Profit from mere sale & purchase of cargo space is not taxable as Business Support Service

Nilja Shipping Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai)

The facts of the case are that appellants are engaged in the business as freight forwarders and provide worldwide containerised and conventional cargo transportation and logistics services. During audit of accounts, it was noticed that besides collecting various charges, such as documentation charges, examination charges, freight charges, appellants also collected amount towards purchasing of cargo space from shipping lines. Department was of

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