Business Auxiliary Service (BAS) - Trade Discount - in the...

Business Auxiliary Service (BAS) - Trade Discount - in the entire transaction only two persons are involved, one the appellant as exporter of the goods and second the buyer of the goods. In the sale of goods, in case of service of commission agent, if involved, there has to be third person as service provider to facilitate and promote the sale of exporter to a different foreign buyer. In the present case, there is absolutely no evidence that this 11% is paid to some third person as commission - The trade discount even though in the name of commission agent was given by the appellant to the foreign buyer, by any stretch of imagination cannot be considered as commission paid towards commission agent service, hence cannot be taxable. - AT

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