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𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "Ocean Freight/Sea Transportation service is not liable to service tax, as per the jurisdictional High Court’s decision."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "The one-year limitation for filing a refund claim does not apply if the duty was paid under protest."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗶 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗩𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "The appellant is eligible for the refund of unutilized CENVAT credit on export of services, as the credit was not disallowed through a Show Cause Notice (SCN)."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "Since the appellant made the delayed payment of service tax before the issuance of the show-cause notice, no penalty is justifiable."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "Construction services provided by a cooperative housing society to its members constitute 'self-service' and are not liable to service tax."

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘀 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "Service tax cannot be levied on corporate guarantees in the absence of consideration, as the activity does not meet the criteria for taxability under the Finance Act, 1994."

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "Each day of delay in filing an appeal must be explained. In this case, no sufficient reason was provided for an inordinate delay of almost 10 months."

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗟𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "In the absence of evidence proving services rendered in India, the appellant is not liable to pay service tax under the reverse charge mechanism."

𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 – 𝗖𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶: 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲; 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 – 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: Ocean freight and profit from it are not subject to service tax.

𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗥𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘅 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 📢 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱: "Service tax cannot be proposed and confirmed under two different heads/categories for the same activity. Additionally, the extended period of limitation is not invokable for a government company without proper rebuttal of presumption."