Leviability of Service Tax on the declared service “Agreeing to the obligation to refrain from an act, or to tolerate an act or a situation, or to do an act" under clause (e) of section 66E of the Finance Act, 1994

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.... Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Tax & Customs (CX & ST Wing) New Delhi, dated: 28th February, 2023 To, 1. The Principal Chief Commissioner / Chief Commissioner, CGST & CX (All) 2. The Principal Director General/ Director General (All) 3. The Principal Commissioner / Commissioner, CGST & CX (All....

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....damages, compensation and penalty arising out of breach of contract or other provisions of law, and its applicability to service tax related issues. 2. It may be seen that "Agreeing to the obligation to refrain from an act, or to tolerate an act or a situation, or to do an act" is a Declared Service as per clause (e) of section 66E of the Finance Act, 1994. A service conceived in an agreement w....

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....situation, iii) Agreeing to the obligation to do an act. Service of agreeing to the obligation to refrain from an act or to tolerate an act or a situation, or to do an act is nothing but a contractual agreement. A contract to do something or to abstain from doing something cannot be said to have taken place unless there are two parties, one of which expressly or impliedly agrees to do or abstain f....

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....5713/2022 dated 12.8.2022 in case of M/s Western Coalfields Ltd. Further, Board has decided not to pursue the Civil Appeals filed before the Apex Court in M/s South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. supra (CA No. 2372/2021), M/s Paradip Port Trust (Dy. No. 24419/2022 dated 08-08-2022), and M/s Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (CA No. 0051-0053/2022) on this ground. 6. In view of above, it is clarified tha....