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2023 (1) TMI 1104
Classification of Services - Site Formation and Clearance, Excavation and Earthmoving and Demolition Service - activity “Dismantle” is different from the activity “demolition” or not - HELD THAT:- The appellant had merely carried out dismantling activity. This activity, in no way, can be considered as a taxable service under the category of “site formation and clearance, excavation and earthmoving and demolition service” inasmuch as the work assigned under the work order for do not attract any of the clauses itemized in the definition provided under Section 65(97a) ibid. Thus, the activities undertaken by the appellant will not fall under the taxing net for levy of service tax under the disputed taxable service. There is merit in the finding of the Ld. Commissioner. Therefore, the work undertaken by the....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 1049
Constitutional Validity - Chargeability of service tax on sale and supply of electricity - Section 66D(k) of the Finance Act, 1994 and the impugned Notification No. 32/201 0-Service Tax, dated 22-6-2010 - petitioner’s challenge to Section 66Dk of the Act is premised on the basis that placing the service relating to transmission or distribution of electricity by electricity transmission or distribution utility would mean that consumption of electricity is chargeable to service tax - HELD THAT:- It is relevant to note that by virtue of the said notification, the Government of India has “exempted taxable services provided to any person by a distribution licensee, a distribution franchisee or any other person by whatever mean called as authorized to distribute the power under the Electricity Act, 2003, from the scope of Section 66....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 1048
Demand made by issuance of Form SVLDRS-3 - demand on the ground that the tax dues comprise of only duty amount and, therefore, only deposit of any stage is allowed under Section 124 (2) of the Finance Act, 2019 pertaining to the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 - HELD THAT:- It is not in dispute that the Petitioner has, prior to the issuance of the show cause notice, paid an amount of Rs.1,49,35,618/- electronically out of which a sum of Rs.1,09,06,948/- was deposited under the Accounting Code 00441480 as tax receipts and Rs.40,28,670/- was deposited under Accounting Code 00441481 towards interest under other receipts. That, during the pendency of the show cause notice, Petitioner had also requested for change of Accounting Code in respect of the interest amount to the Accounting Code relevant to tax receipts which r....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 1047
Levy of service tax - Tour Operator Service - case of Revenue is that appellant recovered the actual ticket fares from the customers but paid only the agreed price to the Airlines, which was much less than the ticket cost - Whether the activity undertaken by the appellant would get covered under taxable service provided under tour operator service? - extended period of limitation - HELD THAT:- As per the agreement the appellant conducting tours, offering specially designed package tour to their customers and are operating as “Tour Operator” and are booking tickets as per the agreement. Whereas they are paying service tax under the category of “Air Travels Agent Service” however appellant are liable for payment of Service tax on the total value of ticket which includes the cost of package tour provided by Appellant ....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 995
Business Support services - Branch Network Fee - whether the ‘Branch Network Fee’ received by the appellant under the agreements is taxable under ‘Business Support Service’? - time limitation - it was held by Tribunal that the proceedings are barred by limitation of time and hence, the appeal should succeed on the ground of limitation as well. HELD THAT:- There are no reason to interfere in this Civil Appeal. The Civil Appeal is dismissed accordingly.
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2023 (1) TMI 994
Levy of Service Tax - activity of renting/leasing - HELD THAT:- Having gone through the relevant provisions of the Finance Act, 1994 with respect to the Service Tax and Section 65 (105) (zzzz) and Section 66D and taking into consideration the decision of this Court in the case of KRISHI UPAJ MANDI SAMITI, NEW MANDI YARD, ALWAR VERSUS COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX, ALWAR [2022 (2) TMI 1113 - SUPREME COURT], the Tribunal has rightly held that the appellant-Marketing Committee is liable to pay the service tax on activity of renting/leasing, which was carried out at the relevant time. No interference of this Court is called for - Appeal dismissed.
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2023 (1) TMI 993
Sabka Vikas Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2019 - availability of rebate in arrears of tax - HELD THAT:- There is no challenge to the constitutionality of this Scheme. Reliance is placed by counsel for the Revenue on a decision of Apex court in the case of M/S. YASHI CONSTRUCTIONS VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. [2022 (3) TMI 110 - SC ORDER] where it was held that The High Court has rightly refused to grant relief to the petitioner for extension of the period to make the deposit under the Scheme. It is a settled proposition of law that a person, who wants to avail the benefit of a particular Scheme has to abide by the terms and conditions of the Scheme scrupulously. This Court sees no reason to take a different view than the one taken by Apex Court - Petition dismissed.
