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2015 (4) TMI 1031 - AT - Central ExciseDuty demand - Valuation - appellant were issuing debit notes to their distributors/consignment agents for the said 2% margin of replacement - Revenue contented that since 2% margin was not claimed by the appellant in price declaration and since the debit note was raised towards the said margin the deduction is not admissible - Held that:- Appellant in the marketing policy explicitly declared to their wholesale buyer in all over India regarding the margin of 2% towards damage and replacement. It is also found that this 2% margin was allowed to each and every wholesale buyer. Therefore contention of the Revenue that this margin is not uniform is apparently not correct. As regard the variation of the price from one state to another state, we find that the retail sale price remain same in all over India, however the wholesale price/assessable value varied from one state to another state only for the reason that in different state Sales Tax and Octroi rates are different. Therefore the rate of margin indeed the same and uniform, the variation is only on account of Sales Tax/Octroi. As regard the debit notes, we find that this practice is not followed in each and every case as against the total sales. Only few debit notes were issued for an amount of ₹ 2,41,337/- therefore in our view merely because the debit note of ₹ 1,46,706/- was issued, entire sale cannot be weighed in the same manner. 2% margin which is margin of wholesale buyer towards sale of their goods to the retailer cannot from the part of whole sale price and accordingly the same cannot be included in the assessable value. Even in terms of Rule 6(a) of erstwhile Central Excise Valuation Rules, 1975 if the goods are sold in retail and wholesale price is not known reasonable margin has to be deducted to arrive at the wholesale price for charging of excise duty. In the present case the wholesale price is clearly known i.e. the price after deduction of Sales Tax, Octroi, 7.5% margin, 2% margin and excise duty from the retail sale price, therefore the wholesale price clearly known. Hence, excise duty is chargeable on the wholesale price and not on retail price. - Partial amount is recoverable - Decided partly in favour of assessee.
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