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M/s. HCL Infosystems Ltd. Unit – III Versus Commissioner of GST & CCE, Pondicherry
Central Excise
2018 (6) TMI 247 – CESTAT CHENNAI – TMI
CESTAT CHENNAI – AT
Dated:- 4-6-2018
Appeal Nos. E/42620 & 42621/2017 – Final Order No. 41725-41726 / 2018
Central Excise
Hon'ble Ms. Sulekha Beevi C.S., Member ( Judicial )
Ms. S. Yogalakshmi, Advocate for the Appellant
Shri K. P. Muralidharan, AC (AR) for the Respondent.
ORDER
The issue involved in both these appeals being the same, they were heard together and are disposed of by this common order.
2. Brief facts are that the appellants are manufacturers of computer systems and were availing the facility of Cenvat Credit of duty paid on inputs, capital goods and services tax paid on input services. On verification of records, it was noticed that during the period from April 2012 to September 2012, as well as October 2012 to March 2013, the appellants had availed Cenvat Credit on outward transportation of goods up to the bu

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ctual credit availed by the appellant pertains to service tax paid on 25% of the gross amount of the freight charge incurred, whereas the appellant had paid the excise duty at the rate of 10% on the assessable value of the final goods, which is inclusive of the entire freight charge incurred. Thus, the credit availed in respect of the freight incurred is very meagre when compared to the excise duty paid on the assessable value. The department had insisted to add the freight value to the assessable value for the payment of excise duty treating the place of the client as the place of removal. Whereas, thereafter, the department has not accepted the customer's place, as the place of removal in order to deny the Cenvat Credit availed on the outward freight incurred. She submitted that as the excise duty paid on the assessable value, being at a relatively high rate, the denial of Cenvat Credit availed on service tax paid on 25% of the gross amount on reverse charge mechanism is a clear case

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e of removal, read with outward transportation up to the place of removal, would lead to the meaning of the term “place of removal”, as stated in respect of transportation services availed up to such “place of removal”. She adverted to the definition of “place of removal” contained in Section 4 (3) (c) of Central Excise Act, 1944, and also referred to Master Circular No. 97/8/2007 dated 23.08.2007. Relying on the decision in the case of M/s. Ultratech Cement Ltd. Vs. CCE 007 (6) STR 364 (Tribunal), the learned Counsel argued that the crux of the clarification given by the Board is as to the scope of the term “place of removal”. Once, the term “place of removal” is thus understood, Cenvat Credit is eligible for transportation up to the place of removal. If buyer's premises can be considered as place of removal, then credit for GTA services up to buyer's place is also eligible. Further, that since the clarification as per the decisions as well as the Master Circular has not overcome the

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ent. The Circular only clarifies that the buyer's place can become place of removal if the three conditions are satisfied. If these three conditions are satisfied, the place of removal would be the buyer's place up to 31.03.2008 and credit would be eligible. After 01.04.2008, credit is not eligible for clearance of final products up to the place of removal and the GTA services availed for transporting the goods from the factory or depot to the buyer's place could be covered within the expression for clearance of final products up to the place of removal, if otherwise, the buyer's place can be considered as the place of removal. That, therefore, the conclusion of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the said clarification is not relevant after 01.04.2008, as it appears to be incorrect. That the judgement of the Hon'ble Apex Court does not deal with these issues and, therefore, does not cover the issue under consideration. She prayed that the credit on the service tax, paid on outward transportatio

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The Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Chennai Versus BNP Paribas Sundaram Global Securities Operations Pvt Ltd.
Service Tax
2018 (6) TMI 676 – MADRAS HIGH COURT – TMI
MADRAS HIGH COURT – HC
Dated:- 4-6-2018
C.M.A. No. 1052 of 2018
Service Tax
S. Manikumar And V. Bhavani Subbaroyan, JJ.
For the Appellant : Mrs. Aparna Nandakumar
JUDGMENT
( Judgment of this Court was delivered by S. Manikumar, J. )
Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is directed against the order of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, South Zonal Bench, Chennai (CESTAT) dated 31.07.2017 in Final Order No.41584 of 2017.
2. It is the case of the appellant that M/s.BNP Paribas Sundaram Global Securities Operations Private Limited, Chennai, respondent is an 100% EOU, engaged in providing Business Auxiliary Service and Business Support Service. Respondent filed refund claim with Assistant Commissioner of Service Tax, Division III, for Rs. 71,39,495/- for the service tax paid on input s

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h Floor of Menon Eternity, New Door No.165, St.Mary's Road, Alwarpet, Chennai-18
1486920
The premises were not registered at the time of export but subsequently obtained Registration.
07
Services received at International Tech Park Unit No.1 to 4, 11th Floor, Taramani Chennai.
1144872
 
3. Aggrieved by the above orders, the respondent filed an appeal before Commissioner (Appeals). The first appellate authority, Commissioner (Appeals) vide combined Order-in-Appeal No.24/2016 dated 18.02.2016 set aside a portion of the order of the original authority, and allowed refund as detailed above:
S. No.
Services
Sanctioned by Commissioner (Appeals)
Sl.No. As in table at para 2 above.
01
Car Parking charges
111240
2
02
Services received at 4th and 5th Floor of Menon Eternity, New Door No.165, St.Mary;s Road, Alwarpet, Chennai – 18
1486920
6
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Services received at International Tech Park Unit No.1 to 4, 11th Floor Taramani Chennai
1144872
7
 
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of the premises occupied by the respondent. He also held that the service tax paid on the rental charges is eligible for CENVAT credit, then service tax paid on the car parking charges is equally eligible for CENVAT credit and set aside the disallowance of CENVAT credit and upheld the disallowance of CENVAT credit in respect of Event Management service.
6. While the decision of the Commissioner (Appeals) allowing the credit in respect of Car Parking Charges was found acceptable, the decision in respect of credit availed on the inputs received in the premises which was not registered prior to export, but subsequently obtained Registration was found to be not legally correct and hence the Department filed an appeal before CESTAT.
7. Contentions of the appellant herein were not accepted by CESTAT, Madras and vide FO No.40778 dated 22/05/2017 dismissed the appeal, as hereunder:
“2. On 21.07.2017, when the matter came up for hearing, on behalf of the department Ld.AR, Shri K.P.Muralidh

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the Commissioner (Appeals) has not appreciated the judgment of the Hon'ble Madras High Court in the case of Commissioner of Central Excise, Coimbatore Vs. Sutham Nylocots as reported in 2014(306) ELT 255 (Mad.). No doubt, the Hon'ble High Court in the said judgment had ruled that credit accrued can take effect only after the date of registration, however, the Hon'ble High Court in the subsequent judgment passed on 10.4.2017 in the case of Scioinspire Consulting Services, referred to supra, have distinguished the facts contained in Sutham Nylocots observing that the said case was dealing with the provisions of Section 11AB of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and that the only ground rejection of the refund therefor was that the additional building was not registered with the concerned authority. The Hon'ble High Court agreeing with the views on identical issue of law taken by the Hon'ble High Courts of Karnataka and Allahabad in mPortal India Wireless Solutions Pvt. Ltd

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and dismiss the appeal of the department.”
8. Aggrieved over the same, instant Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed on the following substantial questions of law.
1. Whether the decision of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, South Zonal Bench, Chennai (CESTAT for short) in allowing refund of CENVAT credit even without registration is correct?
2. Whether CESTAT, i.e. 1st respondent is erred in not considering the safeguards, conditions and limitations as stipulated in the Appendix to the Notification No.27/2012-CE(NT), dated 18.06.2016 .
9. Supporting the prayer sought for, Ms.Aparna Nandakumar, learned counsel for the revenue submitted that:
(i) Registration is an act by which every manufacturer / assessee / service provider comes under the ambit of Central Excise Act, 1944 / Finance Act, 1994. In order to avail any substantive benefit, like, CENVAT Credit given under the statute, registration of premises from which the taxable service is rendered is a pre-requisi

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ly in respect of the registered premises of the service provider from where the output services are exported.
(iv) It has been held that registration was not a pre-requisite to claim refund under Rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004. However, the Larger Bench of CESTAT, New Delhi in the case of Steel Strips Vs. CCE, Ludhiana 2011 (269) ELT (Tri-Del) vide para 5.16 has categorically stated that Modvat law has codified procedure for adjustment of duty liablity against Modvat Account. That is required to be carried out in accordance with law and unadjusted amount is not expressly permitted to be refunded. In absence of express provision to grant refund, that is difficult to entertain except in the case of export. There cannot be presumption that in the absence of debarment to make refund, in other cases that is permissible. Refund results in outflow from treasury, which needs sanction of law and an order of refund for such purpose is sine qua non. Law has only recognized the event of expo

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eason that Rule 4 of Export of Service Rules, 2005 permitted a service provider to export services without payment of service tax, and thus, there is liability to pay service tax on export of service, but for this rule. Hence, for export of service by a service provider, registration is a sine qua non for procedural and substantive compliance.
(vi)The judgment of the Hon'ble High Court of Madras in the case of Commissioner of Service Tax, Chennai-III Vs. M/s.Scionispire Consulting Services (India) P Ltd., applied by CESTAT for deciding the appeal in favour of the respondent was accepted by the department due to monetary limit and not on merits, and therefore, it is humbly submitted that the ratio of the said judgment should not have been taken as a binding precedent in view of Section 35R (3) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with Section 83 of the Finance Act, 1944.
(vii)The subsequent decision of CESTAT issued vide FO No.42500/2016 dated 20/12/2016 in the case of the same pa

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ilized input CENVAT credit taken towards rendering the input services availed and used in providing the taxable output services exported, would not arise prior to the date of registration.
10. Heard Ms.Aparna Nandakumar, learned senior counsel for the revenue and perused the materials available on record.
11. Going through the material on record, and adverting to the submissions duly supported by the grounds of challenge, we are of the view that the issue is no longer res integra and is covered by a decision of this Court in Commissioner of Services Tax-III, Chennai Vs. M/s. Scioinspire Consulting Services India Private Limited, Chennai and another, in C.M.A.No.860 of 2017, wherein the following substantial questions of law were framed:-
“1. Whether the decision of CESTAT i.e. Respondent No.1 in allowing refund of Cenvat credit even without registration is correct?
2. Whether CESTAT i.e. Respondent No.1 is correct in not considering the safe guards, conditions and limitations as

