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CA Pritam Mahure There shall be levied a tax (hereinafter referred to as the service tax) at the rate of twelve per cent. On the value of all services, Other than those services specified in the negative list, Provided or agreed to be provided In the taxable territory By one person to another and Collected in such manner as may be prescribed 1

Garner Revenue Within 4 corners of law Minimum time involvement 2

Auditor receives list of taxpayer for audit Letter for data in advance Financials ST-2, ST-3, CCR etc Desk Review - First stage of audit exercise Visit - May seek time Find out vulnerable areas before actually initiating the visit/ audit Get familiar with business of assessee Discussion Audit objections Accepted and Paid Litigated Income Compliances Audit Expenses CENVAT credit 3

No prescribed records Furnish list of records maintained for (a) Providing of any service (b) Receipt or procurement of input services and payment for such input services (c) Receipt, purchase, manufacture, storage, sale, or delivery, as the case may be, in regard of inputs and capital goods (d) Other activities, such as manufacture and sale of goods, if any (e) All other financial records maintained by him in the normal course o business CCR Rule 9 All such records shall be preserved at least for a period of five years Reconciliation Particulars 1 2 Income as per Financials Income as per ST-3 Remarks Total Turnover Details Miscellaneous income Details Past litigations 4

Business/Leg al Compliance Constitution Overview CENVAT Credit Income Expense Take Ack. of documents Issues Discuss Pay, if you agree with the issue Don t pay if you do not agree Reply to Audit Paras/Objections in writing 5

Knowledge of business/industry as a whole Type of services (Media/Logistic/Software etc) Problems peculiar to the industry and the normal litigation common to the industry Construction industry Structure Assets based or Manpower based Available information of assessee Past audit / Prior data News reports CAG Reports Case laws Amendments during Audit period Notifications 9/2013-ST 25% and 30% Latest Circulars, Trade Notices Circular dated 10.02.2012 and Education Guide Solders who sweat during peace time Blood less during war 6

Assessee Company Individual/Firm /HUF/AOP Society/Club LO/BO/PO Government/ Local Authority RCM RCM Separate Persons Separate Persons Support services 7

SR Service Service recipient % of ST payable Provider Recipient 1 Provided by person who is located in non-taxable territory and received by any person located in taxable territory - Nil 100% 2 Works contract services by individual, HUF, firm or AOP Body corporate 50% 50% 3 Manpower supply for any purposes or security services by individual, HUF, firm or AOP 4 Renting of vehicle to carry passenger by individual, HUF, firm or AOP -With abatement -Without abatement 5 Support services by Government (excluding renting and 66D (a) (i) to (iii) 6 Provided or agreed to be provided by a director of a company to the said company (w.e.f. 7 August 2012 vide Not. 45/2012) Body corporate 25% 75% Body corporate Nil 60% 100% 40% BE Nil 100% Company Nil 100% 7 Individual advocate or firm of advocates BE Nil 100% 8 Arbitral Tribunal BE Nil 100% SR Service Service recipient % of ST payable Provider Recipient 9 Sponsorship Body corporate or PF Nil 100% 10 GTA Company, PF, Factory, Society, excise registered assessee Nil 100% 11 Insurance agent to insurance companies Insurance business Nil 100% Liability of the two persons is for respective amounts and is not influenced by compliance or the lack of it by the other side Service provider should show only service tax payable thereon 8

Explanation 3. For the purposes of this Chapter, (a) an unincorporated association or a body of persons, as the case may be, and a member thereof shall be treated as distinct persons; (b) an establishment of a person in the taxable territory and any of his other establishment in a non-taxable territory shall be treated as establishments of distinct persons Explanation 4. A person carrying on a business through a branch or agency or representational office in any territory shall be treated as having an establishment in that territory 1. Service provider located in taxable territory 2. Service recipient located outside India 3. Service not included in negative List 4. PoPS outside India 5. Payment received in convertible foreign exchange 6. Service provider and service receiver are not merely establishments of a distinct person by virtue of item (b) of Explanation 3 of clause 44 of section 65B of the Act 9

SURAT MUNICIPAL CORPN. 2006 (4) STR 44 Halls and stadiums let out for consideration for various functions, social and official such as sports, garbas, educational programmes, cultural and religious programmes and also for holding official functions - Such activities covered under definition of mandap keeper - Demand upheld COMMR. OF SALEM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 2013 (31) S.T.R. 281 (Mad.) Service Tax on rent from immovable properties (49) "support services" means infrastructural, operational, administrative, logistic, marketing or any other support of any kind comprising functions that entities carry out in ordinary course of operations themselves but may obtain as services by outsourcing from others for any reason whatsoever and shall include advertisement and promotion, construction or works contract, renting of immovable property, security, testing and analysis; 10

Profit and Loss Account Balance Sheet Notes to Accounts Accounting Standards CENVAT credit Asset Addition, deletion and depreciation Contingent Liabilities Litigations Directors Report Auditor Report Consultants 11

Manufacturing Service Trading ED ST VAT/CST Accounting head Nature Tax Remarks, if any Supply of services Consulting Engineering charges Sale of material Sale of goods MVAT Dividend On shares - Interest income Fixed Deposits - Profit on sale of securities Miscellaneous income ST (12.36%) Reconciliation between Income as per Financial and as per ST-3 12

