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1. Levy of servicetax

1.1 As on 1 st May, 2011, 119 services are taxable services inIndia. These taxable services are specified in Section 65(105) of theFinance Act,1994. Section 64 of the Finance Act, 1994, extends thelevy of service tax to the whole of India, except the State of Jammu &Kashmir.

Generally, the liability to pay service tax has been placed onthe service provider. However, in respect of the taxableservices notified under Sec.68(2) of the Finance Act,1994, theservice tax shall be paid by such person and in such manner asmay be prescribed at the rate specified in Sec.66 of the Act andall the provisions of Chapter-V shall apply to such person as ifhe is the person liable for paying the service tax. The following services have been notified under Sec.68(2) of

Finance Act,1994:

A. the services,- (i) in relation to telecommunication service;

(ii) in relation to general insurance business;

(iii) in relation to insurance auxiliary service by an insurance agent;and

(iv) in relation to transport of goods by road in a goods carriage,where the consignor or consignee of goods-

(a) any factory registered under or governed by the Factories

Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);

(b) any company established by or under the Companies Act,

1956 (1 of 1956);

(c) any corporation established by or under any law; (d) any society registered under the Societies Registration Act,

1860 (21 of 1860) or under any law corresponding to thatAct in force in any part of India;

(e) any co-operative society established by or under any law;

(f) any dealer of excisable goods, who is registered under theCentral Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) or the rules madethereunder; or

(g) anybody corporate established, or a partnership firmregistered, by or under any

(v) In relation to Business Auxiliary Service of distribution of mutualfund by a mutual fund distributer or an agent, as the case maybe;

(vi) in relation to sponsorship service provided to any body corporate

or firm located in India;

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B. Any taxable service provided or to be provided from a countryother than India and received in India, under Sec.66a of theFinance Act,1994.

( Sec. 68(2) of Finance Act,1994, Notification 36/2004-S.T. dated31.12.2004 as amended)

In the following situations, the liability to pay service tax is asfollows :

i. in relation to [telecommunication service]

(a) the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs,

(b) the Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mahanagar TelephoneNigam Ltd, Delhi, a company registered under the CompaniesAct

(c) any other person who has been granted a license by theCentral Government.

ii. in relation to general insurance business, the insurer or re-insurer,as the case may be, providing such service;

iii. in relation to insurance auxiliary service by an insurance agent,any person carrying on the general insurance business [or the lifeinsurance business, as the case may be,] in India;

iv. in relation to any taxable service provided or to be provided by anyperson from a country other than India and received by any person

in India under section 66A of the Act, the recipient of such service; v. In relation to taxable service provided by a goods transport

agency, where the consignor or consignee of goods is- any factory,any company, any corporation, any registered society, any co-operative society, any registered dealer of excisable goods , anybody corporate or a partnership firm;

vi. in relation to business auxiliary service of distribution of mutualfund by a mutual fund distributor or an agent, as the case be, themutual fund or asset management company, as the case may be,receiving such services;

vii. in relation to sponsorship service provided to any body corporateor firm located in India, the body corporate or, as the case may bethe firm who receives such sponsorship service;

( Rule 2(d) of Service Tax Rules, 1994)

1.2 From 01.06.2007 to 23.02.2009, the Service tax was payable@ 12% of the gross amount plus 2% Education Cess on service taxplus 1% Secondary Higher Education Cess on service tax i.e totaling to12.36% ( in specific cases partial deductions are allowed, refer section67 of the Finance Act) charged by the service provider for providingsuch taxable service. From 24.02.2009, vide Notification No.8/2009-ST dated 24.02.2009 the rate of service tax is 10% on gross value ofthe taxable service plus 2% Education Cess on the service tax amountand 1% Secondary Higher Education Cess on the service tax amount.

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Example: Suppose the value of taxable service is Rs.100. Service tax@10% will be Rs.10 and Education Cess @2% of the Service Tax willbe Rs.0.20 and Secondary & Higher Education Cess @1% of theservice tax will be 0.10.

1.3 The Table below shows the category of services which aretaxable with the date of introduction of such service. The table alsoshows the accounting heads for each category service, for thepurpose of payment of service tax:

