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Issues: Whether, in computing the value of maintenance and repair services for service tax, the value of consumables and spare parts used in the repair of LPG cylinders could be excluded where VAT had already been discharged on those items.
Analysis: The items used in the repair activity were separately accounted for and VAT had been paid on the goods consumed. The valuation dispute was governed by the principle that the gross value for service tax does not include the value of goods sold as such, and the exemption under Notification No. 12/2003-ST applied where the value of goods sold was separately evidenced. The authority below relied on binding precedent holding that goods on which VAT has been paid, and which constitute sale within the meaning of Article 366(29A) of the Constitution of India, are not to be added to the taxable value of the service. The challenge under Section 67 of the Finance Act, 1994 did not displace that settled position.
Conclusion: The value of spare parts and consumables on which VAT had been paid was not includible in the taxable value of the repair service; the Revenue's objection failed.
Final Conclusion: The demand of service tax on the value of goods used in repair could not be sustained, and the order in favour of the assessee was maintained.
Ratio Decidendi: Where goods used in providing a service are separately identifiable and VAT has been paid on their sale value, that value is excluded from the service tax valuation under the applicable exemption and valuation framework.
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