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Service Tax Registration is a tax registration required for businesses providing services in India. Service tax registration is an indirect tax wherein the service provider pays the tax and recovers the same from the recipient of the taxable service. At present, Service Tax is levied at 14.50% on the value of the taxable service. This includes Education Cess @ 2% on the service tax amount, and Secondary and Higher Education Cess @ 1% on the service tax amount.
Service Tax registration is mandatory for every person or business in India who has provided a taxable service of value exceeding Rs.9 lakhs, in the previous financial year. Service Tax Registration is required for identification of the assesse, deposit service tax, file service tax returns and undertake various processes required under the Finance Act, 1994. Failure to obtain service tax registration would attract penalty in terms of section 77 of the Finance Act, 1994. Venture-Care is an authorized TAN Facilitation office or authority.
SERVICE TAX HIGHLIGHTS
1. SMALL SCALE SERVICE PROVIDERS
Small scale service providers who provide taxable services of less than Rs.10 lakhs in a year is wholly exempted from service tax and service tax registration.
2. SERVICE TAX REGISTRATION
Service tax registration must be obtained by any person who have provided a taxable service of value exceeding Rs.9 lakhs, in the previous financial year. Failure to obtain service tax registration can result in penalty.
3. SERVICE TAX RETURN FILING
Service Tax Return Form ST-3 must be filed twice a year. Return for half year ending 30th September and 31st March are required to be filed by 25th October and 25th April, respectively.
4. SERVICE TAX PAYMENTS
Service Tax Payments must be deposited in the designated banks, quarterly, in case of Proprietary Firms or Partnership Firms and monthly in the case of Companies, Trusts, Societies, etc.
5. NO SERVICE TAX ON EXPORTS
For services exported from India, service tax is not applicable. Therefore, exporters of service are not required to pay service tax. However, it is advisable for service exporters to obtain service tax registration.
6. AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION
In case Form ST-2, Registration of Service Tax is not issued within seven days of filing of Form ST-1 with all the relevant documents, the service tax registration is automatically deemed to be granted.
Service tax is mandatory for all service providers having a taxable turnover of more than 9 lakhs. Venture-Care helps you in online tax preparation services.
Venture-Care helps your business to obtain Service Tax Registration in 7 to 12 days, subject to Government processing time.
