2019 (4) TMI 483

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....presentative for the Respondent ORDER Per: Anil Choudhary: The issue involved in this appeal is whether penalty under Section 78 was rightly imposed under the Finance Act. 2. Admitted fact is that the appellant are a testing and research centre. They are registered with the Service Tax Department for providing Scientific & Technical Consultancy service to their clients. The appellant have b....

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....proposal to appropriate similar amount already deposited with proposal to levy of interest and to appropriate Rs. 2,46,196/- already paid on account of interest and further proposal to levy penalty under Section 78 of the Act read with Rule 7C of the Service Tax Rules, 1994. The show cause notice was adjudicated vide order-in-original dated 16.11.2017 by the Assistant Commissioner and he confirmed....

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....referred appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals) who vide the impugned order-in-appeal observed that the adjudicating authority has failed to analyse that mere showing details in balance sheet / financial statements would save an assessee from their intent of evasion of service tax, had it been so, the mandatory penalty provisions of reducing the penalty to 50% of the tax demand confirmed, in cas....