Cash-basis service tax: optional payment on receipt for small providers and payment-trigger rules under reverse charge.
Individuals and partnership firms below a prescribed turnover threshold in the previous financial year may opt to pay service tax on taxable services in the current year on a cash-receipt basis for supplies up to that threshold, with tax due in the month or quarter in which payment is received. Under the reverse charge mechanism, the service recipient may also discharge tax on a payment-received basis, but if payment is not made within a specified period after the invoice date the point of taxation shifts to the date immediately following that period.