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Distinction between government and non-government railways- Common parlance meaning should be adopted- CESTST

March 5, 2020 2106 Views 0 comment Print

NMC Industries Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAT Mumbai) We are unable to comprehend the resort to Railways Act, 1989 for a broader understanding of expression ‘railways’ in the absence of permissible referral in section 65(105)(zzzza) or (zzp), or, for that matter, anywhere in section 65, of Finance Act, 1994. In the absence […]

Expenses incurred on sponsorship and endorsement was not includible in transaction value of imports

March 5, 2020 1002 Views 0 comment Print

Sponsorship and endorsement expenses paid by Adidas India to various athletes and players in India were not includable in the assessable value of the goods imported by Adidas India by invoking rule 10(1)(e) of the Customs Valuation (Determination of Value of Imported Goods) Rules 2007.

Cenvat Credit can be utilised for payment of Service Tax on reverse charge basis

March 4, 2020 8043 Views 0 comment Print

The issue to be decided is Whether the Appellant i.e. the service recipient could utilize Cenvat credit of Central Excise duty paid on inputs, for payment of service tax on services viz.Management, Maintenance or Repair, Copyright and Advertising, received by them from abroad, under reverse charge mechanism?

Event Management & short term accommodation Service falls under inclusive definition of input service

March 4, 2020 1386 Views 1 comment Print

The issue under consideration is that whether Event Management Service, short term accommodation, storage and packing, Management, Maintenance & Repair, Business Auxiliary Service and Business Support Services these are considered as Input Service or not?

Right to collect parking fees is nothing but a consideration liable to Service Tax

March 3, 2020 4323 Views 0 comment Print

MGF Event Management Vs CCE (CESTAT Delhi) We cannot accept the appellant‘s plea that huge parking space area was given to the appellant without any agreement with respect to financial consideration or without an agreement with respect to contingent liabilities with respect to theft, injuries, fire or other liabilities. It is difficult to believe that […]

No Service Tax if no monetary consideration charged for Services

March 3, 2020 3564 Views 0 comment Print

Whether department is correct in charging service tax on various services provided to film distributors by assessee  without charging any consideration.

Service tax on GTA under RCM dropped, stating revenue neutrality

February 28, 2020 14016 Views 0 comment Print

Ashirwad Foundaries Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise (CESTAT Kolkata) CESTAT dropped the demand of Service tax on GTA under RCM, stating revenue neutrality.  Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CCE, Pune Vs Coca-Cola India Pvt. Ltd., 2007 (213) ELT 490 (SC) and CCE, Vadodara Vs Narmada Chematur Pharmaceuticals Ltd., 2005 […]

No service tax on sale of banking software to bank

February 26, 2020 777 Views 0 comment Print

Sale of banking software to a bank was ‘commercial exploitation’ merely because the bank deployed the software in its normal business activities was not correct in the absence of facts that establish otherwise or of any evidence that such was the transaction between assessee and the customers, therefore, demanding service tax on the same was not justified.

Time limit not applicable for Service Tax refund to SEZ

February 26, 2020 3015 Views 0 comment Print

Lanco solar Pvt. Limited Vs Commissioner, Central Tax, Central Excise, Customs (CESTAT Delhi) Delhi CESTAT  held that the ab initio exemption provided under the SEZ provisions, having overriding effect on the service tax provision. Under such position of law, a notification under service tax cannot restrict or provide a time limit for grant of refund […]

CESTAT: Milk crumb was marketable and liable for excise duty

February 25, 2020 1260 Views 0 comment Print

Milk crumb was marketable and hence assessee-cadbury was liable to pay excise duty for clearing goods without payment of duty as revenue neutrality could never be ground for not demanding the duty on the excisable goods in the form and manner they were being cleared by assessee. 

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