Applicability of excise and service tax on job work

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..... Applicability of excise and service tax on job work
Query (Issue) Started By: - kailash chandra Dated:- 3-9-2008 Last Reply Date:- 22-9-2008 Central Excise
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Central Excise
A manufacturing company, registered with excise doing jobwork with the help of CNC wire cut machine. The jobwork done is to cut the metal peice(send by customer on challan) as per design given by the cu .....

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..... stomer. The part ultimately find place in the die assembled by the customer. The customer is also registered with excise but the product on which the jobwork done is not sold as the same is capital expenditure for him of in few cases it is repair of die. Please advice about the applicability of excise and service tax on job work done. Thanks kailash Reply By V Ramanujam: The Reply: The jobwork do .....

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..... ne which does not amount to manufacture is liable for service tax under Business auxiliary service. In your case, it is felt that the component of jobwork does not suffer excise as it is not manufacture per se, the same would be liable for service tax. Reply By Surender Gupta: The Reply: I agree with the view of Sh. V Ramanujam. You have to ensure the nature of activity undertaken by you is manufa .....

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..... cturing activity or not. Further if the main manufacture is paying appropriate duties of excise, you again claim exemption from service tax. Reply By K.VENKATESH: The Reply: You will have to argue that both Excise duty and Service tax is not applicable. Further your stand should be that this activity is manufacturing since the Manufacturing company registered with excise does not have the machine .....

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..... they are outsourcing this to you, hence this is manufacturing activity. Whether they are selling it as it is or repairing it or using it inhouse is not relevant since the part assists the company to produce the finished goods and the finished goods ultimately suffer excise duty. The cost of the jobwork and the part will be included in the manufacturing cost. Service tax is not applicable on manufa .....

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