Personal penalty to directors and other officers of the company under section 78A of Service Tax

Section 78A of Finance Act 2013 prescribes for personal penalty on employees, Directors, managers or secretary of company. The penalty provided under section 78A is in addition to penalties prescribed for the company. As per section 78A :  “Where a company has committed any of the following contraventions, namely:—  (a) evasion of service tax, or  (b) issuance … Read more

Service Tax on transportation of goods by road

Meaning  As per Section 65B (25) of  Finance Act,1994;  “goods” means every kind of movable property other than actionable claim and money; and includes securities, growing crops, grass, and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale;  As per Section … Read more

Service Tax on Restaurants

All of us visit restaurants, hotels or eating houses. And many of us also notice that recently the bills issued by some restaurants have service tax mentioned in it. Let us try to understand the concept of service tax on restaurants. Prior to 1st July 2012, restaurants serving food & beverages and having a licence … Read more

Reverse Charge mechanism under Service Tax

1)  What is Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) ? A)      Service Tax is charged by the service provider to the service recipient. Service Provider collects Service Tax from the Service Recipient and pays it to the Government. However, under RCM, the service provider is not liable to pay service tax or is liable to pay service … Read more

Service tax on remuneration to directors

Provision of service by an employee to an employer in the course of or in relation to employment has been excluded from the definition of service. Hence, as long as there is a relationship between an employee & employer & the employee is remunerated by the employer for his services, then such remuneration will not … Read more