In the instant case, the refund claim was filed on 2/1/2009. The learned Consultant’s contention is that the marginal delay of 3 days should be condoned. Since there is a delay of three days, it is not within the power of the authorities to condone the delay in filing the refund claim, that too a time limit which is envisaged in the Notification.
I find that this is a case where the impugned period is from 01.04.05 to 15.09.05. The respondent assessees have taken service tax registration only on 06.12.05 and the very first return has been filed by them on 04.12.06, after a long delay. I also find that in para 2 (iv), there is an allegation of suppression of value of taxable service in the show cause notice dated 12.03.07.
Display of logo for promoting a brand not taxable under Business Auxiliary Services but Promotion of Brand of Goods, services, events, business entity, etc. w.e.f. 01.07.2010.
Section 67 of the Finance Act, providing for levy of service tax on the gross amount charged by the service provider for the service provided plus/minus the inclusions/exclusions as mentioned in Explanation 1 to this section, satisfy the test for correctness of the measure prescribed by Supreme Court in the case of UOI v. Bombay Tyre International
The appellant came up in appeal against Order-in-Original dated 27.7.2009 passed by learned Commissioner relating to the period July 2003 to January 2007, giving rise to following consequences
Service Tax – Condonation of delay in filing appeal – Submission of the learned Chartered Accountant that the appellant company had different division and departments situated in the same building at Bangalore and the receipt of the said order in one department was not communicated to the legal department to prefer an appeal, is an argument without merits. It is for the appellant company to arrange his business in a manner that he takes action exercising his legal right of appeal with due diligence.
It is submitted that destination charges or ground handling charges were collected by MSIL for storage and warehousing service in relation to the clearance of goods. The service formed an integral part of service relating to clearance of goods and the charges were towards storage and warehousing.
We find that in an identical issue this bench had taken a view in the case of Chakita Ranjini Udyam (supra) that the value of the rubber, cushion, gum and solution consumed in the retreading/ reconditioning of tyres need not be included in the value for the discharge of Service Tax and benefit of Notification No.12/2003 is available.
We are of the prima facie view that from the number of invoices, it is clear that the invoices dated 29.07.2005, 26.08.2005, 1.8.2005, 22.10.2005 and 26.11.2005 had been issued at a later date in 2006, as the invoice number of these invoices issued during July 2005 to November, 2005 period is of the year 2006 and under these invoices, the credit amounting to about Rs.60 lakhs had been taken.
SAP India Pvt. Ltd., the Appellants, entered into end-user license agreements with clients for maintenance of information technology software already installed in the computer systems and made operational. Show cause notice (SCN) was issued alleging
