TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2018 (5) TMI 778
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....Alwar. 2. The appellant is engaged in the manufacture of Auto parts falling under Tariff item No. 87089900 of the Central Excise Tariff. The period of dispute is July, 2011 to March, 2016. During the period of dispute, the appellant inter-alia, procured steel coils of various widths and sizes as inputs for use in the manufacture of their final product. In some cases, some quantity of the inputs were either cleared as such or after undertaking the process of cutting / slitting. With effect from 14.11.2013, the appellant obtained registration as a dealer and thereafter cleared the inputs, as above, on reversal of the credit under Rule 3(5) of the Cenvat Credit Rules. With effect from 01.04.2011, trading was included as an exempted service ....
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....e input service credit in terms of Rule 6(3)(iii) of the Credit Rules. They availed credit only on inputs used in the manufacture of dutiable final products and reversed the proportionate input service credit attributable to trading activity in terms of Rule 6(3A) of the Credit Rules. The adjudicating authority without disputing the reversal of proportionate input service credit, has simply confirmed the demand automatically under Rule 6(3)(i). (ii) Reversal of proportionate credit has been held to be sufficient and the demand for payment @ 5%/ 6% of the value of exempted service under Rule 6(3)(i) is unsustainable as has been held in the following cases: Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. vs. CCE,C&ST, New Delhi-2017....
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....ed the impugned order. It is his submission that the inputs have been cleared as such by the appellant without undertaking any manufacture and sometimes after carrying out slitting which does not amount to manufacture. This is to be considered as trading and hence it incurs the mischief of reversal @ 5% under Rule 6(3)(i). He argued that trading has been specified as an exempt service w.e.f. 01.03.2011. 6. Heard both sides and perused the record. 7. The dispute in the present case is relating to inputs such as steel coils procured by the appellant, and cenvat credit availed thereon under the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. Part of the inputs were cleared as such and sometimes after slitting. At the time of such clearance, the appellant cla....
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....een amended w.e.f. 01.06.2015 providing for reversal of 7% of the value of exempted service. The period involved in the present case is from July, 2011 to March, 2016. The requirement of reversal of an amount under Rule 6(3)(i) including the value of exempted service i.e. trading will arise only after the date of such amendment. For the period prior to 01.04.2015, there is no requirement of reversal of credit @ 7% of exempted service. This position has been clarified by the CBEC vide their Circular dated 07.12.2015. Hence, we are of the view that for the period prior to 01.04.2015 there is no requirement under Rule 6(3)(i) for any reversal of credit of input services availed for clearance of input as such. It has been submitted that on the ....