2018 (1) TMI 374

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....e & Mr. Rachit Jain, Advocate Present for the Respondent: Mr. Sanjay Jain, D.R. ORDER Per: B. Ravichandran Appellants are engaged in the construction activity. They have entered into an agreement with M/s.NBCC for construction of P.G. Hostel and SBNIT, Surat and ESIC Hospital at Jaipur. The dispute in the preset appeal relates to the tax liability of the appellant for these two constru....

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....f works contract service specifies turn-key projects as a standalone tax entry without reference to any of the earlier clauses from (a) to (d). He submitted that the turn-key projects are only identified by the nature of contract and there may be one of the said categories mentioned in (a) to (d) of works contract service. He relied on the decision of the Tribunal in the case of Lanco Infratech Lt....

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....e that the original authority has fallen in error in appreciating the scope of tax entry under Section 65 (105) (zzzza) of the Finance Act, 1994. The explanation under a tax entry is as below:- (a) Erection, commissioning or installation of plant, machinery, equipment or structures, whether prefabricated or otherwise. Installation of electrical and electronic devices, plumbing, drain laying or ....

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....ies mentioned in category (a) to (d). This is the finding recorded by the Tribunal in M/s. Lanco Infratech Ltd. (supra). The Tribunal recorded as below:- (ii) Turnkey/EPC project contracts, enumerated in clause (e), Explanation (ii) in Section 65 (105) (zzzza) of the Act is a descriptive and ex abundant cautela drafting methodology. In the light of the decision in Alstom Projects India Ltd., fo....