Technical inspection and testing under the Indian Explosives Act, 1884 is a statutory obligation, therefore the same is not liable to tax under Technical Testing and Certification Service. Therefore, the appellants are liable to pay service tax as prayed by the learned counsel.
EPC Contracts refers to an Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract. In an EPC Contract, the EPC contractor undertakes total responsibilities for the project upto the commissioning stage for a pre-agreed consideration.
The Rules would have applicability in the following instances. Person who deals in cross border services. Person who have operations with suppliers or customers in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Service provider operating within India from multiple location , without having centralized registration , will find them useful in determining the precise taxable jurisdiction applicable to their operations. Determines weather services are wholly consumed in SEZ to avail the outright exemption.
