![Senior Advocates will pay service tax after all, but on reverse charge](http://media.assettype.com/barandbench%2Fimport%2F2015%2F07%2FScreenshot_2015-07-24-12-39-23-e1507888487960.png?w=480&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
Imposing service tax on senior counsel, proposed in this year’s budget, is here to stay albeit in a modified form. What has been changed is the fact that this tax will be applicable on a reverse charge basis, as opposed to a forward charge as initially proposed.