Subcontractor Escapes Service Tax Liability Due to Limitation Period; Main Contractor Covered Entire Tax Payment.

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....Work contract service - Period of limitation - The facts of the case are sufficient to hold that there was no clarity about the individual liability of the sub contractor towards the payment of service tax. Even the Department was not clear on the interpretation of the circulars issued, judgements made and practice followed on sub contractors liability. As such in the case where the main contractor had discharged the Service Tax on entire value of service. - The impugned show cause notice is held to be barred by limitation - AT....