Invoice should be raised within 30 days from: Date of completion of such taxable service or Receipt of payment Continuous Supply of Services Recognised in accounts ST? Refer Agreement Rate Analysis Applicable rate of ST With effect from Rate 10.09.2004 onwards 10.20% 18.04.2006 onwards 12.24% 11.05.2007 onwards 12.36% 24.02.2009 onwards 10.30% 01.04.2012 onwards 12.36% Invoice 28 February 2012 Provision of Service 1 May 2012 Receipt 15 June 2012 13

Ratio Analysis Income not chargeable to tax Whether there is increment? Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Value of Taxable Services 10,00,000 20,00,000 40,00,000 Exempt services 1,00,000 4,00,000 16,00,000 Ratio 10% 25% 40% Ratio Analysis (say cable, café, STGS) Fixed assets vis-a-vis income Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Value of fixed assets (say computers) 1,00,000 2,00,000 4,00,000 No.s 4 8 (100% up) 16 (100% up) Value of Taxable Services 10,00,000 15,00,000 (50% up) Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 25,00,000 (25% up) 14

Ratio Analysis (say rent-a-cab) Consumables/ Manpower supply Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Value of Taxable Services Value of Consumables (say diesel) 10,00,000 20,00,000 40,00,000 3,00,000 8,00,000 20,00,000 Ratio 30% 40% 50% Set-off of income with expenses Debit notes Employee recovery Penalties from vendors Free Service to employees /associates ST Applicable on free service? FOC Material OPE Reimbursements Employee salary, infra cost sharing Deduction from payment Foreign bank charges 15

Services to Government or Local Authority ME 12, 25 and 34 POPSR Commission vs Repairs SSI Exemption 10 lcas or 25 lacs Commission vs Discount Bio medical waste Taxable? Exports Not received within RBI time limit Chit Fund Restaurants Construction of complex More than 12 units Hospital 16

Accommodation charges from relatives of patients Laundry Locker fees Canteen Entry fees Medical shop Training charges R & D Compensation for loss Ayurvedic massage Value of major input services Details of expenditure Clubbing Freight clubbed with purchases or fixed assets Inward freight Outward freight Advertisement Commission etc. Domestic RCM Import RCM AE? 17

Manpower supply or cleaning services? Manpower Supply vs Manpower Recruitment Agent CSR/ Donation vs Sponsorship Gross amount or Net of OPE? Invoice amount or Grossed up amount? Section 195A of Income Tax Whether credit taken is covered under the definition? Three Pillars Inputs Capital goods Input service Documents Take data from ST3 return, ER-1 and financials Take soft data of CENVAT Credit availed by the assessee Take one sample copy of invoice of each key service provider Particulars as prescribed under Rule 4A of Service Tax Rules 1994 Reconciliation between CENVAT as per Financial and as per ST-3 18

Ratio Analysis CENVAT Credit Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Service Tax Payable 10,00,000 20,00,000 40,00,000 CENVAT 1,00,000 4,00,000 10,00,000 Ratio 10% 20% 25% Changes in Eligibility Major changes made w.e.f. 01-04-2011 Industry Issue Non availability of credit of commercial construction against renting services Both for taxable and non-taxable income Rule 6 disclosed in returns? Rule 4 (7) 3 months from date of invoice Get date of invoice and date of payment RCM CENVAT credit available on payment? Wrong availment Interest or Penalty? VCES CENVAT Credit 19

Means any service And includes services used Excludes a. Used by the provider of taxable service for providing an output service; b. Used by a manufacturer, whether directly or indirectly, in or in relation to the manufacture of final products and clearance of final products upto the place of removal, - In relation to modernisation, renovation or repairs of a factory, premises of provider of output service or an office relating to such factory or premises, - advertisement or sales promotion, - market research, - storage upto the place of removal, - procurement of inputs, - accounting, auditing, - financing, - recruitment and - quality control, - coaching and training, - computer networking, - credit rating, - share registry, - security, business exhibition, - legal services, - inward transportation of inputs or capital goods and - outward transportation upto the place of removal; a. Construction related services except used by construction service providers b. Motor vehicle related services c. Employee related services [such as those provided in relation to outdoor catering, beauty treatment, health services, cosmetic and plastic surgery, membership of a club, health and fitness centre, life insurance, health insurance and travel etc] Modernisation/ renovation / repairs Vs Construction Employee welfare Vs Customer welfare Employee welfare Vs Business Tour Outdoor catering Vs Manpower supply in kitchen Commission agent - Sales or sales promotion Transportation of goods at the destination of customer 20

Writing off of inventories Major addition to capital goods Clarification on abnormal events Statutory auditor s qualification Usha Rectifier 2011 (263) ELT 655 (SC) The aforesaid position is further corroborated by the Director s report appearing at page No. 2 wherein it was mentioned that during the year the company developed a large number of testing equipments on its own for using the same for the testing of semiconductors Clause Particulars 14 Details of Depreciation and CENVAT credit availed on CG 22 CENVAT Credit balance (can be verified with ST3) 22 Prior Period Income/ Expenditure 30 Information relating to Cost Audit 32 Accounting ratios 21

Amount of income can be confirmed Nature of services Registration certificate Single/ Centralised Service Categories Premises List of Records Accounting Codes E-payment ST 3 returns Disclosure of Rule 6 Notification Nil returns Penalty for late filing Advances Shown as loan? ST paid when advances adjusted 22

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