TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Dear all members,
My question is as under:
If any hospital receive service charges from the patient in final bill. Then service charges will come under the purview of service tax or not?
Kindly reply.
Service Tax on Service Charges received by the hospital from the patient in final bill.
30 Jul 2018 
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Service Tax: hospital service charges' taxability depends on services billed and the hospital's billing procedure.
Service Tax applicability to a hospital's final-bill service charge depends on the legal characterisation of the services covered and the hospital's billing procedure. The document notes that services by a clinical establishment are exempt under the relevant notification, and that determining taxability requires identifying what services the charge represents and how the hospital allocates and describes the charge on the bill. (AI Summary)
Service Tax applicability to a hospital's final-bill service charge depends on the legal characterisation of the services covered and the hospital's billing procedure. The document notes that services by a clinical establishment are exempt under the relevant notification, and that determining taxability requires identifying what services the charge represents and how the hospital allocates and describes the charge on the bill. (AI Summary)