2026-VIL-1650-CESTAT-CHE-ST
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SERVICE TAX CESTAT Cases

Service Tax - Taxability of amounts accounted under the head "Bank Charges" by a non-banking financial company engaged in factoring services, exemption under Notification No.29/2004-ST - Appellant claimed exemption in respect of discounting/bank charges representing interest on cheque discounting, separately accounted for and reflected in monthly statements furnished to clients - Adjudicating authority accepted discounting charges as exempt under the notification but confirmed service tax on a residual amount shown under the head Bank Charges, describing the same as cheque issuing charges and other expenses recovered from clients as reimbursable charges - Whether the confirmed Bank Charges are taxable receipts - HELD - Notification No.29/2004-ST exempts, in relation to discounting of bills, bills of exchange or cheques, the value equivalent to interest on such discount, subject to separate disclosure - An earlier order for a prior period, after examining the appellant's records, had accepted that such charges represented interest on cheque discounting, separately accounted for, and there was no material showing any change in the nature or accounting of the receipts during the period in question - Mere classification of an amount under the internal ledger head Bank Charges cannot by itself establish taxability. Revenue has not undertaken a transaction-wise examination to establish that the amount represented consideration for a taxable service rendered by the appellant - To the extent the amounts represent interest or discount, they are covered by the exemption notification, and to the extent they represent actual bank expenses reimbursed by clients, they cannot be treated as consideration for a taxable service for the relevant period, following the principle that reimbursable expenses are excluded from taxable value - Revenue failed to establish the taxable character of the confirmed Bank Charges - The demand held unsustainable on merits - The appeal is allowed
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