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ed input service credit. The only clause of the notification, which, perhaps, the Department could have relied upon, is Clause 3, which, to our minds, has no bearing on the issue arising in the instant case. For the sake of convenience, the relevant part of the said notification is extracted hereafter :
“Notification No.05/2006-Central Excise (N.T.) 14th March 2006 G.S.R. (E) In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), and in supercession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.11/2002 – Central Excise (NT), dated 1st March, 2002, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R.No.150(E), dated 1st March 2002, the Central Government hereby directs that refund of CENVAT credit shall be allowed in respect of :
(a) input or input service used in the manufacture of final product which is cleared for export under bond or letter

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proceeds.”
7.2. A bare perusal of the clause would show that in so far as the provider of output services is concerned, for making an application for refund of CENVAT Credit, he is required to file an application in the prescribed form, i.e., Form A, which is annexed to the notification, and the said application is required to be made to the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, or, the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be. In so far as the jurisdiction of the concerned Officer is concerned, the same is fixed, in consonance with the location of the registered premises of the service provider, from which, the output service are exported. Furthermore, the application is required to be accompanied with a copy of the relevant invoices and a certificate from the bank, indicating therein, the realization of export proceeds.
7.3. Apart from the aforesaid, there is no limitation. Clearly, the notification does not prohibit the grant of CENVAT credit, even, if, the

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X export turnover / Total turnover ………”
7.5. Therefore, there is no merit in the submission advanced on behalf of the Revenue that the said notification would disentitle the claim of the Assessee qua refund of CENVAT credit.”
13. On Questions of Law 1 and 3, the Hon'ble Division Bench, at paragraph Nos.8.4 to 8.7, considered thus
“8.4.What is relevant to note is that Rule 5 of the 2004 Rules does not stipulate registration of premises as a necessary prerequisite for claiming a refund.
8.5.In so far as the Assessee in this case, is concerned, it had obtained registration of its premises way back on 23.01.2009. The record shows that allegation of non-registration of premises relates to another building, which was taken on lease by the Assessee and is located in Alwarpet, Chennai. Concededly, services were exported to a overseas Company, from this building which was not registered. Similarly, Rule 4 of the 1994 Rules, inter alia, provides that in case where a person is

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Extension of Time limit for filing FORM GSTR-6
11/2018 Dated:- 4-6-2018 Telangana SGST
GST – States
Telangana SGST
Telangana SGST
GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT
TGST Notification No. 11/2018
CCT's Ref No. A(1)/115/2017,
Dt. 04-06-2018
Sub:- Extension of Time limit for filing FORM GSTR-6.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of Section 39 read with Section 168 of the Telangana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (23 of 2017) (hereinafter r

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Hetero Labs. Limited Versus CCT, Hyderabad GST
Service Tax
2018 (7) TMI 1531 – CESTAT HYDERABAD – TMI
CESTAT HYDERABAD – AT
Dated:- 4-6-2018
Appeal No. ST/31175-31177/2016 – A/30677-30679/2018
Service Tax
Mr. M.V. RAVINDRAN, MEMBER (JUDICIAL) And Mr. P.V. SUBBA RAO, MEMBER (TECHNICAL)
Shri Y. Srinivasa Reddy, Advocate for the Appellant.
Shri Arun Kumar, Dy. Commissioner/AR for the Respondent.
[Order per: P. VENKATA SUBBA RAO]
1. These appeals are filed by the appellant against the Order-in-Original passed by the Commissioner of Service Tax, Hyderabad.
2. The appellants are manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs with manufacturing units located across India and also outside India. They have branches and associate companies in countries such as Mexico, Russia, Dubai and Vietnam. These Branches and the Associate companies are located in their own premises and maintain their infrastructure with manpower and are registered as permanent establishments in the juris

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eable to service tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism and the appellant had not discharged the service tax on these services for which he had paid. As they have not disclosed these amounts in their Service Tax Returns, extended period of demand was invoked and interest under section 75 and penalties under sections 76 & 77 were also proposed to be imposed on the appellant. After following due process of law, Ld. Commissioner confirmed the demand and imposed penalties and interest upon them. The current appeals are against these orders of Ld. Commissioner. Earlier, vide Miscellaneous Order No. M/30081-30084/2018, dated 25.04.2018, the appellant's request for an early hearing was allowed as the amount of service tax liability confirmed is substantial. Accordingly, the matter was listed for hearing today.
3. Heard both sides and perused the records.
4. The appellants have submitted a list of 91 expenses incurred by them on various items on which the service tax is proposed to be charged.

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rough their branch offices. The appellant argues that these are not IPR charges and no IPR service is received in India. In fact, these are the amounts which they have paid to the Governments of those countries to register their intellectual proprietary rights in those countries. Since registration is a statutory function done by the Governments, these services are covered by the negative list of services under Section 66 D of chapter-V of the Finance Act, 1994. It is his further submission that during the relevant period, all services rendered by the government or local authority excluding some specified in that section were exempted. It is only w.e.f. 14.05.2015, the statutory definition for 'Government' has been introduced through Section 65 B(26A) restricting the scope of government to the departments of Central Government, State Governments and Union Territories. Therefore, these services rendered by the respective governments and for which they have aid, appropriate fees can not

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uch amount on these charges and no claim for relief is made out by the appellant. The appellants argument is that salaries and other office expenditure are not liable to tax and at any rate without specifying the authority of law, no demand of service tax can be made on these amounts.
(f) Sl.No. 35 to 45: These expenses pertain to Clinical Test Charges, Consultancy Charges, Consumption of innovatory samples and testing charges. The department sought to classify the clinical test charges as technical testing and analysis service and Scientific Consultancy Service and had not made any specific classification of the remaining services. Appellant argues that these services were received and consumed outside India and hence no service tax needs to be paid on them.
(g) Sl.No. 46 to 91: These are pertain to variety of charges such as Factory Audit Expense, Translation Charges, Audit Expenses, Bank Interest, Factory Maintenance, Repair and Maintenance of computers, Membership and subscriptio

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le service has been provided is not correct. In respect of the demand under the category of Business Auxiliary Service, it is alleged by the appellant that the amounts taken by the department for some orders were wrong in the first notice. In respect of one entry head under the head “audit expenses”, demand was made on an amount of Rs. 31,97,77,299/- whereas the actual amount was only Rs. 3,19,77,299/- thus inflating the amount by Rs. 28.00 crores. They further argued that the department found a difference between the ledger amounts and the ST-3 returns because the ledger amounts reflected the provision made whereas the liability to pay service tax in the case of reverse charge mechanism is on making the payment. The amounts mentioned in the Ledger would include the amounts paid, amounts for which provision was made, amounts relating to past period and amounts which are written off. Therefore, the demand of service tax simply based on the Ledger amount is incorrect.
6. The service tax

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y them. The department's proposal to charge these as business promotion expenses and charge them under reverse charge mechanism is not correct. The appellant relied on the following case laws:
(a) Milind Kulkarni and others vs. CCE, Pune [2016-TIOL-709-CESTATMumbai]
(b) Genym biotech vs. CCE,Nasik [2016(42)STR 918 (Tri.-Mum.]
(c) KPIT Cummins Info System Ltd. CCE Pune [2013-TIOL-1568- CESTAT-Mumbai]
(d) CCE Bangalore vs. Pragati Concrete Products Pvt. Ltd [2015(322)ELT 818 (SC)]
(e) Sunil Forging & Steel Industries vs. CCE, Belapur [20176(332)ELT 341 (Tri.-Mum.)]
(f) CCE Bangalore vs. MTR Foods Ltd [2012(282) ELT 196 (Kar.)]
(g) Trans Engineers India Pvt. Ltd. vs. CCE, Pune [2015(40)STR 490 (Tri.-Mum.)]
8. Ld. DR reiterated the arguments made in the Orders-in-Original and vehemently opposed the appeal. It is his submission that the appellant was bound to have filed the returns reflecting the actual amount of services and the service tax liability thereon and paid the service ta

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es.
9. We have considered the arguments on both sides and perused the records. The demand is sought to be made on the ground that there is a difference between the ledger amounts and the amounts reflected in the Service Tax returns filed by the appellant. The amounts in the Ledger reflects the amounts transferred by the appellant to their branch offices or associate companies in foreign currency. The Department viewed these as payments made for services rendered by the overseas service provider and consumed by the appellant in India. The appellant argues that the expenses included several expenses which are the office expenses including salaries incurred by their branch offices which are being supported by the appellant. It is also their argument that there were several services for which no classification was made by the department, hence it is impossible to understand and show why the service tax under reverse charge mechanism is not payable on such expenses.
10. As has been held b

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liable to charge to service tax under reverse charge mechanism. It has been held in the case of DHL Express India Pvt. Ltd. (supra) that consideration received from a recipient of service for the services rendered by the provider alone is taxable and the demand for alleged short paid tax must be based on a finding that a specific taxable service has been provided as agreed to be provided and on the consideration that was paid or payable by the recipient of the service to the provider of the service. Similarly, in the present case, where the appellant is supposed to have received the services and is liable to pay service tax under reverse charge mechanism, it is essential that the department say what services were received by the appellant and how they were unclassifiable and how they were liable to be charged under reverse charge mechanism and compute their tax liability accordingly. This is an original work to be done with respect to each of the specific items of expenditure on which