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2023 (1) TMI 992
Adjustment of excess service tax paid - ‘succeeding month or quarter’ used in Rule 6(4A) of Service Tax Rules, 1994 - whether the said term means immediate succeeding month/quarter or it can be anytime even after couple of years? - whether the assessee can claim any adjustment without complying with the conditions contained in Rule 6(4B) ibid? - HELD THAT:- A perusal of the aforesaid Rule 6(4A) would make it clear that the word used is succeeding month or quarter as the case may be. Succeeding month denotes the month, which succeeds the current month, i.e., the next month and dictionary meaning of succeeding means immediately following. The aforesaid clause (4A) do not uses the word ‘any’ before the words ‘succeeding month or quarter’ as the case may be. Rule 6(4B) provides that the adjustment shall be ....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 991
Denial of benefit of Notification No. 12/03-ST dated 20.06.2003 - composite contract service - Inclusion of cost of material and service provider or not - HELD THAT:- Since the appellant have declared a material cost and the same was accepted by the service recipient, no doubt can be raised that the material cost declared in the invoice is incorrect unless it is proved contrary by the department. It is also not in dispute that the appellant have provided the composite contract to the service recipient which includes service and material. Therefore, the appellant is entitled for Notification No. 12/03-ST. The appellant have also argued that since they have provided the composite contract i.e. with material and they have discharged the VAT, their service is classifiable under works contract service. Thus, it can be seen that as against the ....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 990
Levy of Service tax - Commercial Training or Coaching service - imparting educational programmes in the areas of finance, banking, insurance, accounting, law, management, information technology, arts, commerce, education, science and technology, at bachelor's and master's level on full time campus and distance learning modes - HELD THAT:- The issue in hand has already been considered by this Tribunal at various benches namely, Hyderabad, Delhi and Ahmadabad. Reliance placed in the order of this Tribunal of Ahmadabad Bench in the appellant’s own branch of Vadodara, ICFAI BRANCH VADODARA VERSUS CCE & ST-VADODARA-I [2018 (8) TMI 556 - CESTAT AHMEDABAD] where it was held that There can not be any doubt as to the fact that the students successfully completing the educational programmes of the appellants are being selected for....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 989
Maintainability of appeal - non-compliance with Section 35F - Short payment of service tax - works contract service - HELD THAT:- There is controversy with regard to service of the show cause notice on the appellant-assessee. Further, as the Commissioner (Appeals) have dismissed the appeal for want of compliance of Section 35F, this ground could not be decided. Accordingly, this appeal is allowed by way of remand. The matter is remanded to the file of the Original Adjudicating Authority to pass a reasoned order, in accordance with law, after hearing the appellant-assessee. Appeal allowed by way of remand.
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2023 (1) TMI 942
Legislative disbarment of levy of tax on goods transport agency service - clearing and forwarding agency service - inclusion of the value thereof in support service of business and commerce - Amalgamation of two services - it was held that The two services are rendered independently even if the transactions of the appellant are with the same recipient and, therefore, is not ‘clearing and forwarding agency’ service. The treatment of ‘goods transport agency’ provided after 1st July 2012 continues to remain unchanged and the substitution of ‘support service of business and commerce’ or of ‘clearing and forwarding agent’ service with the omnibus ‘service’ has not altered the delineation to offer any support to the finding in the two impugned orders. HELD THAT:- Issue notice, returnable in four weeks.
