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Issues: (i) Whether amounts collected by the developer from unit purchasers for common facilities were taxable as management, maintenance or repair service. (ii) Whether amounts collected for access to club houses were taxable as health and fitness service.
Issue (i): Whether amounts collected by the developer from unit purchasers for common facilities were taxable as management, maintenance or repair service.
Analysis: The amounts were collected pursuant to the obligations arising from the Maharashtra ownership flats regime for operation of common use facilities and transfer of the balance to the purchasers' society when constituted. The earlier decision in the same dispute had already held that the developer was not rendering management, maintenance or repair service, and that the developer was in substance a recipient of such services rather than the provider. On the same factual and legal basis for the subsequent period, the demand could not be sustained.
Conclusion: The demand under management, maintenance or repair service was not sustainable and the issue was decided in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether amounts collected for access to club houses were taxable as health and fitness service.
Analysis: The developer had constructed club houses and had been paying tax under club or association service. No evidence was shown to establish that the activity actually fell within health and fitness service instead of club or association service. Following the earlier binding view in the same matter, the service was not liable to be reclassified as health and fitness service.
Conclusion: The demand under health and fitness service was not sustainable and the issue was decided in favour of the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The appeal of Revenue failed, while the assessee succeeded on the substantive classification disputes and the impugned order was set aside to that extent.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a developer collects amounts pursuant to statutory obligations for common facilities or club-house access, taxability depends on the real nature of the service actually provided, and a demand cannot be sustained without showing that the activity squarely falls within the specific taxable category alleged.
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