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2023 (7) TMI 1234 - HC - VAT and Sales TaxGoods - Levy of Service Tax or Sales tax - activity of developing and supply of customised software to its clients - Levy of penalty - wilful suppression of facts or not - HELD THAT:- Even a customised software will satisfy the definition of 'goods' for, it is evident that it has the attributes having regard to (a) its utility; (b) capable of being bought and sold; and (c) capable of being transmitted, transferred, delivered, stored and possessed. Once the said attributes are seen satisfied in the software in question, then whether the software is treated as customised or non-customised, it would nevertheless be categorised as 'goods' for the purposes of levy of tax - The said view of the Supreme Court has since been followed in later decisions including a recent decision of the Supreme Court in COMMISSIONER OF SERVICE TAX DELHI VERSUS QUICK HEAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED [2022 (8) TMI 283 - SUPREME COURT]. Merely because the software developed by the respondent/assessee in the instant case was customised for a particular user and was not sold to other users, the charges collected from the customer cannot escape the levy of sales tax under the KGST Act. This is more so because the mere fact that it was customised for a particular user did not lead to the software ceasing to be goods for the purposes of levy of sales tax. Issue in favour of the assessee and against the Revenue.
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