Service Tax on Consulting Engineers - regarding.

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....s amended), which defines Consulting Engineer as "any professionally qualified engineer or an engineering firm, who, either directly or indirectly, renders, any advice, consultancy or technical assistance in any manner to a client in one or more disciplines of engineering." The types of services a consulting engineer normally renders are illustrated in Board's letter F.No.43/5/97-TRU dated 2.7.97,....

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.... question of charging any service tax on this amount. 3. This issue has been examined in the Board. For any civil construction work to commence, a lot of preparatory work is required, e.g. soil testing, survey, planning, designing, drawing, etc. Once the design and drawings are completed by the construction company, it always seeks the approval of the client before proceeding with the cons....