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Levy of Service Tax - Design Services or not - The definition of “design services” is very clear and it is wide enough to cover all “design services.” Merely because “Engineering Design & Drawings” prepared and supplied by sister company were shown as ‘goods’ under the Customs Act and in the bill of entry, by that itself cannot be a ground to take such services out of the definition of “design services” under the Finance Act, 1994. - SC
Levy of Service Tax - Design Services or not - The definition of “design services” is very clear and it is wide enough to cover all “design services.” Merely because “Engineering Design & Drawings” prepared and supplied by sister company were shown as ‘goods’ under the Customs Act and in the bill of entry, by that itself cannot be a ground to take such services out of the definition of “design services” under the Finance Act, 1994. - SC
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