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In Re: Dinesh Kumar Agrawal
GST
2018 (7) TMI 1691 – AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS MAHARASHTRA – 2018 (15) G. S. T. L. 404 (A. A. R. – GST)
AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS MAHARASHTRA – AAR
Dated:- 4-6-2018
GST-ARA-36/2017-18/B-43
GST
Shri B.V. Borhade and Shri Pankaj Kumar, Member
No. GST-ARA-36/2017-18/B-43
Mumbai, dt. 04/06/2018
PROCEEDINGS
(under section 98 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 and the Maharashtra Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017)
1. The present application has been filed under section 97 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [hereinafter referred to as “the CGST Act and MGST Act”] by Dinesh Kumar Agrawal, the applicant, seeking an advance ruling in respect of the following questions :
Question No. 1 Whether Standalone Contract of transportation merits classification under Service code 9965 and whether same is exempt under Entry No. 18 of Notification No. 12/2017-CentraI

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same is exempt under Entry No. 18 of Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28 June 2017?
Question No. 5 Whether supply of services namely 'loading of goods at the premises of the supplier, transportation in own/hired trucks to the project site, unloading and handling of goods at project site and in-transit insurance' under EPC Contract merits classification under Service code 9965 and whether same is exempt under Entry No. 18 of Notification No. 12/2017-Central Tax (Rate) dated 28 June 2017?
At the outset, we would like to make it clear that the provisions of both the CGST Act and the MGST Act are the same except for certain provisions. Therefore, unless a mention is specifically made to such dissimilar provisions, a reference to the CGST Act would also mean a reference to the same provision under the MGST Act. Further to the earlier, henceforth for the purposes of this Advance Ruling, a reference to such a similar provision under the CGST Act/MGST Act would be m

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er appropriate HSN heading and priced separately and billed to the customer as per supply schedule (itemized billing). In case an item is not supplied, same is not billed to the customer.
Split Contract: Many a times, parties enter two separate contract, one for the supply of goods and materials (Supply Contract) and another for services (Service Contract). Under the Supply Contract, each line item is classified under appropriate HSN heading is priced separately and contractor do itemized billing to the customer. Similarly, for each component of the Service Contract, contractor do itemized billing to the customer. Supply Contract and Service Contract have separate consideration but also contains cross-fall breach clause in the contracts which ensure that the performance of both contracts are treated as a single-point responsibility and non-performance of any portion of any contract is treated as a breach of the other contract also.
Typically, the scope of works under the EPC Contract

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goods and insurance services from the insurance companies for in-transit insurance of goods.
The case was taken up for preliminary hearing on 03/04/2018 with respect admissibility of the present application. Shri. Dinesh Kumar Agarwal an individual and applicant appeared and argued the matter with respect to facts having bearing on the questions on which Advance Ruling is required as above. On hearing the applicant it was specifically informed to Shri. Dinesh Kumar Agarwal that his queries were very general and not having any specific details in respect to his proposed transaction and that there was not proposed draft contract. Shri. Dinesh Kumar Agarwal agreed to submit copies of draft contract at the earliest. When the matter was called for Final hearing Shri. Dinesh Kumar Agarwal submitted draft contract which is the nature of EPC contract. Applicant was also informed to submit written say within a week else the final plant as proposed in the EPC contract should not be treated as i

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ract for Solar Power Plant
B. Nature and scope of works under PGCIL Bid.
Bid document comprises of the following section:
(i) Section – INB (Instruction to bidders) – 20 pages (Page 35 to 54)
(ii) Section – GCC (General Terms and Conditions of Contract) – (page 55 to 90)
(iii) Clarification on GST – 2 pages (page 91-92).
Following are the relevant clauses in the bid documents:
1.8 of GCC – Works – 'Works' shall mean and include the furnishing of equipment/materials at site and if required, supervision of unloading, storage, handling at site, erection, testing & commissioning and putting into satisfactory operation as defined in the Contract.
1.11 of GCC – Contract Price – The term 'Contract Price' shall mean the lump sum price quoted by the Contractor in his bid with additions and/or deletions as may be agreed and incorporated in the Letter of Award, for the entire scope of the works.
24.1 of GCC – Change of Quantity – During the execution of the Contract, the

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prepare and submit to the Engineer for approval, a break-up of the Contract Price. This Contract Price break-up shall be interlinked with the agreed detailed PERT network of the Contractor setting forth his starting and completion dates for the various key phases of Works prepared as per condition in Clause 12.0 of this Section GCC of Volume-I. Any payment under the Contract shall be made only after the Contractor's price break-up is approved by the Engineer. The aggregate sum of the Contractor's price break-up shall be equal to the lump-sum Contract Price. A Price Breakup over valuing those items of supply which will be shipped first will not be accepted.
34.7.3 of GCC – Inland transportation & Insurance – Inland transportation (including port handing) and inland insurance shall be paid to the Contractor on pro-rata to the value of the equipment received at site and on production of the invoices by the Contractor. However, wherever equipment wise inland transportation charge

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conservation of equipment at the site;
f. pre-assembly, if any, erection, testing and commissioning of all the equipment;
g. reliability tests and performance and guarantee tests on completion of commissioning; and
h. furnishing of spares.
12.2 of INB – Bid Price – The Bidder shall also furnish the price break-down in the appropriate schedules of Bid Form to indicate the following:
i. Ex-works price of the equipment/materials (including tools and tackles etc.)
ii. Charges for inland transportation (including port handling) and insurance for delivery of the equipment/materials up to their final destinations.
iii. Lump-sum charges towards unloading, storage, insurance, erection, testing & commissioning.
iv. Price break-up for spares in line with Clause 23.0 of this Section.
v. Sales Tax and any other levies legally payable on the transactions between the Owner and the Bidder,
vi. Any other charges as per the requirement of Special Conditions of Contract/Technical Specifications

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heavy blocks prevent hobbling of mounting structures against winds, rains and storms.
Step 3: Module Mounting Structure Installation: In the third step, the execution team mounts the module mounting structures on the civil foundations. The mounting structure is made of galvanized steel which interwove various blocks horizontally and also provide vertical support to the panels.
Step 4: Module Installation: Once the module mounting structures are in place, solar modules (panels) are bolted onto the structures.
Step 5: Cabling: Solar modules are connected in series with DC cables to the inverter, and with AC cables from the inverter to the evacuation point (customer's LT panel).
Step 6: Inverter Connection and Grid Synchronization: Once the installation is ready, the inverter is charged, and begins synchronizing the solar power with the customer's existing electrical grid.
Step 7: Seamless Power Distribution: Lastly, seamless power distribution begins as soon as the electrica

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e contract: Transportation -The Contractor shall at its own risk and expense, be fully responsible for loading, transportation, delivery to the Project Site and unloading of the Equipment. The cost of transit insurance, if any, should be borne by the Contractor.
14.1 of the contract: Contract Price – Payment shall made at the unit rate stated in the Bill of Quantities at net actual quantity of each item delivered at Project Site. Such payment shall constitute full compensation for furnishing all Equipment and labour including testing and all other incidentals necessary to complete the Project. Any quantities which is set out in the Bill of Quantities are estimated quantities and are not to be taken as the actual and correct quantities.
The Bill of Quantities list out name of the equipment, specifications, estimated quantity, price per unit and total price. It also lists out installation cost for each activity and transportation charges payable separately.
Issues for consideration:

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;land' and 'building' from being taxed. However, this exemption is not extended 'plant and machinery' which was under the current regime at par with 'land' and 'building' and all together constituting 'immovable property'. The specific listing under the Schedules, reflects on a plausible legislative intent to make a distinction between land and building on one hand and plant and machinery on another.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) vide 37B Order 58/1/2002 – CX dated 15 January 2002 has clarified that if the items assembled or erected at site and attached by foundation to earth cannot be dismantled without substantial damage to its components and thus cannot be reassembled, then the items would be considered as immoveable.
In the case of EPC contract for supply of roof top solar power plant, as explained above, solar panels are mounted on steel mounting structures which are mounted on the concrete blocks. Each and every item

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contract, this ruling will not be applicable.
E. Composite supply
As per Section 2(30) of the Act, “composite supply” means a supply made by a taxable person to a recipient consisting of two or more taxable supplies of goods or services or both, or any combination thereof, which are naturally bundled and supplied in conjunction with each other in the ordinary course of business, one of which is a principal supply.
Illustration.- Where goods are packed and transported with insurance, the supply of goods, packing materials, transport and insurance is a composite supply and supply of goods is a principal supply.
Applicant understand that where a single price is charged for supply of goods, packing materials, transport and insurance, it would be considered as composite supply and tax will be payable at the rate applicable to principal supply.
However, there is ambiguity on taxability when the Applicant charges separate price for transport and insurance. The customer is at liberty to t

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the classification of the goods. However, in as much as transportation charges are concerned, the Applicant submits that:
(i) Tax is payable on transportation of goods only if Goods Transport Agency (GTA) is involve in the transportation;
(ii) In the present case, the Applicant don't issue any consignment note and therefore, he cannot be treated as GTA;
(iii) Service by way of transportation of goods by road except by GTA is exempt
(iv) Thus, as the Applicant is not a GTA, no tax should be payable on the transportation charge received from the customer,
In light of the above, the Applicant prays the authority to issue rulings.
Thus having regards to written submission dt. 08/05/2018 and the draft contract the question raised before this is reframed for consideration as below –
“Whether transportation charges received by the applicant are liable to GST, specially when the applicant is not a goods transport agency (GTA)”.
04. HEARING
The case was taken up for Preliminary hea

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en up by the authority for any decision or order. It was specifically pointed out to Sh. Dinesh Kumar Agrawal that this authority will be taking up the case for decision only in respect of EPC contracts only, copies of draft/proposed sub-contracts which the applicant has provided. Further it was requested to applicant to give a written up within one week of today, as to why the final plant of proposed in EPC contracts should not be treated as immovable property. Jurisdictional Officer, Sh. R.T. Nikam, Sales Tax Officer appeared and made written submission also which is considered for the fair decision.
05. OBSERVATIONS
We have heard Shri. Dinesh Kumar Agarwal on the issue and have carefully gone through the written submission, and the proposed activity represented by draft agreement for “Engineering, procurement and Solar Power Plant” i.e. roof top photovoltaic (PV). In short, applicants submission is that he is not a goods transport agency (GTA) as he is not issuing any consignment

