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Automated Free Sale and Commerce Certificates enable paperless processing while retaining risk-based manual verification for selected exporter applica...
Employee stock-shortage penalties do not constitute consideration for services, preventing GST collection under Schedule II in employment relationship...
Accrual of Service Tax liability - ‘mobilization advance’ paid to the appellant - payment to be made on which stage? - on receipt or on issue of the bill? - There is no connection with the performance of the contract. It is not in dispute that the ‘mobilization advance’, carrying interest, is granted to enable the contractor to prepare for undertaking the contracted work. The subsequent adjustment with the final payment due does not suffice to construe this as an advance payment for the work to be done merely because the recipient and payee happened to be the provider of service. - AT
Accrual of Service Tax liability - ‘mobilization advance’ paid to the appellant - payment to be made on which stage? - on receipt or on issue of the bill? - There is no connection with the performance of the contract. It is not in dispute that the ‘mobilization advance’, carrying interest, is granted to enable the contractor to prepare for undertaking the contracted work. The subsequent adjustment with the final payment due does not suffice to construe this as an advance payment for the work to be done merely because the recipient and payee happened to be the provider of service. - AT
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