https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=214475 Conflicting decisions on whether buses hired on contract for transporting employees on fixed routes fall within "tour operator" service justified interim relief. The Tribunal noted divergent authority on similar facts, including rulings treating the activity as outside service tax as well as orders requiring pre-deposit, and also noted that proceedings had been dropped in some identical matters. In light of this inconsistency and earlier stay orders granting similar relief, it held that the appellants had made out a case for unconditional waiver of pre-deposit, with recovery of service tax, interest and penalties stayed pending the appeals. en-us Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=214475 Conflicting decisions on whether buses hired on contract for transporting employees on fixed routes fall within "tour operator" service justified interim relief. The Tribunal noted divergent authority on similar facts, including rulings treating the activity as outside service tax as well as orders requiring pre-deposit, and also noted that proceedings had been dropped in some identical matters. In light of this inconsistency and earlier stay orders granting similar relief, it held that the appellants had made out a case for unconditional waiver of pre-deposit, with recovery of service tax, interest and penalties stayed pending the appeals. Case-Laws Service Tax Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=214475