Service tax does not form part of gross receipts for computation U/s. 44BB

Dy. DIT (IT) Vs weatherford Oil Tools (ME) Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) On Issue relating to the service tax, learned AR placed reliance on the decision of the Hon’ble Jurisdiction High Court in the case of CIT vs Mitchell Drilling International P. Ltd. 380 ITR 130 in support of his contention that the service-tax being statutory levy, should not form part of gross receipts as per provision of Section 44BB of the Act. He further placed reliance on the decision of the coordinate bench in the case of DDIT vs Sundowner Offshore International (Bermuda) Ltd. ITA 1067/Del/2016 for a similar principle. We fin...