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2023 (1) TMI 941
Exemption from service tax - works contract service - applicability of Clause-14 (a) of Mega Exemption Notification No.25/2012 dated 20.06.2012 issued by the Government of India - HELD THAT:- As per Clause-14.3 of the Circular under No.1053/02/2017-CX dated 10.03.2017, at least three opportunities of personal hearing should be granted by the authorities before the final adjudication of a matter. In the present case, only two opportunities were given o n 16.09.2022 and 29.09.2022. Even after communication of the order dated 21.09.2022 via email on 18.10.2022, the respondent No.3 did not provide the third opportunity to the petitioner in an illegal, arbitrary and high handed manner - the impugned order dated 16.11.2022 passed by the respondent No.3, apart from being illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction, is apparently perverse and fra....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 940
Rejection of Application for condoning the delay in filing an appeal - sale of space or time for advertisement - HELD THAT:- The Petitioner stated that discussions & deliberation were made in the Cabinet on the representations of the Railways for exemption from service tax liability and as result of the same, an amendment has been introduced in the Act of 1994 by incorporating section 99 in the Finance Bill-2013. This information was circulated to all the Zonal General Managers of the Indian Railway by the Ministry of Railway through Railway Board by Circular dated 5 March 2013. The Petitioner has stated that thereafter, the Respondents also did not pursue the demand raised by them under the show cause notice presuming that exemption is granted to the Railways for the period in question. When the Petitioner received the demand, the Pe....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 939
Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme - declaration of the petitioners rejected by not issuing Discharge Certificate by the Designated Committee under SVLDRS - rejection on the ground that the petitioners did not make payment within the stipulated time as per Rule 7 of the Rules - HELD THAT:- On perusal of the bank statement furnished by the petitioners, it clearly shows that amount of 1,51,15,378/- was debited from the account of the petitioners on 30.06.2020. Therefore, for all intent and purpose once bank account of the petitioners is debited, it amounts to making payment by the petitioners. Even the payment uploaded status provided by the ICICI bank of the petitioners shows that payment was uploaded by the bank on 30.06.2020 at 18:28 hours and 20:23 hours and file status also shows that the same was processed. Therefore, it....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 938
Levy of service tax - Business Support Service or not - Cirket Player - service tax levied under this head on the ground that Appellant wear the team clothing which bears the brands/ marks of various sponsors and they are also required to participate in promotional /public events of the franchisee thus they are providing Business Support Service - existence of employer - employee relationship or not - HELD THAT:- Though in the impugned order the appellants were made liable to pay service tax under the business support service but as, no specific entry as mention in the definition of “Business Support service” has been shown to be applicable to levy service tax. It is not appearing from the finding of the impugned order as how the activity of appellant covered under the above category of services. The apparel that they had to w....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 937
Non-payment of service tax - advances received from clients in relation to the services to be provided - irregular availment of CENVAT credit of in respect of capital goods and utilization thereof - extended period of limitation. Whether the amount of Rs. 6,72,23,160/- received by the appellant from M/s. Indus Towers Ltd. should be treated as an advance, on which service tax is to be levied as contented by the department, or it should be treated as a security deposit which is not susceptible to levy of service tax, as contented by the appellant? - HELD THAT:- Paragraph 6.7 of the Agreement provides that the appellant shall, at its own cost, install, operate and maintain the Hybrid Solar Solution for a period of 10 years for which M/s Indus Tower Ltd. shall 5. Service Tax Appeal No. 52426 of 2019 decided on 22.10.2021 pay an advance in res....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 936
Levy of Service Tax - Business Auxiliary Service - providing service to M/s Vodaphone Essar Digilink Ltd. as their franchisee for sale/distribution and marketing of the SIM cards and recharge coupons - demand of service tax alongwith the penalties - Extended period of limitation. Whether extended period of limitation has been correctly invoked in the show cause when on an identical issue a show cause notice was earlier issued to the appellant by the Department? - HELD THAT:- As per Section 73 of the Finance Act, 1994 demand invoking the extended period of limitation can be issued where service tax was not paid by reason of (a) fraud or (b) collusion (c) wilful mis-statement (d) suppression of facts or (e) violation of act or rules with an intent to evade payment of duty. It is a well settled legal principle that “suppression” ....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 935
Short payment/nonpayment of service tax under RCM - Tour Operator Services - Event Management Service - Business Auxiliary Service - Business Support Services - extended period of limitation - revenue neutrality - Imposition of penalty under Section 78 and 78 A on the Director - HELD THAT:- The appellant is entitled to and have rightly taken cenvat credit on the invoices addressed to the Bangalore office, and the invoices in the name of the Director, due to business exigency. Further, admittedly the appellant have received services in question and the payments have been made for such services by the appellant/assessee only. Further, the service is qualified as input service. Accordingly, the cenvat credit of Rs.3,01,045/- is allowed. Disallowance alleging short payment of service tax - short payment is due to non-recognition by Revenue of....... + More
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2023 (1) TMI 934
Levy of service tax - business of extraction and selling of coal from open cast mines - declared service or not - amount received by the appellant towards penalty, earnest money deposit forfeiture and liquidated damages - whether this would amount to consideration “for tolerating an act” on the part of the buyers of coal/contractors, for which service tax would be levied under section 66 E(e) of the Finance Act? - period of dispute in the present appeal is from July 2012 to March 2016. HELD THAT:- Section 65B (44) defines ‘service’to mean any activity carried out by a person for another person for consideration, and includes a declared service. Under section 66E (e), a declared service shall constitute agreeing to the obligation to refrain from an act, or to tolerate an act or situation, or to do an act. Section 66....... + More
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