2023 (2) TMI 730

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....ch services provided by the appellant are categorised as taxable service under the taxable head of "Business Support Service", defined under Section 65 and 65A of the Finance Act, 1994. The scope of work assigned to the appellant by the recipient of service M/s. Tata Motors Ltd. was for the provision of service of supplying the vehicles manufactured by them to the customers from the storage yard. As per the terms of the work order, the service recipient deducts some amount from the invoices raised by the appellant on account of late delivery, accidental expenses, theft of the goods etc. During the disputed period, the appellant had discharged the service tax liability from the net value of services received from the recipient of service. Sh....

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....uppression of facts etc., and in such an eventuality, the show cause notice can only be issued, seeking for recovery of the service tax amount within the period of one year from the relevant date. Thus, he submitted that since the notice was issued by invoking the extended period of limitation, the same is not sustainable under the law for effecting recoveries. He has relied upon the impugned order, wherein the learned Commissioner (Appeals) has dropped the penalty imposed in the original order under Section 78 ibid. By referring to impugned order-in-appeal, he stated that since, Section 78 ibid dealing with the provisions of fraud, collusion, wilful mis-statement or suppression etc. have not been invoked in the impugned order, the period o....

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....e amount specified in the notice: PROVIDED that where any service tax has not been levied or paid or has been short-levied or short-paid or erroneously refunded by reason of- (a) fraud; or (b) collusion; or (c) wilful mis-statement; or (d) suppression of facts; or (e) Contravention of any of the provisions of this Chapter or of the rules made thereunder with intent to evade payment of service tax, by the person chargeable with the service tax or his agent, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect, as if, for the words 1[one year], the words "five years" had been substituted." 7. On reading of the above statutory provisions, it transpires that recovery of short-levied or non-levied or short-paid service tax a....