Law Firms are required to pay service tax on legal services with effect from 1st September 2009 with the Government notifying vide Service Tax Notification No. 26/2009 dated 19th August 2009; the 1st day of September, 2009, as the date on which the provisions of the Finance Act, 2009 (33 of 2009), shall come into force. http://www.allindiantaxes.com/display_news.php?id=9