TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Service tax issues relating to authorized motor vehicle dealers and service stations -reg.
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....inistry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise and Customs *** To Chief Commissioners of Central Excise (All) Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise (All) Commissioners of Central Excise (All) Commissioners of Service Tax (All) Director General (Service Tax), Mumbai Sir/Madam, Subject: Service tax issues relating to authorized motor vehic....
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....ompanies (NBFC), for introducing the customers seeking finances / loans to such banks / NBFCs is to be subjected to service tax. Further, in case part of these incentives are passed on by the dealers to the customers, whether tax would be leviable only on that part of incentive, which is retained by the dealers or whether it would be on full amount. (e) Whether service tax is chargeable on....
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....s of providing service and are not available for sale. 3. As regards 'free servicing' (where the customer does not pay any charges) of the motor vehicles, normally the service charges are reimbursement by the vehicle manufacturers, who promises such a facility to attract customer. As the law does not in any way restricts the levy of service tax only on the service charges received from the reci....
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....are part of their commission with their customers to attract them. However, this is an independent transaction between the automobile dealer and the purchaser of the vehicle, and does not involve the service rendered by the automobile dealer to the finance company. Therefore, the tax payable by the dealer would be on the gross amount received from the financial company and not on the balance amoun....