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ansportation of equipment from vendors site to the project site including transit insurance;
1.1.4 Loading, unloading and storage of the equipment;
1.1.5 Assembly and erection of equipment inc1uding civil works required for such erection;
1.1.6 Test and commissioning of the project
1.1.7 Maintenance
12 Transfer of Title:
12.1 Notwithstanding the manner of issuance of invoices as stipulated in this Agreement, the Developer will obtain the title in goods only upon successful installation and commissioning of the Solar Power Project.
14 Contract Price and Payment:
14.1 Contract Price
Payment shall be made at the unit rate stated in the Bill of Quantities at net actual quantity of each item delivered at Project Site. Such payment shall constitute full compensation for furnishing all Equipment and labour including testing and all other incidentals necessary to complete the Project. Any quantities which is set out in the Bill of Quantities are estimated and are not to be taken as th

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tract as a whole to ascertain the true/correct nature of transaction.
From the co-joint reading of the clauses of the agreement as mentioned above especially clause No.10 it can be safely concluded that the contract is a single contract. As such this agreement for Engineering Procurement and construction of Solar Power plant constitute composite supply in the nature of Works Contract. Thus impugned Supplies constitute Works Contract.
The next issue to be decided is whether this composite supplies constitute Works Contract as defined U/s 2(119) of the GST Act. On this issue applicant submits that the contract is for supply of roof top Solar Plant which involves solar panels which are mounted on steel structures fixed on the roof of building. The steps involved in this regard are already mentioned above in the written submission dated 08/05/2018. He lastly submits that every item can be dismantled and disassembled without any damage and relocated to another site and as such supply of R

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l data and geotechnical data and other background information provided by the developer.
All the above clauses suggest that the project is the ground mounted Solar Power Plant and not exclusively the Roof Top Mounted Solar Power Plant as claimed by the applicant. Even in a case where it is Roof Top Mounted Solar Power Plant, we find that the intent in operationalising Solar Power Plant, on a Roof Top is to set even it up as an immovable property which involves civil work which would be very clear from plethora of judgments of Hon. Supreme Court' and Hon. High Courts which help in understanding the term immovable property. One such decision is of the T.T.G. Industries Ltd. v, CCE, (2004) 4 SCC 751. In this case Court has observed as below:-
18. The core question that still survives for consideration is whether (he processes undertaken by the appellant at Bhilai for the erection of mudguns and drilling machines resulted in the emergence of goods leviable to excise duty or whether i

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tanks were connected with pump house with pipes for pumping petroleum products into the tank and sending them back to the pump house. The question arose in the context of ascertaining the rateable value of the structures under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act. The High Court held that the tanks are neither structure nor a building nor land under the Act. While allowing the appeal this Court observed: (SCC p. 33, para 32)
“32. The tanks, though, are resting on earth on their own weight without being fixed with nuts and bolts, they have permanently been erected without being shifted from place to place. Permanency is the test. The chattel whether is movable to another place of use in the same position or liable to be dismantled and re-erected at the latter place? If the answer is yes to tile former it must be a movable property and thereby it must be held that it is not attached to the earth. If the answer is yes to the latter it is attached to the earth.”
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nctions. We are not impressed by this reasoning, because it ignores the evidence brought on record as to the nature of processes employed in the erection of the machine, the manner in which it is installed and rendered functional, and other relevant facts which may lead one to conclude that what emerged as a result was not merely a machine hut something which is in the nature of being immovable, and if required to be moved, cannot be moved without first dismantling it, and then re-erecting it at some other place. Some of the other decisions which we shall hereafter notice clarify the position further.
24. In Quality Steel Tubes (P) Ltd. v. CCE [(1995) 2 SCC 372 : (1995) 75 ELT 17] the facts were that a tube mill and welding head were erected and installed by the appellant, a manufacturer of steel pipes and tubes, by purchasing certain items of plant and machinery in market and embedding them to earth and installing them to form a part of the tube mill and purchasing certain components

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eaning of the Act nor u can be said to be capable of being brought to the market for being bought and sold. Therefore, both the tests, as explained by this Court, were not satisfied in the case of appellant as the tube mill or welding head having been erected and installed in the premises and embedded lo earth ceased to be goods within meaning of Section 3 of the Act.”
25. In Mittal Engg. Works (P) Ltd. v. CCE [(1997) 1 SCC 203 : (1996) 88 ELT 622] this Court was concerned with the exigibility to duly of mono vertical crystallisers which are used in sugar factories to exhaust molasses of sugar. The material on record described the functions and manufacturing process. A mono vertical ctystalliser is fixed on a solid RCC slab having a load-bearing capacity of about 30 tons per square metre. It is assembled at site in different sections and consists of bottom plates, tanks, coils, drive frames, supports, plates, etc. The aforesaid pails were cleared from the premises of the appellants an

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on at the site of the sugar factory. It is not capable of being sold as it is, without anything more. This Court. therefore, concluded that mono vertical ctystallisers are not “goods” within the meaning of the Act and. Therefore, not exigible to excise duty. In Triveni Engg. & Industries Ltd. v. CCE [(2000) 7 SCC 29 (2000) 120 ELT 273] a question arose regarding excitability of turbo alternator, in the facts of that case, it was held that installation or erection of turbo alternator on a concrete base specially constructed on the land cannot be treated as a common base and, therefore, it follows that installation or erection of turbo alternator on the platform constructed on the land would be immovable property, as such it cannot be an excisable goods falling within the meaning of Heading 85 02. In reaching this conclusion this Court considered the earlier judgments of this Court in Municipal Corpn. of Greater Bombay (1991 Supp (2) SCC 18]. Quality Steel Tubes 1(1995) 2 SCC 372: (1995)

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Paper Mills Ltd. (1998) 1 SCC 400 (1998) 97 ELT 3] must be viewed in the light of the findings recorded by CEGAT therein, that the whole purpose behind attaching the machine to a concrete base was to prevent wobbling of the machine and to secure maximum operational efficiency and also safety. In view of those findings it was not possible to hold that the machinery assembled and erected by the appellant at its factory site was immovable property as something attached to the earth like a building or a tree.
27. Keeping in view the principles laid down in the judgments noticed above, and having regard to the facts of this case, we have no doubt in our mind that the mudguns and the drilling machines erected at site by the appellant on a specially made concrete platform at a level of 25 feet above the ground on a base plate secured to the concrete platform, brought into existence not excisable goods but immovable property which could not be shifted without first dismantling it and then re

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from one place to another, nor is it practicable to shift them frequently. Counsel for the appellant submitted before us that once they are erected and assembled they continue to operate from where they are positioned till such time as they are worn out or discarded. According to him they really become a component of the plant and machinery because without their aid a blast furnace cannot operate. It is not necessary for us to express any opinion as to whether the mudguns and the drilling machines are really a component of the plant and machinery of the steel plant, but we are satisfied that having regard to the manner in which these machines are erected and installed upon concrete structures, they do not answer the description of “goods” within the meaning of the term in the Excise Act.
Thus, it can be seen that the Hon. Supreme Court while holding the machines as immovable property took into account facts such that the machines could not be shifted without first dismantling it and t

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gistered with the Central Excise Department nor is it disputed that the proprietary concern is a small-scale industrial unit that is availing exemption from payment of duty in terms of the relevant exemption notification.
4. M/s Solidmec Equipments Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Solidmec”. for short), the fifth unit with which we are concerned in the present appeals is a marketing company engaged in the manufacture of asphalt drum/hot mix plants at the sites provided by the purchasers of such plants. It is common ground that Solidmec advertises its products and undertakes contracts for supplying, erection, commissioning and after-sale services relating thereto. It is also admitted that all the five concerns referred to above are closely held by Shri Hasmukhbhai, his brothers and the members of their families.
5. An inspection of the factories of the respondents by a team of officers from the Central Excise. Preventing Wing, Headquarters, Ahmedabad, led to the issue of a notice dat

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ed that Solidmec was engaged in the manufacturing of asphalt hatch mix and drum mix/hot mix plants by assembling and installing the parts and components manufactured by the manufacturing units of the group. According to the notice the process of assembly of the parts and components at the site provided by the purchasers of such plants was tantamount to manufacture of such plants as a distinct product with a new name, quality, usage and character emerged out of the said process. Resultantly. the end product, namely, asphalt drum/hot mix plants became exigible to Central excise duty, which duty Solidmec had successfully avoided. The notice also proposed to levy penalties upon all the five concerns under appropriate provisions of the Central Excise Act.”
The Hon. Court has very elaborately dealt with the issue and it would be useful to go through the observations –
“22. Section 3 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 does not spell out an exhaustive definition of the expression “immovab

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ovable property” things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth. The term “attached to the earth”. has not been defined in the General Clauses Act. 1897. Section 3 of the Transfer of Property Act. however, gives the following meaning to the expression attached to the earth
“(a) rooted in the earth, as m the vase of trees and shrubs.
(b) imbedded in the earth, as in the case of walls and buildings;
(c) attached to what is so imbedded for the permanent beneficial enjoyment of that to which it is attached.”
25. It is evident from the above that the expression “attached to the earth” has three distinct dimensions, viz. (a) rooted in the earth as in the case of trees and shrubs (b) imbedded in the earth as in the case of walls or buildings or (c) attached lo what is imbedded for the permanent beneficial enjoyment of that to which it is attached. Attachment of the plant in question with the help of nuts and bolts to a foundation not more than 1=

