2026-VIL-1901-CESTAT-BLR-ST

SERVICE TAX CESTAT Cases

Service Tax - Rebate of Cenvat credit on exported services - Rule 5 of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 read with Notification No. 11/2005-ST - The Appellant, rendering Business Auxiliary Service, Business Support Service and Information Technology Services, filed a rebate claim for a quarter in 2012. The original authority sanctioned part of the claim and rejected the rest, on the ground that the Appellant was not eligible for credit on some of the input services. The Commissioner (Appeals) upheld the rejection on the ground that the conditions of the Notification were not complied with - Whether the rebate claim can be rejected on the ground of nexus of input services with output services - HELD - The original authority had recorded that the services qualified as export services, the consideration was received in convertible foreign exchange and Service Tax was paid on the exported services. It is settled law that as long as the services have been exported and the conditions of the Notification are satisfied, the rebate claim cannot be rejected on the question of nexus of input services with output services - The rebate claim on this ground is allowed - Rebate claim - Verification of documents - The original authority considered only part of the claim since category-wise details were not mentioned, and rejected the remaining part for non-production of documents. Credit on certain input invoices was also disallowed as it could not be ascertained whether tax in respect of such invoices had been discharged - Whether the amounts rejected for non-production of documents and non-ascertainment of tax payment can be sustained - HELD - The Appellant is to be given an opportunity to produce the documents before the original authority. Whether tax on the input invoices was discharged also needs to be verified - The matter is remanded to the original authority for verification and the appeal is allowed by way of remand.

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