https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=5361 The query concerns whether private tour operators selling Hajj packages must pay service tax despite an exemption notification, in light of a registration condition requiring prior payment and a subsequent notification treating packaged tours as taxable at a fraction of gross turnover. The reply advised that PTOs are not in the negative list and thus service tax applies like other packaged tours, and that past liabilities may be regularised under the Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013 without interest or penalty. en-us Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:25:52 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:57:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=5361 The query concerns whether private tour operators selling Hajj packages must pay service tax despite an exemption notification, in light of a registration condition requiring prior payment and a subsequent notification treating packaged tours as taxable at a fraction of gross turnover. The reply advised that PTOs are not in the negative list and thus service tax applies like other packaged tours, and that past liabilities may be regularised under the Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013 without interest or penalty. Discussion-Forum Service Tax Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:25:52 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=5361