CESTAT, MUMBAI BENCH B.E. Billimoria & Co. Ltd. Versus Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai Application No. ST/S/729 of 2012 Appeal No. ST/211 of 2012 June 5, 2012 ORDER Ashok Jindal, Judicial Member Appellant are in appeal against the impugned order confirming the service tax demand of Rs. 14,28,30,465/- along with interest and equivalent penalty […]
The bank’s customers holding credit cards purchase goods from shops and the bank pays to the shop keeper on their behalf. Till the customers pay up the money to the bank, they are debtors and they stand in the shoes of borrowers. If that be the case, the amount transacted is a loan and interest must accrue to the bank in the event of delay in repayment thereof.
Assessee was promoter and marketer of services of banks as well as insurance company, and was auxiliary in the chain of economic activity carried on by them. Assessee had accordingly provided Business Auxiliary Service to the banks as well as insurance company.
The terms and conditions of the relevant Agreements show that the appellant was, in fact, using their infrastructure, staff and expertise to market products of the Banks. In both the Agreements, the appellant was referred to as Direct Sales Association/Agent.
It is undisputed in this case that the respondent is providing services for loading & unloading within the premises of M/s. J.M. Baxi & Co. The judgment of the Hon’ble High Court of Jharkhand categorically has settled law in as much, that any services provided within the factory premises would not come under the definition of Cargo Handling Services
‘Courier service’ is input service, if ownership of goods sent remains with sender till delivery to customer & courier charges form part of goods sent
The order of the Commissioner (Appeals) is not a remand order and he has clearly held that the refund was available in respect of all services except ‘Air Travel Agent service’. Therefore, I do not find any merit in the submission that the Commissioner’s (Appeals) order is a remand order. In view of the above, the grounds raised by the department challenging the order of the Commissioner (Appeals) are not valid and the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of MIL India Ltd. (supra) does not applicable to the facts of the present case.
In this case appellant is engaged in the manufacture of MG craft paper and they import waste paper and use the same in the manufacture of final product. The services received are in relation to the importation of waste paper such as container charges, handling charges incurred in the port etc.
It is not in dispute that every stage of conversion of thicker to thinner wire is a manufacturing activity. If that be so, all the units of the company are undertaking a manufacturing activity. Admittedly, all the units are separately registered with the Department. Therefore, all of them are registered manufacturers of Tungsten and Molybdenum wires. Each unit, therefore, has to maintain the relevant statutory records including CENVAT credit accounts.
As per explanation to Rule 2(k) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, storage tanks have been specified as capital goods and, therefore, inputs which are used in the manufacture of capital goods are also eligible for CENVAT credit. It is not in dispute that the steel items such as M.S. angles, H.R. sheets have not been used in the construction of storage tank which is a capital goods therefore, CENVAT credit on these M.S. angle and H.R. Sheet cannot be denied.
