https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=1879 The operative mechanism is the electronic filing and acknowledgement process: once an ST-3 return is filed online and an acknowledgement is generated, the online submission constitutes the operative submission under the service tax procedural framework and no rule requires physical deposit of the printed return; practitioners may nevertheless choose to submit the acknowledgement to the department as a precaution. en-us Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:25:03 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=1879 The operative mechanism is the electronic filing and acknowledgement process: once an ST-3 return is filed online and an acknowledgement is generated, the online submission constitutes the operative submission under the service tax procedural framework and no rule requires physical deposit of the printed return; practitioners may nevertheless choose to submit the acknowledgement to the department as a precaution. Discussion-Forum Service Tax Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:25:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=1879