Online bond platforms may offer overseas-regulated products and tax-specific bonds subject to disclosures, compliance safeguards and revised complianc...
Corporate guarantee valuation permits actual ascertainable commission while barring retroactive application and extended-period penalties for bona fid...
Proper-officer jurisdiction under UPGST penalty provisions upheld; participation on merits prevents bypassing the statutory appellate remedy through w...
Transitioned CENVAT credit may validly satisfy mandatory pre-deposit requirements for legacy service tax appeals through Electronic Credit Ledger debi...
Building-plan sanction charges require statutory authority; unauthorised fees and GST were quashed, while labour cess must follow prescribed collectio...
Pure-agent exclusion fails where hotel booking facilitators receive third-party services themselves, making entire customer consideration taxable as r...
Refund of service tax - Period of limitation - It is not necessary that there should be an order of rejection of refund. If a litigation is at the stage of Show Cause Notice and there is a proposal for rejection, the Show Cause Notice has to be adjudicated after considering the amendment brought forth vide the Finance Act, 2016. It cannot be then said that the Adjudicating Authority has to first reject the claim and thereafter assessee has to file a fresh claim under the amended Notification of 2016 - The intention of the Government is very much clear from the Notification which is to grant refund retrospectively with effect from 01.07.2012. This cannot be frustrated by clinging on to technical formalities. - AT
Refund of service tax - Period of limitation - It is not necessary that there should be an order of rejection of refund. If a litigation is at the stage of Show Cause Notice and there is a proposal for rejection, the Show Cause Notice has to be adjudicated after considering the amendment brought forth vide the Finance Act, 2016. It cannot be then said that the Adjudicating Authority has to first reject the claim and thereafter assessee has to file a fresh claim under the amended Notification of 2016 - The intention of the Government is very much clear from the Notification which is to grant refund retrospectively with effect from 01.07.2012. This cannot be frustrated by clinging on to technical formalities. - AT
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