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In continuation of previous articles, elaborating the difficulties in getting the refund claim under different conditions, we in this article are unveiling the problems existing in the Service tax refund mechanism under condition of Certification of Self Certification. This complete scenario is being elaborated with the means of humorous poems and conversation between Johnny (an assessee) and his father but the main motive is to bring out the problems faced by exporters.
we in this article are unveiling the problems existing in the Service tax refund mechanism under various services as specified in the Notification No. 17/2009-ST (herein after referred to as Said Notification). For example CHA service, Port Service,
we are attempting to present the grounds on which departmental authorities are disallowing the refund claims relating to “Amount of 500/-” against the services on which refund has been claimed. This complete state of affairs is humorously picturized
Can any adjustment of tax liability be made by an assessee on his own, in cases when Service Tax has been paid in excess? i. Yes. Where an assessee has paid Service Tax to the credit of the Government in respect of a taxable service, which is not s
In continuation of the series of previous two articles, elaborating the difficulties in getting the refund claim due to conditions relating to Invoice and CHA service, we in this article are attempting to present the problems existing in the Service
Presently, assesses are claiming refund orders on the services provided by CHA which are gigantic problematic services in getting refund. The refunds claimed by the assessees as against their exports are their civil rights but are being declined by the departmental authorities on various arguments which are of no significance and value less. The various reasons on which the department is refusing these refund claims on the said service are highlighted as under:
Today, in the present scenario also, the poor exporter is still facing enormous difficulty in getting refund orders as stated in the lines above. There is no radical change has taken place even after the change of total scheme by the Government. The refund claims are the Right of the exporters but the department is rejecting these claims on various grounds which are of trivial importance.
While the Refund Notification has been in existence for more than three years, the Service tax department has been somewhat slow in processing the refund claims, on account of various procedural grounds. One of the primary issues of contention in this regard has been proof of nexus between the input services used and the output services exported.
Through Notification No. 9/2009 – ST dated March 3, 2009, the Central Government had provided for an exemption from service tax by way of refund in respect of taxable services in relation to authorized operations that are received by a developer of or a unit in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The same has now been amended by a Notification1 (‘subject Notification’) to restore the exemption in respect of services consumed within the SEZ, without following the refund route.
Notification No. 41/2007-ST, dated 6/10/2007 allows refund of service tax paid on specified services used for export of goods. To resolve the procedural difficulties arising in implementation of this refund scheme the Board has earlier issued circulars No. 101/4/2008-ST, dated 12.5.2008 and No. 106/9/2008-ST dated 11.12.2008
