TIOL-DDT 562 · Thursday, 1 March 2007 · story 5 of 6

Will Service Tax department pay Service Tax for its offices?

Many of the Service Tax offices in the country are located in rented premises. Now renting of immovable property is liable to Service Tax. Will these Service Tax offices pay Service Tax to their landlords and collect Service Tax from them? There is no tax on property rented to or by religious bodies. should there be some such exclusion for and by Government?