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r permanent beneficial enjoyment of that to which the plant is attached.
It is nobody's case that the attachment of the plant to the foundation is meant for permanent beneficial enjoyment of either the foundation or the land in which the same is imbedded.
26. In English law the general rule is that what is annexed to the freehold becomes part of the realty under the maxim quidcquid plantatur solo, solo cedit. This maxim, however, has no application in India. Even so, the question whether a chattel is imbedded in the earth so as to become immovable property is decided on the same principles as those which determine what constitutes an annexation to the land in English law. The English law has evolved the twin tests of degree or mode of annexation and the object of annexation
27. In Wake V. Halt (1883) 8 App Cas 195 Lord Blackburn speaking for the Court of Appeal observed:
“The degree and nature of annexation is an important element for consideration: for where a chattel is so an

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ancy The mode of annexation has been similarly given considerable significance by the courts in this country in order to be treated as fixture. Attachment to the earth must be as defined in Section 3 of the Transfer of Property Act for instance a hut is an immovable property, even if it is sold with the option to pull it down. A mortgage of the super structure of a house though expressed to be exclusive of the land beneath, creates an interest in immovable property, for it is permanently attached to the ground on which it is built.
30. The courts in this country have applied the test whether the annexation is with the object of permanent beneficial enjoyment of the land or building Machinery for metal-shaping and electro-plating which was attached by bolls to special concrete bases and could not be easily removed, was not treated to be a part of structure or the soil beneath it. as the attachment was not for more beneficial enjoyment of either the soil or concrete. Attachment in order

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ct.
(iii) The fixing of the plants to a foundation is meant only to give stability to the plant and keep its operation vibration free.
(iv) The setting up of the plant itself is not intended to be permanent at a given place. The plant can be moved and is indeed moved after the road construction or repair project for which it is set up is completed.”
It can be seen that the Hon. Supreme Court has reiterated the same principles as were seen in the earlier decision of T.T.G. Industries Ltd. v. CCE (cited supra). The Hon. Court observed that the expression “attached to the earth” has three distinct dimensions –
(a) rooted in the earth as in the case of trees and shrubs
(b) imbedded in the earth as in the case of walls or buildings or
(c) attached to what is imbedded for the permanent beneficial enjoyment of that to which is attached
It has been categorically observed that the attachment of the plant to the foundation at which it rests does not fall in the third category attache

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ause the machine was attached to earth for a more efficient working and operation the same did not per se become immovable properly.
34. The Court observed: (Sirpur Paper Mills Ltd. case 1(1998) 1 SCC 400], SCC p 402, para 5)
“5. Apart front this finding of fact made by the Tribunal, the point advanced on behalf of the appellant, that whatever is embedded in earth must be treated as immovable property is basically not sound. For example, a factory owner or a householder may purchase a water pump and fix on cement base for operational efficiency and also fur sec win Thai will not make the water pump an item of immovable property. Some of the components of the water pump may even be assembled on site. That too will not make any difference to the principle. The lest is whether the paper-making machine can be sold m the market The Tribunal has found as a fact that it can be sold, in view of that finding, we are unable to uphold the contention of the appellant that the machine must be tre

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goods that could be brought to market for being bought and sold.
39. We do not see any comparison between the erection and installation of a tube mill which involved a comprehensive process of installing slitting line, tube rolling plant, welding plant, testing equipment and galvanising, etc. referred to in the decision of this Court in Quality Steel Tubes case [(1995) 2 SCC 372: (1995) 75 ELT 17] with the setting up of a hot mix plant as in this case. As observed by this Court in Triveni Engg. A Industries Ltd. case [(2000) 7 SCC 29 (2000) 120 ELT 273]. the facts and circumstances of each case shall have to be examined for determining not only the factum of fastening/attachment to the earth but also the intention behind the same.
40. In Mittal Engg. Works (P) Ltd. case [(1997) 1 SCC 203 : (1996) 88 ELT 622] this Court was examining whether the mono vertical crystallisers erected and attached by a foundation to the earth at the site of the sugar factory could be treated as goods with

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) 75 ELT 17]. the erection and installation of mono vertical crystallisers was held not dutiable under the Excise Act. This Court observed that: [Mittal Engg. Works (P) Ltd. Case [1997) 1 SCC 203: (1996) 88 ELT 622]. SCC p. 208. para 10]
“10. … The Tribunal ought to have remembered… that mono vertical crystallisers had, apart from assembly, to be erected and attached by foundations to the earth and, therefore, were not, in any event, marketable as they were.”
This decision also, in our opinion, does not lend any support to the case of the assessee in these appeals as we are not dealing with the case of a machine like mono vertical crystallisers which is permanently embedded in the structure of a sugar factory as was the position in Mittal Engg. Works (P) Ltd. case [(1997) 1 SCC 203 : (1996) 88 ELT 622].
The plants with which we are dealing are entirely over ground and are not assimilated in any structure. They are simply fixed to the foundation with the help of nuts and bolts i

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and parcel of the structures in which they were fitted were no longer movable goods. It was in those peculiar circumstances that the installation and erection of machines at the sites were held to be by this Court to be immovable property that ceased to remain movable or marketable as they were at the time of their purchase. Once such a machine is fixed, embedded or assimilated in a permanent structure, the movable character of the machine becomes extinct. The same cannot thereafter be treated as movable so as to be dutiable under the Excise Act Hut cases in which there is no assimilation of the machine with the structure permanently, would stand on a different footing.
44. In the instant case all that has been said by the assessee is that the machine is fixed by nuts and bolts to a foundation not because (he intention was to permanently attach it to the earth but because a foundation was necessary to provide a wobble free operation to the machine. An attachment of this kind without t

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Qmax Assay And Hallmarks Versus The Intelligence Officer (IB) Commercial Taxes, The State Tax Officer,
GST
2018 (7) TMI 1823 – KERLA HIGH COURT – 2018 (18) G. S. T. L. 792 (Ker.)
KERLA HIGH COURT – HC
Dated:- 4-6-2018
W. P. (C). No. 15710 of 2018
GST
SHRI P.B. SURESH KUMAR, J.
Petitioner By: Advs. Sri. S. Anil Kumar (Trivandrum) Sri. Saju. K. Perutty
Respondent By: R8 BY Adv. Sri. Harisankar V. Menon R8 BY Adv. Smt. Meera V. Menon R8 By Adv. Smt. K. Krishna Raddl.6, R7 & 9 -R 12 BY Adv. Sri. R. Muralidharan (Aroor) R140 By Adv. K R4, R5 BY Adv. Sri. A. Kumar R4, R5 By Adv. SMTG. Mini(1748) By Sri. V.K. Shamsudeen (SR.GP) By Sr. Government Pleader: Sri. V.K. Shamsudheen
JUDGMENT
In terms of Exts.P9 and P9(a) orders,

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payment of applicable tax, interest and penalty payable, as the case may be. Sub-rule (1) of Rule 140 of the Kerala State Goods and Service Tax Rules (the Rules) provides that the seized articles may be released on a provisional basis upon execution of a bond for the value of the goods in FORM GST INS-04 and furnishing of a security in the form of bank guarantee equivalent to the amount of applicable tax, interest and penalty payable. In the light of the aforesaid provisions, the petitioner is entitled to claim release of the seized articles.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that he is unable to furnish bank guarantee in terms of sub-rule (1) of Rule 140 of the Rules. It was, however, pointed out that the seized articles

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The Punjab Goods and Services Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2018.
G.S.R.38/P.A.5/2017/S.164/Amd.(14)/2018 Dated:- 4-6-2018 Punjab SGST
GST – States
Punjab SGST
Punjab SGST
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE AND TAXATION
(EXCISE AND TAXATION-II BRANCH)
NOTIFICATION
The 4th June, 2018
No. G.S.R.38/P.A.5/2017/S.164/Amd.(14)/2018.-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Punjab Act No.5 of 2017), and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab, on the recommendations of the Council, is pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:-
RULES
1. (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Goods and Services Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on and with effect from the 18th April, 2018.
2. In the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rul

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the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 shall be credited to the Fund:
Provided that an amount equivalent to fifty per cent. of the amount of integrated tax determined under sub-section (5) of section 54 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, read with section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, shall be deposited in the Fund.
(2) Where any amount, having been credited to the Fund, is ordered or directed to be paid to any claimant by the proper officer, appellate authority or court, the same shall be paid from the Fund.
(3) Accounts of the Fund maintained by the Central Government shall be subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
(4) The Government shall, by an order, constitute a Standing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee') with a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Member Secretary and such other members as it may deem fit and the Committee shall make recommendations for proper utilization of the money cred

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re any applicant to produce before it, or before a duly authorised officer of the State Government, as the case may be, such books, accounts, documents, instruments, or commodities in custody and control of the applicant, as may be necessary for proper evaluation of the application;
(c) to require any applicant to allow entry and inspection of any premises, from which activities claimed to be for the welfare of consumers are stated to be carried on, to a duly authorised officer of the State Government, as the case may be;
(d) to get the accounts of the applicants audited, for ensuring proper utilisation of the grant;
(e) to require any applicant, in case of any default, or suppression of material information on his part, to refund in lump-sum along with accrued interest, the sanctioned grant to the Committee, and to be subject to prosecution under the Act;
(f) to recover any sum due from any applicant in accordance with the provisions of the Act;
(g) to require any applicant,

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he Committee shall make recommendations-
(a) for making available grants to any applicant;
(b) for investment of the money available in the Fund;
(c) for making available grants (on selective basis) for reimbursing legal expenses incurred by a complainant, or class of complainants in a consumer dispute, after its final adjudication;
(d) for making available grants for any other purpose recommended by the Central Consumer Protection Council (as may be considered appropriate by the Committee);
(e) for making available up to 50% of the funds credited to the Fund each year, for publicity/ consumer awareness on GST, provided the availability of funds for consumer welfare activities of the Department of Consumer Affairs is not less than twenty five crore rupees per annum.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule,
(a) 'applicant' means,
(i) the Central Government or State Government;
(ii) regulatory authorities or autonomous bodies constituted under an Act of Parliament

