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Issues: (i) Whether the service tax deposits made during the relevant period and by the later challan could be appropriated against the confirmed demand. (ii) Whether the extended period of limitation and the penalty for suppression were sustainable. (iii) Whether interest and the late fee penalty were leviable on the remaining tax liability.
Issue (i): Whether the service tax deposits made during the relevant period and by the later challan could be appropriated against the confirmed demand.
Analysis: The deposited amounts were traced to the appellant's challans and were linked to the taxable services in dispute. The amounts deposited during 2016-17 and the later deposit were treated as available for adjustment against the demand, to the extent established from the records.
Conclusion: The deposits were directed to be appropriated against the demand, and the demand stood reduced to the extent of such adjustment, in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether the extended period of limitation and the penalty for suppression were sustainable.
Analysis: The appellant did not establish full reconciliation of the tax deposits with the liability for the relevant period. The records showed a shortfall between the service tax collected and deposited, and the non-filing of returns supported invocation of the extended period. Penalty under section 78 was upheld for the unpaid balance only.
Conclusion: The extended period was sustained, and penalty under section 78 was upheld but restricted to the balance demand, in favour of the Revenue.
Issue (iii): Whether interest and the late fee penalty were leviable on the remaining tax liability.
Analysis: Interest followed from delayed payment of the tax that remained unpaid by the due date. The late fee penalty under section 70 read with rule 7C had already attained finality and was maintained.
Conclusion: Interest and the late fee penalty were upheld, in favour of the Revenue.
Final Conclusion: The appeal succeeded only to the limited extent of giving credit for tax deposits already made, while the balance demand, interest, and penalty were maintained.
Ratio Decidendi: Tax deposits can be appropriated only to the extent they are duly correlated to the liability for the relevant period, and where the records show suppression and non-filing of returns, the extended limitation, interest, and reduced penalty are sustainable.
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