Sr.No Service Category Date of Introduction

Accounting codes

TaxCollection

OtherReceipts

1 Advertising 01.11.1996 00440013 00440016

2 Air Travel Agent 01.07.1997 00440032 00440033

3 Airport Services 10.09.2004 00440258 00440259

4 Architect 16.10.1998 00440072 00440073

5 ATM Operations, Management orMaintenance

01.05.2006 00440346 00440347

6 Auctioneers' service, other thanauction of property under directionsor orders of a count of or auction byCentral Govt.

01.05.2006 00440370 00440371

7 Authorized Service Station 16.07.2001 00440181 00440182

8 Auxiliary to General Insurance 16.07.2001

00440169 00440170 9 Auxiliary to Life Insurance

16.08.2002 10 Banking & Other Financial Services 16.07.2001 00440173 00440174

11 Beauty Parlor 16.08.2002 00440209 00440210

12 Broadcasting 16.07.2001 00440165 00440166

13 Business Auxiliary Service 01.07.2003 00440225 00440226

14 Business Exhibition Service 10.09.2004 00440254 00440255

15 Business Support Service 01.05.2006 00440366 00440367

16 Cable Operator 16.08.2002 00440217 00440218

17

Cargo Handling

16.08.2002

00440189

00440190

18 Chartered Accountant 16.10.1998 00440092 00440093

19 Cleaning Service 16.06.2005 00440318 00440319

20 Clearing & Forwarding Agent 16.07.1997 00440045 00440046

21 Clubs and Associations 16.06.2005 00440322 00440323

22 Commercial or IndustrialConstruction

10.09.2004 00440290 00440291

23 Commercial Training or Coaching 01.07.2003 00440229 00440230

24 Company Secretary 16.10.1998 00440100 00440101

25 Construction of Residential Complex 16.06.2005 00440334 00440335 26 Consulting Engineer 07.07.1997 00440057 00440058

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27 Convention Centre 16.07.2001 00440133 00440134

28 Cost Accountant 16.10.1998 00440096 00440097

29 Courier Services 01.11.1996 00440014 00440018

30 Credit Card, Debit Card, Charge

Card or other payment card relatedservices

01.05.2006 00440394 00440395

31 Credit Rating Agency 16.10.1998 00440088 00440089

32 Custom House Agent 15.06.1997 00440026 00440027

33 Dredging 16.06.2005 00440310 00440311

34 Dry Cleaning 16.08.2002 00440221 00440222

35 Erection, Commissioning orInstallation

01.07.2003 00440233 00440234

36 Event Management 16.08.2002 00440197 00440198

37

Fashion Designer

16.08.2002

00440213

00440214

38 Forward Contract Services 10.09.2004 00440282 00440283

39 Franchise Service 01.07.2003 00440237 00440238

40 Foreign Exchange Broker 01.07.2003 00440173 00440174

41 General Insurance 01.07.1994 00440005 00440006

42 Health Club & Fitness Centre 16.08.2002 00440205 00440206

43 Intellectual Property Service 10.09.2004 00440278 00440279

44 Interior Decorator 16.10.1998 00440076 00440077

45 Internet Caf 01.07.2003 00440241 00440242

46 Internet Telecommunication Service 01.05.2006 00440382 00440383 47 Life Insurance 16.08.2002 00440185 00440186

48 Mailing List Compilation and Mailing 16.06.2005 00440330 00440331

49 Management Consultant 01.07.1997 00440116 00440117

50 Maintenance or Repair Service 01.07.2003 00440245 00440246

51 Mandap Keeper 16.10.1998 00440035 00440036

52 Manpower Recruitment or SupplyAgency

07.07.1997 00440060 00440061

53 Market Research Agency 16.10.1998 00440112 00440113

54 On-line Information & DatabaseAccess or Retrieval Service

16.07.2001 00440153 00440154

55 Opinion Poll Service 10.19.2004 00440274 00440275

56 Outdoor Caterer 10.09.2004 00440051 00440052

57 Packaging Service 16.06.2005 00440326 00440327

58 Pandal or Shamiana Services 10.09.2004 00440054 00440055

59 Photography 16.07.2001 00440129 00440130

60 Port Service ( Major Ports) 16.07.2001

00440177 00440178 61 Port Services( Other Ports) 01.07.2003

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62 Public Relations Service 01.05.2006 00440374 00440375

