Reimbursable expenses in taxable value remanded for fresh adjudication after verification of prior decisions and facts.

Reimbursable expenses were considered in relation to taxable value under the service tax regime, but their inclusion had to be verified against the facts and the effect of earlier judicial decisions. The order was set aside and the matter remanded for fresh adjudication, with the appellant given an opportunity to place its case. All issues were left open for reconsideration.

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Issues: Whether reimbursable expenses were includible in the taxable value of the services and whether the matter required fresh consideration.

Analysis: The issue was noted as having been dealt with in earlier judicial decisions, but the applicability of those decisions and the nature of the expenses claimed required verification. The impugned order was therefore set aside and the matter was sent back to the adjudicating authority for reconsideration, with opportunity to the appellant to place its case.

Outcome: The matter was remanded for fresh decision and all issues were left open for reconsideration.

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