INTRODUCTION Service tax is a tax on Services. Service tax is not a tax on profession / trade but it is a tax on the service provided in exercise of the profession / trade. It is leviable only if there is provision of service. SALE V/S SERVICE Service is different from sale. The fact that some goods have been used in the course of providing service’ doesn’t make that transaction a sale. The nature of the transaction depends on the intention of the parties. If the parties intended to enter into
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1.0 OVERVIEW OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY We have always had service industries‚ and indeed there are numerous biblical references to services as diverse as inn keeping‚ money lending and market trading. Over time‚ the service sector has grown in volume and in the importance attributed to it. According to Baker J.M et al‚ The Marketing Book 5th Ed‚ (2003)‚ early economists saw services as being totally unproductive‚ adding nothing of value to an economy. He quotes Adam Smith as having included
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Community service • Identify some of the challenges/ issues you experienced or witnessed during your placement. I encountered a few challenges in the initial stages of my placement. Firstly‚ I faced the challenge of finding a place/ institution suitable to my studies. Hence‚ I had to offer my service at the Hope Gardens. Here‚ I also experienced some challenges. I was allowed to offer my service only four (4) hours per day. While this may have been okay for some persons‚ I would
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achieve international growth be it service or manufacturing sector. There are many routes for expansion such as‚ Greenfield investment‚ Joint venture‚ Mergers and acquisitions‚ sales or marketing alliances (The Economist‚ 2007). There will be many obstacles to achieve this. Services are an important part of global economy and this is increasing. While most of the international business strategies and theories which are good for manufacturing sector could be used for service firms but there are critical
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Service Quality By definition‚ a service includes several distinct characteristics. A service is intangible and difficult to store. In a service‚ customers are extensively present as participants in the process. The inseparability of a service is due to the fact that it is simultaneously produced by the provider and consumed by the customer. This is because services are heterogeneous and known to vary from service – provider to service – provider‚ from customer to customer‚ and from day to day
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IMSM-R Department of Economics Balasubrahmanyam Annam Narasimha rao Yallapragada Understanding Customer Attitudes towards TECHNOLOGY-BASED SELF-SERVICE A case study on ATMs Masters Thesis Masters in Service Management Research Date/Term: Supervisor: 2006/ Spring Lars Haglund‚ Pro-Vice Chancellor Karlstads universitet 651 88 Karlstad Tfn 054-700 10 00 Fax 054-700 14 60 Information@kau.se www.kau.se ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Over the past years we’ve been inspired and encouraged
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Keywords: Service brands Service quality Global branding International business Starbucks Coffee The astounding growth and expansion of Starbucks is outlined‚ both on a global scale and within Australia. The focus then shifts to the abrupt closure of three-quarters of the Australian stores in mid 2008. Several reasons for these closures are described and examined‚ including that: Starbucks overestimated their points of differentiation and the perceived value of their supplementary services; their
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Operations Management History The Role of Services in an economy Operations Management: Set of activities that create value in the form of goods and services‚ Timeline of OM: Crafts Manufacturing Industrial Revolution (1770 England): • Invention of steam engines‚ replaced human power • Started with textile industry • Increased use of refined coal Division of Labor (1776‚ Adam Smith) Standardized parts (1800‚ Eli Whitney)‚ interchangable parts Steam Ships (1807) Telegrapgh (1844
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SERVICE MARKETING MIX MEANING A selection of services developed to offer customers a choice within a particular range. The elements of a services marketing mix are sometimes called the seven Ps: the four Ps of the marketing mix‚ plus three Ps of services: participants‚ physical evidence‚ and process (of service assembly). [pic] Service Marketing A Service is an economic activity‚ that is intangible or not be touched
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Introduction The service concept is critical and central in managing service operations. It has become increasing important in defining what the corporations are selling and the customer buying or using. It can be used to design and improve the services. “The service concept is something that is more emotional than a business model‚ deeper than a brand‚ more complex than a good idea and customers and creates a business advantage.” (Johnston.R and Clark.G‚ 2008) The selected service organisation is
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