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2022 (12) TMI 660 - CESTAT NEW DELHIPlace of supply - intermediary service - Refund of Cenvat Credit - export of services - Rejection of refund claim on the ground that appellant had acted as an ‘intermediary’ between the service provider and the service recipient - rule 9 of the Place of Provision of Services Rule 2012 - HELD THAT:- The Commissioner (Appeals) observed that since the appellant had arranged for a provision of service between Blackberry Singapore and its customers without making any alteration it would be acting as an intermediary under rule 9(c) of the 2012 Rules and, therefore, the place of provision of service shall be the location of the service provider i.e. in India. According to the appellant, the place of provision of services shall be the location of the recipient of the service as provided under rule 3 of the 2012 Rules In the present case, what transpires from the Agreement is that the appellant, which is a service provider in India, performs various promotion and marketing services more particularly set out in Schedule A of the Agreement or as requested by Blackberry Singapore from time to time. The terms of the Agreement also per se do not create any relationship of principal and agent or employer and employee. An agent is a person employed to do any act for another or to represent another in dealing with third persons. The persons for whom such act is done, or who is so represented, is the principal. A broker is a middleman or an agent who, for a commission on the value of the transaction, negotiates for others the purchase or sale of stocks, bonds, commodities, or a property. These two situations do not arise in the present case. An intermediary is a person who arranges or facilitates provision of the main service between two or more persons. The appellant is not involved in the arrangement or facilitation of the supply of service. The service provided by the appellant qualify for export since it is providing services to Blackberry Singapore, which is outside India and is receiving convertible foreign exchange for such services. The refund claimed by the appellant under rule 5 of the Credit Rules could not have been rejected by the Commissioner (Appeals). Decided in favor of assessee.
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