Authentication of paper assessment orders upheld, while qualifying repairs, consumables and vendor advance write-offs remain deductible business claim...
Transaction value cannot be rejected solely on non-statutory valuation guidelines without corroborative evidence supporting reassessment of final cust...
Cross-examination rights and corroborated evidence limit customs penalties for misdeclaration in genuine import transactions involving documented clea...
Tariff classification of vehicle gear components follows the specific gearing entry, displacing motor-vehicle parts classification and related liabili...
Taxability - business auxiliary service - ‘build operate transfer’ (BOT) - TOLL- possession of the upgraded/constructed asset is transferred to the appellant for the stream of lumpsum payment guaranteed by the appellant while alienating risk of sub-optimal use and risk of asset deterioration - Oversight by agencies of the state is intended to assure proper maintenance of the asset and fixation of rates is retained by the government to prevent exploitative exaction both of which are mandated by public interest and not as a facet of principal-agent equation. Thus, tax liability does not arise by way of being ‘commission agent’ in section 65(19) of Finance Act, 1994 for the period prior to introduction of ‘negative list’ regime. - AT
Taxability - business auxiliary service - ‘build operate transfer’ (BOT) - TOLL- possession of the upgraded/constructed asset is transferred to the appellant for the stream of lumpsum payment guaranteed by the appellant while alienating risk of sub-optimal use and risk of asset deterioration - Oversight by agencies of the state is intended to assure proper maintenance of the asset and fixation of rates is retained by the government to prevent exploitative exaction both of which are mandated by public interest and not as a facet of principal-agent equation. Thus, tax liability does not arise by way of being ‘commission agent’ in section 65(19) of Finance Act, 1994 for the period prior to introduction of ‘negative list’ regime. - AT
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