Comprehensive Guide to Service Tax Procedures and Services
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This guide covers statutory provisions, classification of services, valuation methods, penalties, key services, and procedures in service tax. Learn about important services and legal aspects of service taxation.
Comprehensive Guide to Service Tax Procedures and Services
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SERVICE TAX mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Basic Features • Statutory provisions. • Levy on service provider - Exceptions. • Levy on realisation. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Classification of Service • Specific description than general description. • Essential character. • Which occurs first in the definition. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Valuation… • Gross amount. • Cum - tax. • Abatements. • Notification 12/2003. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Valuation… • Services rendered free. • Consideration in kind. • Reimbursement of expenses. Upto 18.04.2006 – No liability. Judgements and circulars. From 19.04.2006 – Concept of pure agent. Malabar Management Services VS CCE 2008(9) STR 483 mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Proceedings in Service Tax • Issue of show cause notice. • Adjudication. • Appellate remedies. Commissioner (Appeals) CESTAT High Court / Supreme Court mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Procedures in Service Tax… • Registration – Centralised Registration. • Issue of invoice. • Maintenance of records. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Procedures in Service Tax. • Payment of service tax. - Due date. - Advance payment. - e payment. - Self adjustment – if service not rendered. - Provisional payment. - Self adjustment of excess payments. • Filing of return – ST 3. - Due date / Half yearly. - Revised return. - Fine for delayed return. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Penalties in Service Tax. • Sec. 76 – Delayed payment of S.Tax. • Sec. 77 – General Penalty. • Sec. 78 – Suppression, etc. • Sec. 80 – Power of waiver. • Rule 7 C – Fine for delayed return. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Certain important services. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Business Auxiliary Service. • Promotional activities. • Customer care services. • Procurement of goods or services. • Production or processing. • Provision of service on behalf of client. • Manufacture – excluded. • Notification 8/2005. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Commercial / Industrial construction Service. • Exclusion for roads, airports, railways transport terminals, bridges, tunnels, dams and ports. • 67 % Abatement. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Construction of Residential Complex Service. • More than 12 units.. • Personal use - exempted. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Consulting Engineering Service. • Foreign Technological transfers. Novinon Ltd. VS CCE 2006 (3) STR 397 • To cover software too. Customs House Agents Service. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Erection, Commissioning and Installation Service. Franchise Service. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Intellectual Property Service. Management Consultant Service. Manpower recruitment / Supply agencies. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Goods Transport Agency Service. • Reverse Charge. • Abatement. • Exemption. • Payment mode. • No SSI exemption. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Renting of immovable property. Support Services for business. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Works Contract Service. • Re-classification. • Composition Scheme. • Vice of Notification 1/2006. • Diebold Systems (P) Ltd Vs CCE 2008 (9) STR 546. Air Liquide Engg. India (P) Ltd. Vs CCE 2008 (9) STR 486. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Sale Vs Service. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Small Scale exemption. • Threshold limit. • Conditions. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Commercial Concern VsAny person. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Export of Service and Import of Service. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
CENTRAL EXCISE byg. natarajanadvocate & cost accountant CENTRAL EXCISE AND CENVAT mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
MANUFACTURE • Section 2 (f) • Deemed manufacture. • Third schedule. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
VALUATION Section 4 – Transaction Value mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
SECTION 4 & Valuation Rules • Rule 4 - Comparable goods. • Rule 5 - Freight and Insurance. • Rule 6 - Additional consideration. • Rule 7 - Depot clearance. • Rule 8 - Captive consumption. • Rule 9 - Related person. • Rule 10 - Interconnected undertaking. • Rule 10A – Jobwork. • Rule 11 - Best judgement mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
SECTION 4 A • Weights and Measures. • OE Exemption. • Different MRP. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
EXPORTS • Exports without payment of duty. • Exports under claim for rebate. • Protection of Cenvat Credit. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
APPELLATE / OTHER REMEDIES • Commissioner (Appeals). • CESTAT. • Settlement Commission. • Pre deposit. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
PENAL MEASURES • Various penalties. • Provisional attachment of property. • Prosecution. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Basic Features • Concept of Cenvat credit. • Landmarks – 1986, 1994 & 2004. • Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Applicability • Manufacturers. • Service providers. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Certain terms. • Input. • Capital goods. • Input Services. • Input Service Distributor. • First / Second stage dealer. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Cenvatable duties / taxes • Basic Excise Duty. • CVD. • NCCD. • Education CESS. • Addl. Duty of Customs – Sec. 3(5). • Service Tax and CESS thereon. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Utilisation and Restrictions on utilisation • Payment of Excise duty. • Payment of Service tax. • Other payments. • Cross utilisation. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Other conditions. • Capital goods – 50 % restriction. • No to “having the cake and eating it too” - Depreciation / Cenvat Credit. • Removal of inputs / capital goods - the story “as such”. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Other conditions. • Removal for job work. • Write off. • Service Tax Credit - Pay and use. • Documents for availing credit. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Rule 6 Algebra. • Position upto 31.03.2008. • Position from 01.04.2008. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Rule 6. • Protection to certain clearances. • Protected Services. • Chandrapur Magnet Wires (P) Ltd Vs CCE. 1996 (81) ELT 3 SC - Recent developments. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Certain common disputes… • Credit for mobile phone. India Rayon Industries Ltd. Vs CCE 2006 (4) STR 79. • Credit for outdoor catering. Victor Gaskets India Ltd Vs CCE 2008 – TIOL – 409. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Certain common disputes… • Credit for outward transportation. - Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. Vs CCE. 2007 (6) STR 249. - India Cements Limited Vs CCE 2007 (8) STR 43. - Master Circular and recent amendments. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
CUSTOMS mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Role of customs • Collection of import & export duties • enforcement of customs act • enforcing prohibitions/restrictions • prevention of smuggling mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Imports • IGM (by shipping lines) • cargo declaration • Bill of Entry • assessment • duty Payment mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Exports • Shipping bill, Invoice, ARE# • assessment • duty Payment (if any) • EGM (by shipping lines) mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Customs Valuation Rules, 2007 • The Customs Valuation (Determination of Value of Imported Goods) Rules, 2007 - Notfn. No. 94/2007-Cus(NT) dated 13-9-07 • The Customs Valuation (Determination of Value of Exported Goods) Rules, 2007 - Notfn. No. 95/2007-Cus(NT) dated 13-9-07 mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Value of imported goods • transaction value – Section 14 (1) of CA, 1962 • deductive value – Rule 7 • computed value – Rule 8 • residual method – Rule 9 • similar goods / identical goods • related person • provisionally assessed value is not transaction value. mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
Value of exported goods • transaction value – Section 14 (1) of CA, 1962 • computed value – Rule 5 • residual method – Rule 6 mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com
refunds • claim to be filed within six months. • one year for some persons. • no time limit for duty / interest paid under protest • unjust enrichment mail@swamyassociates.com www.swamyassociates.com