Whether service tax is leviable on job-work income earned on job-work process on excisable goods supplied by Registered manufacturer.

[samiuddin ansari]

Hello.... Good morning sir,

One unit, say unit 'A' registered with Central Excise as well as Service tax engaged in the manufacture of C.I.Casting as well as in doing job-work process for conversion of raw materials i.e. pig iron etc. supplied by principal manufacture i.e. unit 'B' registered with Central excise as well as service tax on being filing of required declaration as provided under Notification No. 214/86-CE, to C.I.casting considered to be job work process of manufacture by former unit. The principal unit i.e. unit 'B' supplied the raw materials to former unit under prescribed job-work challan regularly. (i) Here, my query is whether unit 'A' is required to discharge the service tax liability on job-work income as activity appears to be the manufacture which is out of purview of Service Tax owing to mega-exemption Notification No.25/2012-ST read with Section 66D of Finance Act, 1994.

(ii) In case, if there is no leviability whether proportionate amount of Cenvat credit of duty and taxes availed on input and input services is reversible or otherwise, though unit 'A' is also availing of Cenvat Credit of duty as well as taxes paid on input and input services for the dutiable finished goods and taxable output services and not maintaining separate account as specified in Rule 6(2) or 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.

 

AI Summary

Job-work Income from Processing Excisable Goods Exempt from Service Tax if Manufacturing or Excise Duty is Paid. A discussion was initiated regarding whether service tax applies to job-work income from processing excisable goods supplied by a registered manufacturer. Unit 'A,' registered with Central Excise and Service Tax, converts raw materials supplied by unit 'B' into C.I. Casting. The query focused on whether unit 'A' should pay service tax on this income, given the manufacturing activity exemption under Notification No. 25/2012-ST. Responses indicated that if the process is considered manufacturing, service tax is not applicable. Additionally, if excise duty is paid on finished goods, service tax is not required.