63 Rail Travel Agent 16.08.2002 00440201 00440202

64 Real Estate Agent / Consultant 16.10.1998 00440104 00440105

65 Recovery Agent 01.05.2006 00440350 00440351

66 Registrar to an Issue 01.05.2006 00440338 00440339 67 Rent - a - Cab Operator 16.07.1997 00440048 00440049

68 Sale of space or time forAdvertisement, other than printmedia

01.05.2006 00440354 00440355

69 Scientific or Technical Consultancy 16.07.2001 00440125 00440126

70 Security Agency 16.10.1998 00440108 00440109

71 Share Transfer Agent 01.05.2006 00440342 00440343

72 Ship Management service 01.05.2006 00440378 00440379

73 Site Preparation 16.06.2005 00440306 00440307 74 Sound Recording 16.07.2001 00440161 00440162

75 Sponsorship service provided to anybody corporate or firm, other thansponsorship of sports event

01.05.2006 00440358 00440359

76 Steamer Agent 15.06.1997 00440029 00440030

77 Stock Broker 01.07.1994 00440008 00440009

78 Storage & Warehousing 16.08.2002 00440193 00440194

79 Survey & Exploration of Minerals 10.09.2004 00440270 00440271

80 Survey and Map Making 16.06.2005 00440314 00440315

81 T.V. & radio Programme ProductionServices

10.09.2004 00440286 00440287

82 Technical Testing & Analysis 01.07.2003 00440249 00440250

83 Technical Inspection & CertificationAgency

01.07.2003 00440249 00440250

84 Tour Operator 01.09.1997 00440063 00440064

85 Transport of goods by Air 10.09.2004 00440266 00440267

86 Transport of goods by Road 01.01.2005 00440262 00440263

87 Transport of goods in containers byrail {other than Indianrailway omitted w.e.f. 01.09.2009}

01.05.2006 00440390 00440391

88 Transport of goods other thanwater, through Pipeline or otherconduit

16.06.2005 00440302 00440303

89 Transport of passengers embarkingon international journey by air,other than economy classpassengers

01.05.2006 00440362 00440363

90 Transport of persons by cruise ship

01.05.2006 00440386 00440387

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91 Travel Agent other than Air & RailTravel

10.09.2004 00440294 00440295

92 Underwriter 16.10.1998 00440084 00440085

93 Video Tape Production 16.07.2001 00440157 00440158

94 Telecommunication 01.06.2007 00440398 00440399 95 Renting of immovable property 01.06.2007 00440406 00440407

96 Works contract 01.06.2007 00440410 00440411

97 Content Development & Supply 01.06.2007 00440414 0440415

98 Asset Management 01.06.2007 00440418 00440419

99 Mining Services( Oil & Gas) 01.06.2006 00440402 00440403

100 Design Services 01.06.2007 00440422 00440423

101 Information Technology Softwareservices

16.05.2008 00440452 00440450

102 Investment Management for ULIP 16.05.2008 00440430 00440431 103 Recognized Stock Exchange 16.05.2008 00440434 00440435

104 Recognized Associations-CommodityExchange Services

16.05.2008 00440438 00440439

105 Clearing & Processing Houseservices

16.05.2008 00440442 00440443

106 Supply of Tangible Goods services 16.05.2008 00440445 00440447

107 Cosmetic or Plastic Surgery Services 01.09.2009 00440460 00440463

108 Transport of Coastal goods, Goodsthrough National Waterways orGoods through Inland Waterways

01.09.2009 00440470 00440473

109 Legal Consultancy Services 01.09.2009 00440480 00440483

110 Promotion, marketing ororganizing of games ofchance including lottery, bingo etc.services

01.07.2010 00440595 00440596

111 Health services undertaken byHospitals or Medical establishments

01.07.2010 00440598 00440599

112 Maintenance of Medical Recordsservices

01.07.2010 00440601 00440602

113 Promotion of Brand of Goods,Services etc.

01.07.2010 00440604 00440605

114 Services of Permitting CommercialUse or Exploitation of any event

01.07.2010 00440607 00440608

115 Electricity Exchange Services 01.07.2010 00440610 00440611

116 Copyright Services 01.07.2010 00440613 00440614

117 Services provided by Builder inrelation to preferential location,internal/external development etc

01.07.2010 00440616 00440617

118 Services of Air-conditionedrestaurants having license to service

1.5.2011 00441067 00441068

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alcoholic beverages in relation toservice of food or beverages.

119

Services of providing ofaccommodation in hotels / inns/

cubs/ guest houses/ campsite for acontinuous period of less than threemonths

1.5.2011 00441070 00441071

Note: 1. Accounting Code for Education Cess is 00440298 for all services. 2. Accounting Code for Secondary & Higher Education Cess is 00440426 forall services. 3. The sub- head Other receipts is meant for interest, penalty on delayedpayment of service tax.

2. Registration

2.1 Every person liable for paying the service tax shall make anapplication to the concerned Superintendent of Central Excise in FormST-1 for registration within a period of thirty days from the date onwhich the service tax under section 66 of the Finance Act, 1994(32 of1994) is levied:

Provided that where a person commences the business ofproviding a taxable service after such service has been levied, he shallmake an application for registration within a period of thirty days fromthe date of such commencement. (Refer section 69 of Finance Act,1994 & Rule 4 of the Service Tax Rules,1994)

Also, the following two categories of persons have beenidentified as Special Category of Persons under The Service Tax(Registration of Special Category of Persons) Rules, 2005: i) Input Service Distributor;

ii) Any provider of taxable service whose aggregate value of taxableservice (aggregate value has been defined in Rule 2(b) of TheService Tax (Registration of Special Category of Persons) Rules,2005) in a financial year exceeds nine lakh rupees.

