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1. Compulsorily availment of exemption not made applicable to service tax (CCE Vs. Federal Mogul TPR India Ltd., Bangalore 2016 (42) S.T.R. 427 (Kar.)
   • Background:Assessee engaged in activity of chrome plating on job work basis. Job work charges exempted from ST if excise duty paid on final products by principal manufacturer. The assessee did not claim ST exemption, availed credit and charged service tax on job work charges. Manufacturer claimed credit of service tax charged by job...

Introduction  

Cenvat scheme is a beneficent piece of legislation and unless it is shown that the items are specifically excluded from the definitions of the terms “inputs”, “input service” or “capital goods”, Cenvat Credit cannot be denied to a manufacturer of final products or provider of output service.   

The cenvat credit cannot be availed on inputs, input services, capital goods which are used to provide exempted services. Rule 2(e) of Cenvat Credit Rules...

Background:-   

In the union budget it was announced that jewelry excluding Silver jewellery other than which stubbed with diamonds and precious stones will be liable to excise duty from 01.03.2016. In order to bring the jewelry people in tax bracket, government started imposing excise duty on jewelry. As per the basic understanding, the liability to pay Central Excise duty is on the person who manufactures the goods irrespective whether he has manufactured on his own or has done...