Eligibility of cenvat credit on outward freight

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..... Cenvat credit of service tax on out word freight eligble or not - Reply By Pradeep Khatri - The Reply = The Larger Bench ( LB ) in the case of India Cements Limited and Others has held that services availed by a manufacturer for outward transportation' of final products from the place of removal should be treated as an Input Service in terms of Rule 2(l)(ii) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 200 .....

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..... 4 ( Rules ). In the judgment, the LB has discussed at length the wide import of the words activities relating to business and such as . The LB also held that the definition of Input Service has to be interpreted in the light of the requirements of business and cannot be read restrictively so as to confine only up to the factory or up to the depot of the manufacturers. - Reply By Pradeep Khatr .....

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..... i - The Reply = Further,it is pertinent to note that the ‘means’ part of the definition of ‘input service’ was amended from April 1, 2008 to substitute the words ‘from the place of removal’ by the words ‘up to the place of removal’. The LB decision seems to suggest that the credit of outward transportation also qualifies under ‘activities relating to business such as’ [the ‘includes’ part]. Thi .....

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..... s creates a possibility of claiming credits on outward transportation for periods on or after April 1, 2008 under the ‘includes’ part. - Eligibility of cenvat credit on outward freight - Query Started By: - hitendra dave Dated:- 4-6-2009 Service Tax - Got 2 Replies - Service Tax - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanag .....

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