Service Tax on Manpower Services: Correct Assessment on Contractor Payments, Local Worker Charges Dropped by Authority.

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....Levy of Service Tax - Manpower Services - The total outflow of labour charges has been divided into two parts. One part pertains to the labour charges paid to contractors and the second part pertains to labour charges paid to locally hired workers by the Company. Based on such bifurcation, the Adjudicating Authority has correctly arrived at the quantum of Service Tax applicable for the Labour Charges paid to the contractors - Demand of ST was rightly dropped by the Adjudicating Authority - AT....