Service Tax Not Applicable on Revenue-Sharing for Renting Theatre Space to Film Distributors, Rules Court.

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....Levy of service tax - Renting of immovable property service - revenue sharing arrangement - lending of theatre to the film distributors/sub-distributors for depicting the films - Both the parties are working independently and the share of the Distributor is given by the respondent from the gross receipts from movie tickets - This would be apparent from the agreement executed between the respondent and Mukta Arts which provides that out of the total revenue generated from the screening of films, the respondent would retain a fixed gross revenue and pay balance to the distributor - No service tax liability - AT....