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....utting and carrying of firewood<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - ramkishore gupta Dated:- 5-1-2017 Last Reply Date:- 6-1-2017 Service Tax<br>Got 4 Replies<br>Service Tax<br>Respected Sir Please let me know contract work done and amount received for cutting and carrying of firewood at tea bagan which is to be distributed among the workers of bagan free of cost as firewood is taxable under service t....
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....ax or exempted??? Reply By Rajagopalan Ranganathan: The Reply: Sir, Section 66 D (d) (iii) of Finance Act, 1994 which enumerates negative list states that " processes carried out at an agricultural farm including tending, pruning, cutting, harvesting, drying, cleaning, trimming, sun drying, fumigating, curing, sorting, grading, cooling or bulk packaging and such like operations which do no....
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....t alter the essential characteristics of agricultural produce but make it only marketable for the primary market. Therefore in my opinion cutting and carrying of firewood at tea bagan will fall under negative list and no service tax is payable by you on such activity. Reply By Ganeshan Kalyani: The Reply: I agree with the views of Sri Rajagopalan Sir. Additionally i would like to mention that t....
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....here is no consideration component and hence the same also forms one criteria for non applicability of service tax. Thanks. Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN: The Reply: I endorse the views of experts. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Yes. I also go along with all the experts. If all experts share their knowledge on this forum, the querists get fool-proof reply.<br> Discussion Forum - Knowledg....
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