TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2020 (2) TMI 452
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....hattopadhyay, Authorized Representative for the Respondent ORDER PER P. V. SUBBA RAO : The appellant is a Service Provider providing storage and warehousing services. They have been paying Service Tax and filing ST-3 returns as required. A Show Cause Notice dated 11/10/2007 was issued to the appellant demanding differential Service Tax amounting to Rs. 59,63,602/-. After Adjudication, the Ld. C....
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.... on account of storage and warehousing of agriculture produce which is outside the ambit of the levy of Service Tax under Section 65 (87) of the Finance Act, 1994. As far as the Renting of Godown Space is concerned, he would submit that the demand is not sustainable because renting become a taxable service under Section 65(90a) of the Finance Act, 1994 only with effect from 1/06/2007 and the prese....
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....Diary, Calcutta (one of the service receivers) would show that the pith and substance of the agreement is one of warehousing service although the title is only for renting of immovable property. He takes us through various clauses of the agreement to demonstrate that the appellant was loading, unloading the goods, stacking the goods in the warehouse and also assuming responsibility for the storage....