https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4043 Software licenses are treated as intangible goods in Schedule C and attract VAT at 5% under the HVAT Act with an additional 5% surcharge; interstate supplies are governed by Central Sales Tax, whose rates are linked to VAT rates. The discussion also queries whether purchases of third party software billed across state lines may attract service tax as well as CST/VAT, highlighting potential overlap between goods and service tax characterisation for software transactions. en-us Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:01:58 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4043 Software licenses are treated as intangible goods in Schedule C and attract VAT at 5% under the HVAT Act with an additional 5% surcharge; interstate supplies are governed by Central Sales Tax, whose rates are linked to VAT rates. The discussion also queries whether purchases of third party software billed across state lines may attract service tax as well as CST/VAT, highlighting potential overlap between goods and service tax characterisation for software transactions. Discussion-Forum VAT / Sales Tax Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:01:58 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=4043