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SERVICE TAX
About Service Tax.....
how the restaurants loot your money ...
Be aware
Ramanathan Hariharan updated his status:
"Surprisingly after reading about the "Service Tax",
I strongly decided to share this information to everyone.
This happened at the restaurant. Let me explain.
We had been to several restaurants recently.
I observed that "service tax" has been mis-used and charged to
the customers like you and me.
Let me give an example.
Food and Beverage = Rs. 1000.00
Service Charges @ 10% = Rs. 100.00 (10% on the Food and beverage amount)
Service Tax @ 4.94% = Rs. 54.34 (4.94% on F&B + Service Charges)
VAT @14.5% = Rs. 145.00
Total = Rs. 1299.34
As per the definition -
"Service Tax can be charged only for the services provided to the customer".
Now, see what is happening here in the above said example.
Service Tax should be charged only on the Service Charges amount i.e Rs.100 and
not on the entire amount (1000+100).
In this example, the customer should be charged only Rs 4.94,
whereas he has been charged Rs. 49.00 extra.
Where does this money go?
Only the restaurant owner and the chartered accountants
who work for them know.
· So, I have started asking them the questions - and surprised
to see the reactions from the famous restaurants. Either they say:
Sir we cannot change the format of the bill - so , we will recalculate and
tell you the revised amount. You may pay only that.
· Sir, you do not need to pay the Service Tax amount itself.
I now have 3 to 4 restaurant bills, for which I have paid only the service tax -
on the service charges and not on the total amount.
Every bill must carry the TIN number and Service Tax Number,
if they charge it. So, I ask for the Service tax number if it is
not available in the receipt that they provide.
Be Aware and Pass this info.
Jago Grahak; Jago.
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