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enses incurred by him in a case instituted by him in a consumer dispute redressal agency;
(b) 'application' means an application in the form as specified by the Standing Committee from time to time;
(c) 'Central Consumer Protection Council' means the Central Consumer Protection Council, established under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), for promotion and protection of rights of consumers;
(d) 'Committee' means the Committee constituted under sub-rule (4);
(e) 'consumer' has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), and includes consumer of goods on which central tax has been paid;
(f) 'Fund' means the Fund established by the State Government under section 57 of the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017;
(g) 'proper officer' means the officer having the power under the Act to make an order that the whole

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nvoice/Bill of Entry
Description of inputs held in stock, inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock and capital goods/plant and machinery
Unit Quantity Code (UQC)
Qty
Value (As adjusted by debit/credit note)
Input tax credit/Tax payable (whichever is higher) (Rs.)
Central tax
State Union territory tax
Integrated tax
Cess
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8 (a) Inputs held in stock (where invoice is available)
8 (b) Inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock (where invoice is available)
8 (c) Capital goods/plant and machinery held in stock
8 (d) Inputs held in stock or inputs as contained in semi-finished /finished goods held in stock (where invoice not available)
9. Amount of tax payable and paid (based on Table 8)
Sr. No.
Description
ITC reversible/ Tax payable
Tax paid along with application cancellation of registration (GST REG-16)
Balance payable (3-4)
Amount paid through debit to electronic cash ledger
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g tax under section 10;
(iii) Non-resident taxable person;
(iv) Persons required to deduct tax at source under section 51; and
(v) Persons required to collect tax at source under section 52.
2. Details of stock of inputs, inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods and stock of capital goods/plant and machiner on which input tax credit has been availed.
3. Following points need to be taken care of while providing details of stock at Sl. No.8:
(i) where the tax invoices related to the inputs held in stock or inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock are not available, the registered person shall estimate the amount under sub-rule (3) of rule 44 based on prevailing market price of the goods;
(ii) in case of capital goods/ plant and machinery, the value should be the invoice value reduced by 1/60th per month or part thereof from the date of invoice/purchase taking useful life as five years.
4. The details furnished in accordance with sub-rule (3)

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Waiver the late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B.
S.O.75/P.A.5/2017/S.128/2018 Dated:- 4-6-2018 Punjab SGST
GST – States
Punjab SGST
Punjab SGST
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE AND TAXATION
(EXCISE AND TAXATION-II BRANCH)
NOTIFICATION
The 4th June, 2018
No. S.O.75/P.A.5/2017/S.128/2018.-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Punjab Act No.5 of 20

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E WAY BILL
Query (Issue) Started By: – YUWRAJ KOTHARI Dated:- 2-6-2018 Last Reply Date:- 7-6-2018 Goods and Services Tax – GST
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GST
Dear Experts,
My Client has a business of Cement (Reseller). Whereas Company send Cement bags via rail to a particular destination. After that Company provide Transport facility to send cement bags to client but during the transit client request transporter to send Cement bags directly to the 3 customer situated at three different places. My queries is whether we have to generate e way bill and if yes then HOW or Transporter will take care of such transaction.
Reply By YAGAY and SUN:
The Reply:
One can transport goods through different modes of transportation – Road, Rail, Air, Shi

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fted from railway siding to buyer plant by around 200 trucks(16 km distance). In that case how to update part-B of e-Way bill.
Reply By YAGAY and SUN:
The Reply:
Where the goods are transported by railways or by air or vessel, the Part B of the e-way bill can be updated either before or after the commencement of movement. But, where the goods are transported by railways, the railways shall not deliver the goods, unless the e-way bill as required under these rules is produced to them, at the time of delivery.
One e-way bill can go through multiple modes of transportation before reaching destination. As per the mode of transportation, the EWB can be updated with new mode of transportation by using 'Update Vehicle Number'.
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Goods to Other State Branches Under GST Can Use Invoice Value as Open Market Value with Full Input Tax Credit.
Case-Laws
GST
GST – Valuation of a supply – Goods transferred to branches in ano

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RECORDS IN GST REGIME_ELECTRONIC Vs PHYSICAL
By: – Ram Akshya
Goods and Services Tax – GST
Dated:- 2-6-2018

1. Introduction
Maintenance of books of account and documentation is one of the important compliance requirement under any tax law. The tax payer or the assessee is required to record all transactions in his books of account and keep all the documents entered into for any transaction in safe custody up to a particular period of time. Different tax law specifies different period for which records, documents etc. should be preserved. Further, the correct assessment, audit, verification of compliances are based on proper maintenance of books of accounts and records keeping. Goods and Service Tax (GST) is mainly self-assessment based system where the registered person is required to assess his liability and pay it by filing applicable returns. Off course, the basis for this is underlying records for a particular transaction. The GST law has also prescribed documents

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iche.”
* As per Section 2(12) of Companies Act 2013, “book and paper' and 'book or paper' include books of account, deeds, vouchers, writings, documents, minutes and registers maintained on paper or in electronic form.”
* As per Section 2(13) of Companies Act 2013, “books of account' includes records maintained in respect of-
(i) all sums of money received and expended by a company and matters in relation to which the receipts and expenditure take place;
(ii) all sales and purchases of goods and services by the company;
(iii) the assets and liabilities of the company; and
(iv) the items of cost as may be prescribed under section 148 in the case of a company which belongs to any class of companies specified under that section.”
* As per Section 2(36) of Companies Act 2013, “document includes summons, notice, requisition, order, declaration, form and register, whether issued, sent or kept in pursuance of this Act or under any other law for the time being in force or otherwi

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form of data stored on any electronic device. In case, there is any change in the registers and other documents maintained electronically, a log of every entry edited or deleted is required to be maintained. Further, proper electronic back up of all the records is required to be maintained and preserved so that in case of destruction of such records due to any reason, it may be restored within a reasonable period of time. The person maintaining electronic records is to submit the relevant records, documents in hard copy or in electronic readable format, duly authenticated by him to the appropriate authority if demanded. Further, the details of files stored electronically, password of such files and explanation for codes used etc. is also required to be provided on demand.
4. Location of maintenance of books of accounts
The GST law requires every registered person to maintain the books of accounts at his places of business respectively. In case, there is multiple business locations

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e of business shall be kept at such place of business. Accordingly, every registered person is to keep and maintain the account of:
* Manufacture of goods
* To maintain monthly production accounts showing quantitative details of raw material or services used in the manufacture and quantitative details of goods so manufactured including waste and by-products
Inward & outward supply of goods or services
* Stock of goods
* Input tax credit availed
* Output tax payable and paid
* It should contain the details of tax payable including payable as per Section 9(3) & Section 9(4), tax collected and paid, input tax, input ta credit claimed together with a register of tax invoice, credit notes, debit notes, delivery challan issued or received during any tax period
Import or export
* Supplies attracting payment of tax on reverse charge basis
* Relevant documents including invoices, bills of supply, delivery challans, credit notes, debit notes, receipt vouchers, payment voucher

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d therein.
6. Period of preservation of accounts
Every registered person who is required to keep and maintain books of accounts or other records as per GST law shall preserve the same till the expiry of seventy two months (six years) from the due date of furnishing the annual return. The due date of filing of annual return is 31st December from the end of the relevant financial year. Thus, the books of accounts or other records must be preserved at least seventy nine months from the end of the relevant financial year.
In case, there is any appeal or revision or investigation or any other proceeding/case going on, the books of accounts and other records pertaining to such proceeding is required to be preserved for a period of one year after final disposal of such proceeding/case or till the expiry of seventy two months from 31st December of relevant financial year, whichever is later.
7. Conclusion
From the above, it is derived that the GST law has extensive accounting and record k

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Refund in case of Inverted Duty Structure
Query (Issue) Started By: – Riya Jain Dated:- 2-6-2018 Last Reply Date:- 2-6-2018 Goods and Services Tax – GST
Got 2 Replies
GST
Sir
In Gst refund form of inverted duty structure ,where output tax is 12% and 18% and input tax 18% and 28% , it asks for turnover of inverted supply of goods, in that will only be 12 percent will be taken or 12% and 18‰ both turnover.Also if only 12% turnover is to be taken, then it becomes contradictory

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GST revenue collection for May 2018
GST
Dated:- 1-6-2018

GST revenue collection for May 2018
Rs 94,016 Crore of total gross GST revenue collected in May2018
Gross revenue collection in may is much higher than the monthly average of GST collection in the last financial year
The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of May2018 is Rs. 94,016 crore of which CGST is ₹ 15,866 crore, SGST is ₹ 21,691 crore, IGST is ₹ 49,120 crore (including ₹ 24,447 crore collected on imports) and Cess is ₹ 7,339 crore (including ₹ 854 crore collected on imports).The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of April up to 31st May, 2018 is 62.47 lakh.
The total revenue earned by Central Gove

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Printing Customer Content on Photographic Paper Classified as Service Under SAC 9989, 12% GST Applies.
Case-Laws
GST
Classification of supply – Activity of Printing content supplied by the cu

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Late payment of GST amount
Query (Issue) Started By: – Yugank Goel Dated:- 1-6-2018 Last Reply Date:- 8-6-2018 Goods and Services Tax – GST
Got 3 Replies
GST
Dear All,
Suppose we have not depsited tax on time then what is the interest rate that we will be liable to pay.
Is it 18% or 24%??
If 18%, then when we got liable for 24%.
Reply By YAGAY and SUN:
The Reply:
Interest on Late GST Payment
An interest of 18 percent is levied on the late payment of taxes under the GST regime.

