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2018 (2) TMI 478 - AT - Central ExciseValuation - paper board - related party transaction - Department took the view that when Wimco Ltd. became a subsidiary of assessee, it no longer cannot be said as retaining its independence; that assessee has become holding company of Wimco Ltd. and they are "related persons" within the meaning of Section 4 (1) (b) of Central Excise Act, 1944 read with Section Central Excise Valuation Rules, 2000 w.e.f. 1.7.2005. Held that: - Discernably, as per Section 4 (1) (a) of the Central Excise Act, the transaction value would be the price adopted for assessment subject to the condition inter alia that assessee and the buyer are not related and the price is sole consideration for the sale. The term related person is defined in Section 4 (3) (b) according to which, the person should be deemed to be related if, inter alia, they are interconnected undertaking within the meaning of Section 2(g) of the M.R.T.P, 1969 - There is no dispute that assessee and Wimco are interconnected undertakings and hence are related for the purpose of Section 4 of the Act. No allegation has been made by the department that there has been any flow back from Wimco to the assessee towards the allegedly lower pricing adopted by the assessee. We do not find any attempt by the adjudicating authority to prove with irresistible evidence that the relationship between assessee and Wimco has in fact influenced the price of the goods sold to Wimco or otherwise. As already discussed above, the sole attempt made by the de novo adjudicating authority was only to compare 2% of the transactions during the period which has also been done in a very flawed manner. The conclusions reached on such threadbare sampling by the Commissioner cannot be sustained. Appeal dismissed - decided against Revenue.
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