Extended period not invocable if no malafide act to evade service tax

Agriculture Produce Market Committee Vs C.CGST & CEx- Gandhinagar (CESTAT Ahmedabad) The issue involved in the present case is that whether the appellant, Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC for short) is liable to pay service tax on the rent recovered towards renting of shops, godown, office etc. to the commission agents/ traders under the head of Renting of Immovable Property Service. Proviso to Section 73(1) can be invoked only, where the Service Tax has not been paid or levied or short-paid or short levied, by reason of fraud; or collusion; or wilful misstatement; or suppression...