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Goods and Services Tax - Input Service Distributor (ISD) means an office of the supplier of goods or services or both which receives tax invoices towards receipt of input services and issues a prescribed document for the purposes of distributing the credit of central tax (CGST)...
Read MoreGoods and Services Tax - Model GST law provides a comprehensive and continuous chain of ‘set-off’ benefits from the producer’s point and the service provider’s point upto retailer’s level....
Read MoreGoods and Services Tax - Before understanding the Input tax credit under GST Law it is essential to understand the changes made in earlier Law i.e. CENVAT under Rule ,2004 to the new law. After giving the due consideration, it is clear from the given table below that except few minor changes, Capital Goods under Rule 2(a) and Section 2[20] are same....
Read MoreGoods and Services Tax - The Cenvat Credit Rules 2004 provides for availment of credit of excise duty paid on inputs and capital goods and service tax paid on input services. But a real estate developer/builder opts benefit of Notification No. 26/2012-ST dated 20.06.2012 then builder/developer can avail credit of excise duty paid on capital goods and service tax ...
Read MoreGoods and Services Tax - Recently there have been a slew of decisions on the matter of allowability of Input Tax Credit by various High Courts including Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court and Rajasthan Tax Board. This article aims to critically analyse the effect of recent judgments in terms of provisions of Rajasthan Value Added Tax Act 2003 and earlier judgments re...
Read MoreGoods and Services Tax - Department of Revenue has agreed to most of the recommendations put forward by Empowered committee in FDP on GST relating to harmonious structure of rate, taxation base, exemptions, chargeability, definition of taxable event, taxable person, valuation, classification etc.However, there are certain areas where Department of Revenue has sug...
Read MoreGoods and Services Tax - The three services qualifying for service tax refund are courier services, goods transport agency services availed for transport of export goods from the ‘place of removal’ (mainly factory gate) to actual place of export i.e inland container depot (ICD)/airport/port and transportation services in containers by rail from the ‘place o...
Read MoreGoods and Services Tax - Government has issued Notification No. 3/2008-ST, dated 19.02.2008, extending the scheme to refund service tax paid by exporters on taxable services, which are not in the nature of "input services" but could be linked to export of goods, to following three more taxable services: (i) Services provided by the Goods Transport Agency in rela...
Read MoreM/S. Tata Steel Ltd. Vs. Commissioner Of Central Excise & Service Tax, Jamshedur (Cestat Kolkata) - CENVAT Credit on Canteen Services and House Keeping/Cleaning Services availed in office building are admissible to Assessee when same was situated within licensed factory premises of Assessee....
Read MoreM/s Essar Oil Ltd Vs Commissioners of Central Excise (CESTAT Ahmedabad) - In the case of Commissioner of Central Excise, Ludhiana vs DRP Malleables Pvt. Ltd. (supra), the Tribunal held that Chartered Accountant Service is specifically covered under the scope of input service and the assessee is eligible for availing credit....
Read MoreAMRL Hitech City Ltd Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST (CESTAT Chennai) - The Appellant is registered as Multi Product Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) as a developer of AMRL Hi-Tech City. The Appellant claimed the refund of credit paid on various input services under Rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 (“CC Rules”) read with Notification No. 12/2013-ST dated July 01, 20...
Read MoreDell International Services India Pvt. Ltd. Vs CCE(Appeals) [CESTAT Bangalore] - Once the taxable service is exported and various input services have been utilized for providing the output service :i.e. appellants could be entitled for the rebate, which is equal to the service tax paid on the input services. Going by the definition of the input service under Rule 2(1) of the Cen...
Read MoreABB Ltd. Vs CCE & ST (CESTAT Bangalore) - The services availed by a manufacturer for outward transportation of final products from the place of removal should be treated as an input service in terms of Rule 2(1)(ii) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 and thereby enabling the manufacturer to take credit of the service tax paid on the value of ...
Read MoreNotification No. G.S.R. 472(E) - (04/06/2010) - In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 7/2010-Central Excise (Non Tariff), dated the 27th February, 2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 123(E), dated the 27th F...
Read MoreCircular No. 120/01/2010- ST - (19/01/2010) - CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 permit taking of credit of inputs and input services which are used for providing output services or output goods. In order to zero-rate the exports, Rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 provides that such accumulated credit can be refunded to the exporter subject to stipula...
Read MoreTrade Notice No. 14/2009 - (13/03/2009) - Trade Notice No. 14/2009 Prior to 01.04.2008 [before the amendment in Rule 6(3)] the option available to the taxpayer, under Rule 6(3), was that, he was allowed to utilize credit only to the extent of an amount not exceeding 20% of the amount of service tax payable on taxable output service. Howev...
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M/S. Tata Steel Ltd. Vs. Commissioner Of Central Excise & Service Tax, Jamshedur (Cestat Kolkata) -
M/s Essar Oil Ltd Vs Commissioners of Central Excise (CESTAT Ahmedabad) -
AMRL Hitech City Ltd Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST (CESTAT Chennai) -
