - Got 8 Replies - Service Tax - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI .....

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