2013 (12) TMI 1614

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.... Shri S. Misra, Addl. Comm. (AR), for the Respondent. ORDER [Order per : D.M. Mishra, Member (J)]. - This is an application seeking waiver of pre-deposit of Service Tax of Rs. 7,45,05,771/- and equal amount of penalty imposed under Section 78 of the Finance Act, 1994. 2. At the outset, ld. counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant company is a Government of India Enterp....

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....c., for their clients on high sea sale basis and later, sold to the said clients. In their sales invoices in addition to the purchase price, they also charged 1% of the sale price as 'mark-up' charges, which the Department wrongly considered as service charges for procurement of goods on behalf of the clients and accordingly, confirmed the demand. It is his submission that the goods purchased on h....

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.... charges collected by the applicant from its clients, are nothing but service charges for procurement of goods for the clients. He also submits that in view of the aspect theory, that 'mark-up' charges, in relation to supply of goods, could be leviable to Service Tax as well as to VAT/sales tax on the sale of the said goods. It is his submission that in computing the VAT/sales tax liability, the '....

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....aper book). On a prima facie analysis of these two sample invoices, it reveals that the applicant are engaged in the purchase of goods and re-sale of the same to the interested clients. It would be difficult, at this stage, to accept that the scope of levy of Service Tax under clause (iv) of Business Auxiliary Service, which reads as "procurement of goods or services, which are inputs for the clie....