Builder-provided residential amenities and maintenance deposits: tax treatment turns on contractual consideration and evidence of service nexus.

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....Club or association service did not apply where a builder-developer provided clubhouse and residential amenities as part of the sale of flats, so those collections were not taxable under that category. Electricity recovered unit-wise and remitted to the utility, and the additional backup power charge, could not be taxed as management, maintenance or repair service without evidence that it represented repair consideration. By contrast, interest earned on maintenance deposits, and deposits appropriated toward maintenance charges under the contractual arrangement, were treated as consideration for maintenance and repair service; the related demand, interest, penalty, and extended limitation were sustained.....