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Set off of Service Tax Paid incorrectly instead of Excise Duty
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....et off of Service Tax Paid incorrectly instead of Excise Duty<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - K R Prasanna Bhaskaran Dated:- 6-1-2015 Last Reply Date:- 6-1-2015 Central Excise<br>Got 3 Replies<br>Cent....
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....ral Excise<br>One of our clients engaged in restaurant business have been paying service tax on all the food served. Food served includes bakery products for which the department claims excise duty. S....
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....SI exemption is also not available as bakery products are specifically exempt through SSI notification. Now we want to know whether service tax paid for these bakery products can be set off agains th....
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....e duty liability. Reply By MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN: The Reply: It cannot be set off. Reply By PAWAN KUMAR: The Reply: Dear Sir, The reply quoted by Sh.MARIAPPAN GOVINDARAJAN is correct. The servic....
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....e tax paid incorrectly can not be set off. You have to pay the excise duty liability either through cenvat or in cash. The incorrect service tax paid can be taken back as refund from the department. ....
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....Reply By K R Prasanna Bhaskaran: The Reply: Thanks Mariappan and Pawan Kumar sirs.<br> Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing ....