Debate Over Including Free Components in VAT Valuation; Petitioners Must Prove Exclusion in Pricing Breakdown.

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....Valuation - includability or otherwise of the value of the free-of- cost components - Normally, the cost price of a product would take into account the purchase cost of inputs, direct and indirect costs of manufacture and the profit margin. Unless the petitioner supplies the break-up of the sale consideration, the officer would not be in a position to determine the pricing methodology and it is for the petitioner to satisfy the officer that the ultimate price fixed by it does not take into account the value of the free-of-cost components. - HC....