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Service tax Liability - extended period of limitation - The bona fide belief with regard to non taxability of sale of space for advertisement gets clearly established. The appellant were regularly filing their ST-3 returns. It was known to the department that the appellant was paying Service tax prior to 01.07.2012 and also started paying Service Tax from 01.10.2014 and interregnum period the entry of space for advertisement was under Negative List. Therefore, we do not see any suppression of fact or the mala fide intention on the part of the appellant for non-payment of service tax. - AT
Service tax Liability - extended period of limitation - The bona fide belief with regard to non taxability of sale of space for advertisement gets clearly established. The appellant were regularly filing their ST-3 returns. It was known to the department that the appellant was paying Service tax prior to 01.07.2012 and also started paying Service Tax from 01.10.2014 and interregnum period the entry of space for advertisement was under Negative List. Therefore, we do not see any suppression of fact or the mala fide intention on the part of the appellant for non-payment of service tax. - AT
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