Do professional cosultants working in Indian advertising agency have to pay servise tax?

Question

please explain with acts

Answer 1

In brief, quite a good number of professional consultants are required to collect and deposit (pay) service tax. This excludes the professionals working as employees only. Also legal professionals like lawyers are exempt from collecting and depositing (paying) service tax.

If you are a concerned party in any way, consult a professional in this regard. Plain reading of Service Tax Act may also help you to some extent but interpretation and relevant case laws as applicable would need a professional to guide you suitably.