Services Provided by World Economic Forum - Annual Membership Fee - Paid by our Company as a Corporate Member - Whether Exempted under Service Tax Notification.

[PRASANTA KHATAI]

Dear Sir,

 

We just spoke,

Whether Service Tax in India is payble :

Services Provided by World Economic Forum (WEF),a non-profit & independent international organisation to an Indian Company - Annual Membership Fee - Paid by our Company as a Corporate Member - Whether Exempted under Service Tax Notification or taxable under reverse charge mechanism.

Thanking You,

Prasanta Kumar Khatai
Cell No : 9818830315

 

[DR.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN]

Kindly clarify whether the World Economic Forum is an international organization?

AI Summary

Service tax treatment of membership fees: exemption claim vs reverse charge depends on international organisation status. Whether annual membership fees paid by an Indian corporate member to the World Economic Forum are exempt under the service tax notification as services by an international organisation or instead taxable under the reverse charge mechanism; the advisory record requests clarification of WEF's status as an international organisation because that status determines entitlement to notification based exemption.