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2015 (7) TMI 968 - AT - Service TaxPenalty u/s 76, 77 & 78 - non-payment of service tax due to financial hardship - Appellant is not contesting the Service Tax liability alongwith interest but are claiming waiver of penalty under Section 80 of Finance Act, 1994 - Cleaning services - Held that:- The amount of Service Tax required to be paid for this period was more than ₹ 1 Crore. There is weight in the argument of the Appellant that due to payment of earlier dues, there was a financial difficulty in making the payment when the amounts received from the client for the year 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 were used for making the payments for the earlier Service Tax dues. The learned Chartered Accountant also brought to the notice of the Bench certain letters issued by the tax recovery officers of the Income Tax Department written directly to the clients of the Appellant that amounts due to M/s Aqua Master Clean should be directly paid to the Income Tax Department. Though these letters were issued after the period involved in these demands, but it gives an indication that there was a financial hardship on the part of the Appellant for not discharging the duty liability for the year 2010-2011 to 2011-2012 in time. Accordingly, it is held that there was a reasonable cause and the case of the Appellant is covered by the provisions of Section 80 of Finance Act, 1994 - Decided in favour of assessee.
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