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Gst paid but return not submitted
Query (Issue) Started By: – Yugank Goel Dated:- 1-6-2018 Last Reply Date:- 7-6-2018 Goods and Services Tax – GST
Got 5 Replies
GST
Dear All,
There is a issue which I had discussed with many consultants but I found that this is debatable as every consultant comes with their own view which is different from others. Please help me to solve this.
We have not submitted the GSTR 3B returns for past 3-4 months but we have deposited the tax amount timely. We just want to know that when we will file the return, shall we have to pay interest also on amount which we have already paid in advance as we have not setoff our GST liability or there will be only penalty for late filing.
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Reply By Yugank Goel:
The Reply:
Regarding late fee this is true but is there any provision that tax paid in advance without being setoff the liability in GSTR3B still be liable for interest for the output liability?????
Reply By Praveen Nair:
The Reply:
Dear Yugank
If there are no change in the Output liability and the amount paid advance (credit / cash) is unutilized as on the date of filing the GSTR3B return, which you desire to file with the late payment fees, it is a matter of representation to the right authority. No interest is leviable.
Regards
Pravin Nair
Reply By Mahadev R:
The Reply:
In GST law, tax amounts are deemed to be paid only when they are adjusted with the liability in liability register which can happen only on

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Mahavir Spinning Mills Versus Commissioner of Goods and Service Tax, Ludhiana
Central Excise
2018 (6) TMI 245 – CESTAT CHANDIGARH – TMI
CESTAT CHANDIGARH – AT
Dated:- 1-6-2018
E/60303/2018 – FINAL ORDER NO: 62441/2018
Central Excise
Mr. Ashok Jindal, Member (Judicial)
Shri. Surjeet Bhadu, Advocate- for the appellant
Shri. A.K. Saini, AR- for the respondent
ORDER
Per Ashok Jindal:
The appellant is in appeal against the impugned order wherein a demand at the rate of 6% of the value of exempted goods has been confirmed against them on the ground that the appellant is not maintaining separate account of inputs for manufacture of dutiable as well as exempted goods.
2. The facts of the case are that the appellant is manufacturer of 100% Grey Cotton Textile Yarn. The appellant is adopting method by selling their goods under Notification No. 29/2004-CE dated 09.07.2004 on payment of duty and under Notification No. 30/2004- CE dated 09.07.2004 without payment of duty.

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ods cleared under Notification No. 29/2004-CE dated 09.07.2004 on proportionate basis and no cenvat credit has been taken by the appellant on the inputs used in manufacture of goods cleared under Notification No. 30/2004 dated 09.07.2004 and waste. Therefore, the appellant is not liable to pay any amount in terms of Rules 6 (3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.
4. On the other hand, the ld. AR reiterated the finding in the impugned order.
5. Heard the parties and considered the submissions.
6. On perusal of the record, I find that in the show cause notice the only allegation against the appellant is that they are not maintaining separate account of inputs used in dutiable as well as exempted final goods, therefore, in terms of Rule 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004, they are required to pay an amount equal to 6% of the value of waste cleared at nil rate of duty. In such a situation, the CBEC has issued Circular No. 845/3/2007-CE dated 01.02.2007 which clarifies the position as u

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ared at nil rate of duty. In the impugned order also, the ld. Commissioner (A) has not given any finding to the claim made by the appellant that they are availing proportionate cenvat credit of inputs used in manufacture goods at the end of the month.
8. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is required to be examined by the authorities below whether the appellant is availing proportionate cenvat credit of inputs at the end of the month which has been used in manufacture of dutiable goods and the same has not been denied by the authorities below. In that circumstances, the claim of the appellant has been proved that they have taken the cenvat credit proportionate to inputs used in manufacture of dutiable goods. In that circumstances, the appellant is not required to reverse any amount or pay 6% of the value of waste cleared at the rate of nil rate of duty, therefore, the impugned order is set aside.
In result, the appeal is allowed with consequential relief, if any.
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Shri Govind Ram Bhojak., M/s. Hanut Industries Ltd Versus Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise, Jaipur
Central Excise
2018 (6) TMI 782 – CESTAT NEW DELHI – TMI
CESTAT NEW DELHI – AT
Dated:- 1-6-2018
Excise Appeal No. 2993-2994 of 2005 SM – A/52121-52122/2018-SM[BR]
Central Excise
Ms. Archana Wadhwa, Member (Judicial)
Ms. Surabhi Sinha, Advocate for the Appellants
Shri P Juneja, AR for the Respondent
Per Ms. Archana Wadhwa:
Both the appeals are being disposed of by a common order as they arise out of same impugned order of Commissioner (Appeals).
2. As per facts on record, M/s. Hanut Industries is engaged in the manufacture of PET performs and PET bottles falling under Chapter 39. Their factory was visited by Ce

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factory for manufacture of bottles. Shri Govind Ram Bhojak, authorized signatory of M/s. Vishal Packaging Industries, in his statement dated 17.8.2001 deposed that during the period 1999-2000, they were manufacturing bottles from the premises of one M/s. V K Enterprises by taking their premises and machines on rent basis and during the period 2000-2001, they manufactured PET bottles from the premises of M/s. Tambi Powerloom on rent basis.
5. The officers made inquiries at the end of M/s. V K Enterprises and M/s. Tambi Powerloom whereas it was found that M/s. V K Enterprises had entered into a rental contract with M/s. Vishal Packaging Industries for the period 1999-2000. The proprietor of M/s. Tambi Powerloom Ltd. also agreed that he has p

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Sinha, learned representative of the appellant and Shri P Juneja, learned representative of the Revenue, I find that the entire case of the Revenue is based upon the sole factor that M/s. Vishal Packaging Industries could not establish that during the relevant period, they had entered into an agreement with either M/s. V K Enterprises and M/s. Tambi Powerloom Ltd. This factor by itself cannot lead to conclusion that present appellant had cleared PET bottles in the guise of PET preform without payment of duty. It is well settled law that allegations and findings of clandestine removal are required to be made on the basis of positive evidence and cannot be upheld merely on doubts. There is virtually no evidence on record to show as to who wer

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M/s Sanwariya Tiles Pvt. Ltd., M/s Rajaram Marbles & Granites Pvt. Ltd. Versus CEC&CGST, Jodhpur
Central Excise
2018 (6) TMI 783 – CESTAT NEW DELHI – 2019 (365) E.L.T. 136 (Tri. – Del.)
CESTAT NEW DELHI – AT
Dated:- 1-6-2018
Ex. Appeal Nos.50849 & 50868 of 2018-SM – A/52101-52102/2018-SM[BR]
Central Excise
Ms. Archana Wadhwa, Member (Judicial)
Ms. Asmita Nayak, Advocate for the appellant
Sh. H. C. Saini, AR for the Respondent
Per: Archana Wadhwa:
Both the appeals are being disposed of by a common order as the issue involved in both of them is identical
2. As per facts on record, the appellants are engaged in the manufacture of marble slabs out of the imported marble slabs. During the period prior to February, 2015, they were availing the benefit of small scale exemption Notification. The exemption limit of value of clearances was crossed by them in February, 2015 and as such in terms of provisions of rule 3(2) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004, they became entit

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order of the original adjudicating authority was upheld by Commissioner (Appeals).
Hence, the present appeals.
4. The appellate authority, while rejecting the assessee's appeal observed as under:-
“6. The basic defence of appellant is that both sub rules cannot be applied simultaneously and they are entitled for availment of credit in view of rule 3(2) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. However, I observe that from the wording of above two rules, there is nothing to suggest that both these rules cannot be applied simultaneously. I observe that while Rule 3(2) prescribes the eligibility to avail cenvat credit as soon as the unit crosses threshold limit, Rule 4(1) prescribes particular condition for availment of that credit. If, a condition under Rule 4 specifically disallows cenvat credit on a particular goods or service, the cenvat credit cannot be allowed under Rule 3 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.
7. I find that the case laws quoted by the appellant are not relevant in the pre

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ly, the appellants were not in a position to avail the credit immediately on receipt of the goods or within a period of six months from the issuance of bills of entry, as long as they were working under the small scale exemption notification. Their right to avail the credit would arise only on crossing the exemption limit. Such right specifically stands extended to them by the provisions of Rule 3(2) of the Cenvat Credit Rules and cannot be extinguished by making reference to Rule 4(1). Rule 4(1) which provide for availment of credit within a period of six months from the relevant document applies whether an assessee is already working under the cenvat credit scheme and is availing the cenvat on regular basis. A harmonious interpretation of both the rules leads to the above conclusion. By referring to one provision of law, the other provision cannot be made otiose, as per the settled principle of interpretation. It is not the appellant's fault that they crossed the exemption limit afte

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Shri Anant Bomb, Ajay Goel, Lalit Thakuria, Neeraj Thakur Versus CGST, CE & CC, Bhopal
Central Excise
2018 (6) TMI 784 – CESTAT NEW DELHI – TMI
CESTAT NEW DELHI – AT
Dated:- 1-6-2018
Appeal No. E/52137/2016-SM, E/52153/2016, E/52143/2016, E/52842/2016 – A/52094-52097/2018-SM[BR]
Central Excise
Shri Bijay Kumar, Member (Technical)
Shri Manish Saharan, Advocate, Shri M.K. Sharma, CA (52842/16) – for the appellant
Shri H.C. Saini, D.R. – for the respondent
Per Bijay Kumar:
The present order disposes off the above four appeals filed by the appellant against a common adjudication Order No. 19-20/PR. COMM/CEX/BPL-1/2016 dated 31.3.2016, wherein a penalty of Rs. 25 lakhs was imposed upon each of the appellant, viz. (i)

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e ledger, as stated by the ld. Advocate, is a crucial document for the verification of the transactions in question. Further, the order is based on the third party statement without any corroborative evidence. That there is no dispute that the goods were cleared by the appellant but the allegation that those are diverted en-route to have been not investigated and discussed by the ld. Adjudicating authority. Also that the transactions with M/s Ujala Electricals Ltd. by the banking channel and there is no evidence of any financial flow back to the appellant. Ld. Advocate further relied upon the decision of M/s Z.U. Alvi Vs. CCE, Bhopal – 2000 (117) ELT 69 (Tribunal ) and Manohar Singh Rana Vs. CCE, Indore – 2017 (357) ELT 1163 (Tri.-Delhi) Th

