Subject: Amazing - SERVICE TAX
To:
SERVICE TAX - VERY INFORMATIVE
------------------------------
*Damned good. And we have been blindly paying up. No end to skulduggery. *
*Am not too sure, but thought i'd share this......*
SERVICE TAX - VERY INFORMATIVE
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 with *
*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. *
*_______________________*
*We cannot go to any government official and ask them to get this
right - because of our system. *
* *
*Please remember - we cannot change any political leader - but we
can change ourselves. If we change ourselves - things will change. *
* *
*Please do share this with every one of your friends and
known people. *
* *
*Ask for the right tax calculation and pay only the tax which is
supposed to be paid. Verify every bills and receipts that you
make payment
on. *
***
--
R Shanbhag “Raj”
Abu Dhabi, UAE
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"BETTER PERSONALITY GROUP" group.
To post to this group, send email to better_personality@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
better_personality+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/better_personality?hl=en.
