SERVICE TAX RETURN FILLING

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Service tax Registration.
Taxes are the financial charges imposed upon a
tax payer i.e. an individual or a legal entity,
by a state or any other body as authorized by the
state in order to fund various public
expenditures. One of such taxes is service tax.
In this video we shall talk about what is a
service tax, what are the documents required for
its registration and the process of the same.
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What is Service Tax?

• Whenever we use any services be it a phone bill
  payment or eating at restaurant, we have to pay a
  little more of the actual amount. That little
  more amount charged over the actual amount is
  usually the service tax. . It is a kind of tax
  that you pay to the government for enjoying
  different services received from various service
  providers. This tax is payable by the service
  provider to the government or any other
  authorized body.
• The current rate if service tax is 12.36 on the
  gross value of the service provided.
• For paying such a tax, it is required to first
  get the registration done for the same.

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Documents required for service tax registration
are

• Documents in respect of Proprietor/Partner/Directo
  r
• PAN Card copy
• Copy of Aadhaar Card/ Voter identity card
• Passport size photograph
• Authorization letter (In case of Partnership)
• Authority from other directors on letter head (In
  case of company)
• Copy of Partnership deed (In case of Partnership)
• Board Resolution (In case of Company)

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• Documents in respect of Entity
• PAN Card copy of firm/company
• Property papers copy (If owned property)
• Rent agreement copy and Landlord NOC (If rented
  property)
• Cancelled cheque of firm
• Bank statement
• Electricity/ water bill of business place

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When to pay Service Tax ?

• A Service tax is paid quarterly or monthly based
  on your business registration. Any person
  providing taxable service to any person shall pay
  service tax at the rate specified in sec 66 of
  the service tax act.
• In case of individual/ proprietorship/LLP/
  partnership - you have to pay the tax quarterly
  (4 times in a year). The due date being 5th day
  of the month immediately following the respective
  quarter. Although the quarter ending on 31st
  march.
• If you belong to any other category of business
  registration like Pvt. Ltd. you have to pay
  service tax on a monthly basis i.e. by 5 the of
  the following month.

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How to do Service Tax Registration using
LegalRaasta?

• We at LegalRaasta have helped over thousand
  companies in Service Tax registration. To get
  your service tax done from us, you can
• Go to our website www.legalraasta.com and select
  service tax registration.
• Fill our online questionnaire.
• Select a package. You can also opt for additional
  services like TDS return filing and sales tax
  registration and pay accordingly.
• We will take care of the rest.
• Hope this was helpful. If you have any queries
  contact us at (91) 875 000 8585.