Service tax paid for Exempted service during Excise audit

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Dear Experts,

Recently EA 2000 excise audit conducted for April-2017 to June-2017 period and auditors asked us to pay service tax on CFA import.

Accordingly we have paid service tax on our total CFA import but now we came to know that CFA import thorugh aircraft exempted from service tax.

Please advise how we can get our excess paid service tax refund ?

AI Summary

Service tax refund: file under section 11B and pursue simultaneous appealable order to secure recovery.
Reclaim service tax paid on exempt CFA imports by filing a refund under section 11B of the Excise Act: register the claim on ACES if possible, submit acknowledgement and supporting documents manually, and remain eligible for refund despite the merger into GST. Concurrently seek an appealable adjudicatory order and file the refund claim so that any initial rejections can be consolidated at the appeal stage; weigh refund amount against consultancy costs.