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- Service tax return is to be filed twice a year i.e on or before 25th Oct for the first half and on or before 25thApril for the second half.
- Service tax return is filed online by downloading an Excel Form from http://acesdownload.nic.in/ . Here one has to download the service tax return form under excel utilities.
- Unzip the file, open the excel sheet and enable macros.
- Sheet one would contain the basic instructions required to work on MS Excel.
- The second sheet is the ‘return’ sheet in which one would have to fill in their basic details such as Service Tax Registration Number, period of filing, type of assessee etc.
- One would have to clearly
mention whether he is an individual, HUF, Private Company etc under the
“Constitutions of Assessee” column as the excel sheet changes according to
the type of assessee. For individuals quarter details added or for others
monthly details added. Then you need to select the services you are
providing, you can check the codes of the same from the service tax
registration certificate given to you.
