CENVAT credit can be utilized for payment of Service Tax under Reverse Charge

Issue – Whether a person who is not a actual service provider, but discharges the service tax liability on the Taxable Services, under Section 68(2) of Finance Act, 1994, as a deemed service provider, is entitled to avail the CENVAT credit on inputs/input services/capital goods for payment of GTA service tax, even if he is not using such inputs/input services/capital goods for providing taxable services by virtue of deeming legal fiction? Held – In view of paragraph 2.4.2 of CBEC’s Excise Manual of Supplementary Instructions, the Hon’ble High Court answered the above question i...