Court Rules "Facility Charge" for Gas Sales Subject to VAT, Not Central Excise; Clarifies Taxable Events Difference.

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....Taxable event in case of ‘Central Excise’ and ‘Sales Tax’ is different. While ‘manufacture’ is the event in case of Central Excise; the taxable event in the case of VAT is ‘sale’. - The “Facility Charge” levied by the petitioner company is towards consideration of sale of gases and is exigible to value added tax - HC....