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Issues: (i) whether the composite contracts for construction of petrol pumps were liable to service tax as separate services or only as works contract service from 1.6.2007; (ii) whether the contract could be bifurcated on the basis of billing and invoices for tax purposes; (iii) whether the claimed abatement or composition and the penalties were sustainable.
Issue (i): whether the composite contracts for construction of petrol pumps were liable to service tax as separate services or only as works contract service from 1.6.2007
Analysis: The contracts involved supply of goods as well as provision of service and were composite in nature. The invoicing pattern or separate account codes did not alter the character of the underlying work order. In light of the settled position on composite contracts and the principle applied in works contract matters, such activity was taxable only as works contract service with effect from 1.6.2007.
Conclusion: The activity was liable to service tax only as works contract service from 1.6.2007, and not as separate taxable services.
Issue (ii): whether the contract could be bifurcated on the basis of billing and invoices for tax purposes
Analysis: The billing pattern merely reflected the stage-wise or category-wise raising of invoices for the same composite work. Splitting a single contract into different taxable services only on the basis of bill rates and invoice details was held to be unsustainable.
Conclusion: The bifurcation of the composite contract was rejected.
Issue (iii): whether the claimed abatement or composition and the penalties were sustainable
Analysis: The claimed abatement or composition required verification on the basis of supporting documents to be furnished by the appellant. The penalties were waived by invoking the statutory power to grant relief where the dispute was contentious and similar matters had been granted the same treatment. The demand was also confined to the normal period.
Conclusion: The abatement or composition claim was left to be decided on evidence, the penalties were waived, and the demand was restricted to the normal period.
Final Conclusion: The composite petrol pump construction contracts were held taxable as works contract service from 1.6.2007, with the split-up classification rejected, penalties waived, and the tax liability to be reworked after verification of supporting documents.
Ratio Decidendi: A composite contract involving both goods and services cannot be artificially split on the basis of invoicing particulars, and such contracts are taxable as works contract service from the date that levy applies.
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