Misdeclaration of quantity rejected where supplier evidence established counting errors, so reassessment, confiscation and redemption fine were set as...
Admissibility of electronic evidence controls valuation and penalty exposure; non compliant e records and statements nullify revaluation and penalties...
Payment of service tax by the same legal entity under a different registration or accounting code does not constitute non-payment; tax already discharged on the same taxable event cannot be recovered again, so a duplicate demand for service tax is unsustainable and was set aside. Consequentially, interest and penalties under the Finance Act, 1994 were held not to arise and were also set aside. The tribunal followed a prior Division Bench precedent on the single-entity / inter-unit adjustment issue and allowed the appeal.
Payment of service tax by the same legal entity under a different registration or accounting code does not constitute non-payment; tax already discharged on the same taxable event cannot be recovered again, so a duplicate demand for service tax is unsustainable and was set aside. Consequentially, interest and penalties under the Finance Act, 1994 were held not to arise and were also set aside. The tribunal followed a prior Division Bench precedent on the single-entity / inter-unit adjustment issue and allowed the appeal.
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