2015 (7) TMI 755

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....rief facts of the case are that the appellant is in the business of commission agent of their foreign counterpart for which they are promoting their product in India by way of advertising, marketing etc. Consequently they procure order from their foreign supplier who delivers goods in India. Revenue is of the view that as the said activity is performed in India, therefore, the appellant is required to pay Service Tax under Business Auxiliary Service under reverse charge mechanism. Accordingly the impugned proceedings were initiated against the appellant by denying the refund claim. Refund claim was denied which was appealed against by the appellant before the learned Commissioner (Appeals) who allowed partly the refund claim on the premise ....

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.... export of service. 5. The next issue is that whether the payment received by the appellant in Indian currency can be termed as the remuneration received by the appellant qualify as per the Export of Service Rules, 2005 or not. In fact the appellant has received the payment on behalf of their counterpart from the client of their foreign counterpart. The same issue is covered by the decision of this Tribunal in the case of National Engineering Industries Ltd v. CCE, Jaipur reported in 2011 (24) S.T.R. 683 (Tri.-Del.) wherein on the similar situation this Tribunal held that although payment has been received in Indian currency on behalf of the service recipient located in India from the service provider and in that case it was held that....