https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=302 Service tax applicability on PF/ESI consultation is limited: office-based preparation and maintenance of PF and ESI records has been treated as not leviable under prevailing service tax guidance. Deployment of the consultant's skilled staff and equipment at client premises to perform records maintenance and statutory compliance likewise lacked a specific charging provision or residual head in the service tax law, and was therefore regarded as not liable to service tax as of the date of the reply. en-us Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:05:17 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=302 Service tax applicability on PF/ESI consultation is limited: office-based preparation and maintenance of PF and ESI records has been treated as not leviable under prevailing service tax guidance. Deployment of the consultant's skilled staff and equipment at client premises to perform records maintenance and statutory compliance likewise lacked a specific charging provision or residual head in the service tax law, and was therefore regarded as not liable to service tax as of the date of the reply. Discussion-Forum Service Tax Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:05:17 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=302