Service tax for housing society
Shailesh Phillips
(Querist) 30 October 2013
This query is : Resolved
Dear Sirs,
My query
a) Why has Service tax been made applicable to Housing Societies?
b) It has been made chargeable on the Maintenance amount charged by the Society to its members.
As a general rule the maintenance charge comprises of misc expenditure towards Security /lift maint/ housekeeping/garden maint etc. all the above services are contractual and outsourced to private contractors. these contractors are regd. service providers and hence charge the society 12.36% service tax on the service that they provide. so why does the govt want the Society to pay this Service tax once again. does it not amount to duplication.
Please clarify.
Thanks,
Regards,
Phillips.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 30 October 2013
well if govt has made law you have to comply or challenge the same in courts . prctically service tax has been made applicable to most services with hardly few exceptions
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 30 October 2013
Law and rules of taxation has to be complied with till changed by the competent authority.
