https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=1759 Activities carried out by sovereign or public authorities pursuant to statutory duties-inspections, verifications, certifications and issuance of statutory certificates-are statutory obligations with fees that are compulsory levies deposited into the treasury; such activities are not the provision of taxable service and are not liable to service tax. By contrast, non statutory services provided for non statutory consideration may attract service tax if they fall within the taxable service ambit. en-us Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=1759 Activities carried out by sovereign or public authorities pursuant to statutory duties-inspections, verifications, certifications and issuance of statutory certificates-are statutory obligations with fees that are compulsory levies deposited into the treasury; such activities are not the provision of taxable service and are not liable to service tax. By contrast, non statutory services provided for non statutory consideration may attract service tax if they fall within the taxable service ambit. Circulars Service Tax Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=1759