Companies can avail Cenvat Credit on CSR Expenses

Essel Propack Ltd. Vs Commissioner of CGST, Bhiwandi (CESTAT Mumbai)

To pin point the dispute, it is now to be looked into as to if CSR can be considered as input service and be included within the  definition of “activities relating to business” and if in so doing, a company’s image before corporate world is enhanced so as to increase its credit rating as found from the handbook of CSR activities discussed above. The answer is in the affirmative since to win the confidence of the stake holders and shareholders includ

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