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Appellant is not simply a provider of output service but also a manufacturer of the excisable goods. The appellant contended that till 28-2-2008 for the manufacture of final products the service of Goods Transport Agency remained an output service and, therefore, Cenvat Credit was permissible to be utilized for payment of service tax upto 28-2-2008.
Explanation in Rule 6(1) does not make any provision as to which rate of tax will apply in situation like the one at hand (whether that on date of receipt of value or that on date of providing service). This explanation says that the service provider need to pay tax only on that portion of value for which service tax has been provided. In the instant case the Appellant paid tax on the full value received.
works contract means a contract wherein transfer of property in goods involved in the execution of such contract is leviable to tax as sale of goods and such contrat is for the purpose of carrying out construction, erection, commissioning, installation, completion, fitting out, improvement, repair, renovation, alteration of any building or structure on land or for carrying out any other similar activity or a part thereof in relation to any building or structure on land;
Finance Minister, since last two budgets, is planning to cover more and more TDS applicability, strict compliance of TDS provisions and heavy penal clauses for non-compliance under direct tax law. In fact, TDS is a far more easy and early collection of tax both for administration and compliance. However, every time an easy collection of tax mechanisms (like TDS) are introduced, it forces us to think if government fail to collect taxes from the person who is suppose to bare it or is government looking to emphasize on levy of taxes only and let collection be a burden on public who never intended to be the payer of tax?
On verification of the records, we find that the details submitted by the applicants on 14.05.2007, does not cover the amount of tickets sold prior to 01.05.2006 for the journey carried out on or after 01.05.2006. We find that this is a suppression of fact on the part of the applicants prima facie therefore, the extended period of limitation has rightly been invoked. We further find that there is no dispute on the liability of service tax.
The rate of service tax is being increased from ten per cent to twelve per cent with effect from 01/04/2012. In another words from the 1st April, 2012 service tax rate will be 12.36% instead of present 10.3%.
On a perusal of the definition of ‘Business Auxiliary Service’ as it stood during the material period, we are of the prima facie view that the appellant was functioning as a commission agent for AAI by collecting PSF for AAI and remitting the collections to them. It is not in dispute that the collection charges at the rate of 2.5% on PSF
Rate of Service Tax, Introduction of Negative List approach, Changes in Valuation Rules, CENVAT Credit Rules, Retrospective changes, Point of Taxation, Small Service Providers(SSI), Changes With respect to Appeals, Change in Rate of Taxable Portion , Reverse charge provisions, Change in Rate of Taxable Portion as per Notification No 13/2012
Please refer to your letter dated 30.8.2011 on the above mentioned subject addressed to the Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs. In the said letter you have represented that Service Tax may not be charged on the activity of retreading of tyres under ‘Management Maintenance & Repair Service’, The argument given by you is that ‘retreading of tyre’ is specifically figuring in Central Excise Tariff under TI 4012 and therefore, they are excisable goods. Hence, in your view Service Tax cannot be imposed, as Excise Duty is payable as applicable.
In view of various decision of Supreme Court it cannot be accepted that Union of India has no authority or power to levy service tax on renting of immovable property. The imposition of service tax on renting of immovable property was within the legislative competence of the Parliament and it does not fall within the legislative competence of the State under entry 49 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
