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TaxTMI 
Pls guide the amendment in service tax on legal services from 01.04.2016
Service tax on lawyers
17 Mar 2016 
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Reverse charge on legal services: senior advocates removed from RCM and now taxable under forward charge.
Legal consultancy supplied by advocates or firms to business entities was subject to the reverse charge mechanism (business entity pays); an amendment excludes senior advocates from reverse charge so that senior advocates are taxable on a forward charge basis while existing procedures for other advocate services remain unchanged. (AI Summary)
Legal consultancy supplied by advocates or firms to business entities was subject to the reverse charge mechanism (business entity pays); an amendment excludes senior advocates from reverse charge so that senior advocates are taxable on a forward charge basis while existing procedures for other advocate services remain unchanged. (AI Summary)