https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=316 Whether service tax applies to job work preparing gold ornaments from pure gold is disputed; commentators argue a notification may impose tax even when excise is exempt. Respondents contend that the business auxiliary service exclusion removes activities that amount to manufacture from service tax, and where central excise treats the job work as manufacture it is not taxable under service tax and is covered by an exemption notification. en-us Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:53:55 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=316 Whether service tax applies to job work preparing gold ornaments from pure gold is disputed; commentators argue a notification may impose tax even when excise is exempt. Respondents contend that the business auxiliary service exclusion removes activities that amount to manufacture from service tax, and where central excise treats the job work as manufacture it is not taxable under service tax and is covered by an exemption notification. Discussion-Forum Service Tax Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:53:55 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=316