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2022 (11) TMI 598 - AT - Service TaxExemption from service tax - Valuation of goods - text books - no maximum retail price printed - whether the exemption Notification No. 12/2003-ST dated 20.06.2003 was available to the appellant for study materials which it had provided which, undisputedly, were not standard text books printed with maximum retail price but were material printed by the appellant and bound together through spiral binding? - CBEC circular dated 20.06.2003 - HELD THAT:- It is evident from the exemption notification that the exemption was available from so much of the value of all the taxable services as is equal to the value of goods and materials sold by the service provider to the recipient of service subject to the condition that there is documentary proof specifically indicating value of the said goods and materials. The exemption notification does not place any restriction on the type of goods or materials which are entitled to the exemption. As long as there is documentary proof, indicating the value of the goods and materials sold by the service provider to the service recipient, their value gets excluded from the taxable value and hence no service tax will be leviable on such goods. In respect of commercial coaching and training services, the materials in question will, obviously, be the study materials which the appellant has undisputedly provided. The documentary evidence of value of such materials is also not in dispute. The exemption notification is a delegated legislation made under the power of granting exemption available to the Central Government and not to anybody else, including the Central Board of Excise and Customs [CBEC]. Whenever any delegated legislation is framed, it is placed before both houses of the Parliament along with a note. Thereafter, the “Committee on subordinate legislation” of each house of the Parliament examines the notification so issued to ensure that it is consistent with the powers delegated by the law to the Government under the Act. The impugned order passed denying the benefit of exemption notification relying upon the CBEC Circular dated 20.06.2003 cannot be sustained as the CBEC has no power to modify the scope of the exemption notification No. 12/2003-ST dated 20.06.2003 issued by the Central Government - Appeal allowed.
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