B2B Service Tax exempt invoices

The following requirements exist for Service Tax invoices:

  • Service Tax is only chargeable to the end recipient of the service.
  • Middle parties registered under the same category of services are exempt from paying Service Tax.
  • Service invoices to middle parties must show the exempted tax amount.

The following steps are required to meet these requirements

  1. Create an exempt service tax code to apply 0% Service Tax to middle party transactions.
    • This enables you to have an internal tax report by tax code, listing transactions showing the total taxable amount.
    • You can use the total taxable amount to compute and cross-check the 6% exempted Service Tax.
  2. You must compute the 6% Service Tax manually, and enter it into a field in the invoice. This can be the item description, remark, or user-defined field. If necessary, edit the invoice template to create the required field.

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