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vocate is of the opinion that there is no case of penalty which has been imposed upon the appellant under Rule 26 ibid. from the above ground.
3. Ld. DR, on the other hand, reiterated the fact contained in the impugned order and stated that all these invoices were issued by the appellant companies without supply of the goods and, therefore, facilitated the availment of the wrong Cenvat credit which is contrary to the provision of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2002.
4. Heard both the parties and considered the case record.
5. The only issue involved in the present case is regarding imposition of penalty of Rs. 25 lakhs each under the provisions of Rule 26 of Central Excise Rules, 2002 as a co-noticee, for the fraudulent availment of Cenvat credit

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Notified Telangana Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2018.
G.O.Ms. NO.108 Dated:- 1-6-2018 Telangana SGST
GST – States
Telangana SGST
Telangana SGST
GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
G.O.Ms. NO.108,
DATED 1-6-2018
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 164 of the Telangana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No.23 of 2017), the State Government hereby makes the following Rules further to amend the Telangana Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:
(1) These Rules may be called the Telangana Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) Save as otherwise provided, they shall deemed to have come into force with effect from 18th day of April, 2018.
2. In the Telangana Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017,-
(i) in rule 89, for sub-rule (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:
"(5) In the case of refund on account of inverted duty structure, refund of input tax credit shall be gran

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termined under sub-section (5) of section 54 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, read with section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, shall be deposited in the Fund.
(2) Where any amount, having been credited to the Fund, is ordered or directed to be paid to any claimant by the proper officer, appellate authority or court, the same shall be paid from the Fund.
(3) Accounts of the Fund maintained by the Government shall be subject to audit by the Principal Accountant General, Telangana.
(4) The Government shall, by an order, constitute a Standing Committee (hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee') with a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Member Secretary and such other members as it may deem fit and the Committee shall make recommendations for proper utilisation of the money credited to the Fund for welfare of the consumers.
(5) (a) The Committee shall meet as and when necessary, generally four times in a year;
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documents, instruments, or commodities in custody and control of the applicant, as may be necessary for proper evaluation of the application;
(c) to require any applicant to allow entry and inspection of any premises, from which activities claimed to be for the welfare of consumers are stated to be carried on, to a duly authorised officer of the State Government, as the case may be;
(d) to get the accounts of the applicants audited, for ensuring proper utilisation of the grant;
(e) to require any applicant, in case of any default, or suppression of material information on his part, to refund in lump-sum alongwith accrued interest, the sanctioned grant to the Committee, and to be subject to prosecution under the Act;
(f) to recover any sum due from any applicant in accordance with the provisions of the Act;
(g) to require any applicant, or class of applicants to submit a periodical report, indicating proper utilisation of the grant;
(h) to reject an application placed before

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vailable in the Fund;
(c) making available grants (on selective basis) for reimbursing legal expenses incurred by a complainant, or class of complainants in a consumer dispute, after its final adjudication;
(d) making available grants for any other purpose recommended by the Central Consumer Protection Council (as may be considered appropriate by the Committee);
(e) making available up to 50% of the funds credited to the Fund each year, for publicity/consumer awareness on GST, provided the availability of funds for consumer welfare activities of the Department of Consumer Affairs is not less than five crore rupees per annum.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule,
(a) 'applicant' means,-
(i) the Central Government or State Government;
(ii) regulatory authorities or autonomous bodies constituted under an Act of Parliament or Legislature of the State;
(iii) any agency or organization engaged in consumer welfare activities for a minimum period of three years, re

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cified by the Standing Committee from time to time;
(c) 'Central Consumer Protection Council' means the Central Consumer Protection Council, established under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), for promotion and protection of rights of consumers;
(d) 'Committee' means the Committee constituted under sub-rule (4);
(e) 'Consumer' has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), and includes consumer of goods on which central tax has been paid;
(f) 'Fund' means the Consumer Welfare Fund established by the State Government under section 57 of the Telangana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (19 of 2017);
(g) 'Proper Officer' means the officer having the power under the Act to make an order that the whole or any part of the state tax is refundable.".
(iii) in FORM GST ITC-03, after entry 5 (e), for the instr

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oods held in stock and capital goods /plant and machinery
Unit Quantity
Code (UQC)
Qty
Value (As adjusted by debit / credit note)
Input tax credit/
Tax payable (whichever is higher) (Rs.)
No.
Date
Central tax
State/
Union territory tax
Integrated tax
Cess
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
8 (a) Inputs held in stock (where invoice is available)
8 (b) Inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock (where invoice is available)
8 (c) Capital goods/plant and machinery held in stock
8 (d) Inputs held in stock or inputs as contained in semi-finished /finished goods held in stock ( where invoice is not available)
9. Amount of tax payable and paid (based on Table 8)
Sr.
No
.
Description
ITC reversible/T ax payable
Tax paid along with application for cancellation of registration (GST REG-16)
Balance tax payable (3-4)
Amount paid through debit to electronic cash ledger
Amount paid through debit to electronic credit ledger
Cen

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ection 10;
(iii) Non-resident taxable person;
(iv) Persons required to deduct tax at source under section 51; and
(v) Persons required to collect tax at source under section 52.
2. Details of stock of inputs, inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods and stock of capital goods/plant and machinery on which input tax credit has been availed.
3. Following points need to be taken care of while providing details of stock at Sl. No.8:
(i) where the tax invoices related to the inputs held in stock or inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock are not available, the registered person shall estimate the amount under sub-rule (3) of rule 44 based on prevailing market price of the goods;
(ii) in case of capital goods/ plant and machinery, the value should be the invoice value reduced by 1/60th per month or part thereof from the date of invoice/purchase taking useful life as five years.
4. The details furnished in accordance with sub-rule (3) of rule 44 in

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Seeks to extend the due date for filling of FORM GSTR-6 for the months from July 2017 till June, 2018.
010/2018-GST Dated:- 1-6-2018 Assam SGST
GST – States
Assam SGST
Assam SGST
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM
ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX
ASSAM KAR BHAWAN
NOTIFICATION No. 10/2018-GST
Date: 1st June, 2018
No. CT/GST-14/2017/128.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 39 of the Assam Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, (Assam Ac

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Seeks to notify NACIN as the authority for conducting the examination for GST Practitioners under rule 83(3)of the Assam GST Rules,2017.
009/2018-GST Dated:- 1-6-2018 Assam SGST
GST – States
Assam SGST
Assam SGST
GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM
ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX
ASSAM KAR BHAWAN
NOTIFICATION No. 9/2018-GST
Date 1st June, 2018
NO.CT/GST-14/2017/124.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section 48 of the Assam Goods and Services Tax Act,

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M/s Virchow Petrochemical Pvt. Ltd., Versus Commissioner of Central Tax, Central Excise & Service Tax -Medchal – GST
Central Excise
2018 (6) TMI 1413 – CESTAT HYDERABAD – TMI
CESTAT HYDERABAD – AT
Dated:- 1-6-2018
Appeal No. E/31133/2017 – A/30613/2018
Central Excise
Mr. M.V. RAVINDRAN, MEMBER (JUDICIAL)
None for the Appellant.
Shri Arun Kumar, Deputy Commissioner (AR) for the Respondent.
[Order per: M.V. Ravindran]
This appeal is directed against Order-in-Appeal No. HYDEXCUS- MD-AP2-0038-17-18 dated 29.08.2017.
2. Heard both sides and perused the records.
3. The issue involved in this case is regarding eligibility to avail CENVAT credit of service tax paid on Marine Insurance services which were used for export of finished goods exported and Air Travel Agent's services used for business travel of directors for sales promotion; reversal of CENVAT credit availed on the capital goods cleared without being used as such and whether invocation of extended perio

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he matter was called out, submits that the lower authorities were in error in confirming the demands raised as Marine Insurance service is for the exports of the goods and cost of the export goods increasing by disallowing the credit on Marine Insurance service; Air Travel Agent's services were used for appellant movement of the directors and employees and used for business travel purpose and they have correctly reverse the CENVAT credit while discharging the duty on one of the machineries. He draws my attention to the various documents annexed to the memorandum of appeal. It is his further submission that the entire demand is hit by limitation as the show cause notice is issued on 17.05.2016 invoking the extended period, in spite of the fact that two audit parties have taken place in the appellant's premises and draws my attention to the audit report the copy annexed to the returns submitted today.
6. The matter was kept today for hearing arguments of Learned Departmental Representat

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od 26.01.2014 and 28.01.2014 and audit reports for January, 2014 to December, 2014 audited on 06.01.2015 – 21.01.2015. The said audit reports did not indicate any of the allegations made in the present show cause notice. It is also seen from the said show cause notice dated 17.05.2016, the basis for issuance of show cause notice is the audit report of the CAG. It is settled law in the case of Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore Vs. MTR Foods Ltd., [2012 (282) ELT 196 (Kar.)] wherein, Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka has specifically held that once returns were regularly filed and no objections raised about same in first audit by Revenue Officers and during second audit, objections raised about same, and the said returns indicated availment of CENVAT Credit Rules, the audit party accepted the same, and it is not proper to invoke the extended period. The said ratio squarely covers the issue in favour of the appellant. Accordingly, the impugned order is set aside only on the ground o

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Shreeji Adhesive Versus CGST & CE, Ujjain
Central Excise
2018 (7) TMI 519 – CESTAT NEW DELHI – TMI
CESTAT NEW DELHI – AT
Dated:- 1-6-2018
Appeal No. E/50872/2018-CU[DB] – A/52268/2018-EX[DB]
Central Excise
Mr. Bijay Kumar, Member (Technical) And Ms. Rachna Gupta, Member (Judicial)
Represented by Ms. Priyanka Goel, Advocate for the Appellant.
Represented by Shri R.K. Mishra, D.R. for the Respondent.
ORDER
Per Rachna Gupta:
Present is an appeal filed against the order dated 15.01.2018 vide which the Commissioner (Appeals) has confirmed the demand of duty on the value of subsidy received by the Appellant during the years 2010-11 to 2014-15. In addition, a penalty under Section 78 has also been confirmed. The factua

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