The relevant show-cause notices were issued far beyond the normal period of limitation prescribed under Section 11A(i) of the Central Excise Act, without invoking the extended period of limitation. The operative part of one of these show-cause notices has been reproduced hereinbefore. The other show-cause notice is no different.
As per facts on record, the appellant is engaged in the manufacture of sugar and molasses falling under Chapter 78 of Central Excise Tariff Act. They are availing services of goods transport agency for receiving the inputs in the factory as also for clearing the final product from the factory. The appellant, as recipient of GTA services, are required to pay Service Tax.
There is also no dispute as to the fact the water pumped from river Kundalika is used as a coolant in the manufacturing process. If that be so, the pumping of water from the banks of river Kundalika is integrally connected to the manufacturing process and the security services used therein becomes an input service in terms of the definition of input service under Rule 2(l) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.
The allegation of the revenue that service has been rendered by appellant but has not discharged the service tax liability is not sustainable as per section 65(7) of the Finance Act, wherein the ‘assessee’ means a person liable to pay service tax and includes his agent. In this case, appellant has appointed M/s Matrix as her agent to discharge her service tax liability on her behalf and same has been discharged by M/s Matrix.
Admittedly, the Chartered Accountant’s certificate to the effect that sale is on FOR basis and all expenses incurred up to the buyers premises form part of the cost of final product. Commissioner (Appeals) has also held in favour of the appellant, when he observed that the purchase orders are on FOR basis and it is the appellant who has to bear the freight and insurance by arranging transportation of the goods.
A ship broker, as the name itself suggests, is essentially a broker. Ship brokers are specialist intermediaries for negotiations between ship owner and charterers who use the ship to transport some cargo or between the buyers and sellers of the ship.
Respondents are not liable to pay any service tax under reverse charge mechanism on the services availed by them from their parent company as they have not paid any remuneration for the training charges. If at all any charges were paid for training outside India is not chargeable to service tax as per provisions of Taxation of Services (Provided from outside India and received in India) Rules, 2006.
It is not disputed by the adjudicating authority that the appellants were in correspondence with the Ministry of Finance seeking exemption on the maintenance and repair services of aircrafts pertaining to Ministry of Defence. Such correspondence resulted in denial of said request for exemption by Ministry of Finance on 26.7.2005.
imply On reading of Rule 10(1) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004, it is clear that a manufacturer of final product shall be entitled to transfer of the unutilized cenvat credit to the transferred factory provided he shifts his factory at another site and also fulfills the requirement of Rule 10(3) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.
It is the oft-repeated submission of the counsel that the COD applications are liable to be allowed on the sole ground of pendency of their writ petition before the Hon’ble High Court. No judicial authority has been cited before us in support of the plea. We are of the view that the pendency of the writ petition filed by the appellants who were conscious of the statutory remedy cannot per se constitute a valid ground for condonation of the deliberate delay of over seven years. The appellants have not stated any other valid reason.
