Where activities undertaken by assessee were identifiable separately, such activities couldn’t be termed as 'composite contract'
In the instant case the assessee was involved in the activity of "Construction of Civil Work" as well as "Erection, Commissioning and Installation Services" for setting-up of the power plant. It outsourced the 'Civil Work' on which it did not take any Cenvat credit of input services or capital goods and the sub-contractor had paid the service tax on that activity. For the activity of 'Commissioning and Installation', assessee took the Cenvat credit and discharged its service tax liability accordingly without claiming the benefit of Exemption Notification Nos. 15/2004 or 19/2005 or 1/2006. However, the Department argued that assessee's contract was a composite contract taxable in its entirety under "Erection, Commissioning and Installation Services" and it was liable to pay service tax on entire value.
The Tribunal allowed the stay application with the following observation:
In the case of CCE v. BSBK Pvt. Ltd. [2010] 26 STT 263 (New Delhi - Cestat) the Tribunal held that when the activities undertaken by the applicants were identifiable separately, , the whole of the activity couldn’t be termed as "composite contract". In the instant case also the activities undertaken by the appellants could be identified separately, therefore, following the decision in the case of BSBK Pvt. Ltd. (supra), it was held that the assessee had made out a prima facie case for 100 percent waiver of service tax, interest and penalty. – Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. v. Commissioner of Service Tax [2013] 36 taxmann.com 366 (Chennai - CESTAT)
In the instant case the assessee was involved in the activity of "Construction of Civil Work" as well as "Erection, Commissioning and Installation Services" for setting-up of the power plant. It outsourced the 'Civil Work' on which it did not take any Cenvat credit of input services or capital goods and the sub-contractor had paid the service tax on that activity. For the activity of 'Commissioning and Installation', assessee took the Cenvat credit and discharged its service tax liability accordingly without claiming the benefit of Exemption Notification Nos. 15/2004 or 19/2005 or 1/2006. However, the Department argued that assessee's contract was a composite contract taxable in its entirety under "Erection, Commissioning and Installation Services" and it was liable to pay service tax on entire value.
The Tribunal allowed the stay application with the following observation:
In the case of CCE v. BSBK Pvt. Ltd. [2010] 26 STT 263 (New Delhi - Cestat) the Tribunal held that when the activities undertaken by the applicants were identifiable separately, , the whole of the activity couldn’t be termed as "composite contract". In the instant case also the activities undertaken by the appellants could be identified separately, therefore, following the decision in the case of BSBK Pvt. Ltd. (supra), it was held that the assessee had made out a prima facie case for 100 percent waiver of service tax, interest and penalty. – Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. v. Commissioner of Service Tax [2013] 36 taxmann.com 366 (Chennai - CESTAT)
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