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Issues: Whether the assessee was entitled to claim the threshold exemption under Notification No. 6/2005-ST by filing a revised return after initially paying service tax, and whether the departmental demand could be sustained when the aggregate rental value for the financial year remained below the exemption limit.
Analysis: The service of renting of immovable property was introduced with effect from 01.06.2007, and the assessee initially commenced payment of service tax and filed the original return. On realizing that the benefit of the threshold exemption had not been claimed, a revised ST-3 return was filed within the permissible time, declaring nil tax liability. The aggregate rental receipts for the financial year were found to be below the prescribed monetary limit under the notification. The stipulation in the notification regarding exercise of option for the financial year did not bar the assessee from claiming the exemption through the revised return in these facts.
Conclusion: The assessee was entitled to the threshold exemption, and the service tax demand was not sustainable.
Ratio Decidendi: Where the aggregate value of taxable services remains within the threshold limit, a revised return may validly be used to claim the small service provider exemption, and prior payment of tax does not by itself defeat the statutory exemption.
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