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Section 78 in Finance Act, 1999 [Entire Act]
M/S. Pramukh Car Riders Limited ... vs The Commissioner Of Service Tax, ... on 4 March, 2016
Service Tax Appeal No. ST/53009/2015-CU[DB]
―3. Appellant contends that Rs. 81,35,813/- and Rs.
1,21,47,133/- for the two periods has been wrongly
subjected to tax because the agreement between the
appellant and M/s Toyota Kirloskar Motor Limited is one of
supply of vehicles by the latter on ‗principal-to-principal' basis
on which title and risk, as per Agreement are passed on to
appellant when the vehicles are excise cleared and placed on
common carrier. Depending on order quantity, the
manufacturer raises invoices after according discounts which
are designated as commission/incentive merely as a
management terminology. Ld. CA for appellant places
reliance in the decisions of the Tribunal in Jaybharat
Automobiles Limited vs. Commissioner of Service Tax,
Mumbai [2015-TIOL-1570-CESTAT-MUM = 2016 (41) S.T.R.
311 (Tri.
Kevin Polymers Pvt Ltd, vs Customs, Excise And Service Tax ... on 22 February, 2018
)], Tradex Polymers Private Ltd. vs.
Commissioner of Service Tax, Ahmedabad [2014 (34) STR
416(Tri. - Ahmd.)]
Garrison Polysacks Ltd. vs Commissioner Of C. Ex., Vadodara on 29 January, 2002
and Garrisson Polysacks Private Ltd. vs.
Commissioner of Service Tax, Vadodara [2015 (39) STR 487
(Tri--Ahmd.)]. In re Jaybharat Automobiles Limited, the
Tribunal held that
―6.5 On the appeal by Revenue on the issue
of incentives received by the appellant from the car dealer,
we find that the relationship between the appellant and the
dealer is on a principal to principal basis. Only because some
incentives/ discounts are received by the appellant under
various schemes of the manufacturer cannot lead to the
conclusion that the incentive is received for promotion and
marketing of goods. It is not material under what head the
incentives are shown in the Ledgers, what is relevant is the
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nature of the transaction which is of sale. All manufacturers
provide discount schemes to dealers. Such transactions
cannot fall under the service category of Business Auxiliary
Service when it is a normal market practice to offer
discounts/ institutions to the dealers.
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