Input service distributor as defined under Rule 2 (m) of CENVATRules, 2004 means an office of the manufacturer or producer of final products or provider of output service, which receives invoices issuedunder rule 4A of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 towards purchases ofinput services and issues invoice, bill or, as the case may be, challanfor the purposes of distributing the credit of service tax paid on thesaid services to such manufacturer or producer or provider, as thecase may be.

In case a service recipient is liable to pay service tax, asdetailed at para 1.1 above, he also has to obtain registration.

2.2 The service tax is administered by the Central ExciseDepartment. The governmentwebsite www.exciseandservicetax.nic.in gives the details of the

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value of service, whichever is earlier) an invoice, a bill or challansigned by him or a person authorized by him. Such invoice, bill orchallan should be serially numbered and should contain followinginformation: i name, address and registration number of such person

ii the name and address of the person receiving services iii description, classification and value of taxable service provided,and iv service tax payable thereon. (Refer Rule 4A (1) of Service Tax Rules, 1994)

4.1A Any goods transport agency which provides service inrelation to transport of goods by road in a goods carriage andis liable to pay tax shall issue a consignment note to therecipient of service. (Rule 4B of Service Tax Rules, 1994)

4.2 Every input service distributor, distributing credit of taxableservices should issue an invoice, a bill or challan signed by him or aperson authorized by him for each of the recipient of credit distributedand such invoice, bill or challan should be serially numbered andshould contain : i. name, address and registration number of the person providing

input services and the serial number and date of invoice, bill orchallan issued by him.

ii name, address and registration number of the input servicedistributor iii name and address of the recipient of the credit distributed, and

iv the amount of the credit distributed. (Refer Rule 4A (2) of Service Tax Rules, 1994)

4.3 Records to be maintained: The records including computerized data as maintained by theassessee in accordance with the various laws in force shall beaccepted. ( Refer Rule 5 (1) of Service Tax Rules, 1994)

4.4 Every assessee is required to furnish to the Superintendent ofCentral Excise a list of accounts maintained by him in relation toservice tax. This list is to be submitted once at the time of filing hisfirst S.T.3 return. )(e.g. books of account, viz. sales register, purchaseregister, cash book, petty cash book, general ledger, etc.) (Refer Rule 5 (2) of Service Tax Rules, 1994 )

5. Value of TaxableService

5.1 The valuation under service tax is governed by the provisionsmade under section 67 of the Finance Act, 1994

5.2 Value of taxable service shall be determined on the basis of oneof the following:

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a. consideration in money for providing the service. b. consideration in money + consideration in any other form c. consideration in any form other than money

The consideration in any form other than money shall be determinedin a manner as prescribed.

(Refer section 67(1) of the Finance Act, 1994)

5.3 Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006 have beennotified which have the following salient features:

5.3.1 the value of taxable service shall be the gross amount chargedfor providing such service in ordinary course of trade and the grossamount charged is the sole consideration.

5.3.2 when value cannot be determined by the method given at5.3.1, then the service provider shall determine the equivalent moneyvalue of such consideration ( which shall in no case be less than thecost of provision of such taxable service)

5.3.3 if the Central Excise Officer is satisfied that the valuedetermined by the service provider is not in accordance with theprovisions of the Act or these rules, he shall issue a notice to showcause why the value of taxable service should not be fixed at theamount specified in the notice.

5.3.4 Any expenditure or costs incurred by the service provider incourse of providing taxable service shall be treated as considerationfor the taxable service provided and shall be included in the value oftaxable value.

5.3.5 Subject to the provisions of Rule 5(1) of the Service Tax(Determination of Value) Rules, 2006 , the expenditure or costsincurred by the service provider as a pure agent of the recipient ofthe service, shall be excludible from the value of taxable service,subject to conditions specified in the rule 5(2) of the Service Tax(Determination of Value) Rules, 2006

5.3.6 Specific cases in which the commission, costs, etc. shall beincluded or excluded are provided under rule 6 of the Service Tax(Determination of Value) Rules, 2006

5.3.7 Rule 7 of the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006provides for actual consideration to be the value of taxable service incase of services provided from outside India (refer section 66A of the Finance Act, 1994, as amended)

5.4 The gross amount charged can be inclusive of service tax. Insuch a case the value shall be such amount as, with the addition of taxpayable, is equal to the gross amount charged. ( e.g. if gross amountcharged, including service tax is Rs.100. Then the value of taxableservice shall be Rs.90.75 and the service tax payable shall be Rs.9.07plus Education Cess Rs.0.18) (Refer section 67(2) of the Finance Act, 1994)

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5.5 The gross amount charged for taxable service shall include anyamount received towards the taxable service before, during or afterprovision of such service. (Refer section 67(3) of the Finance Act, 1994)