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- Whether refund of input tax credit can be denied if availment of credit is not disputed by Department ?
Whether refund of input tax credit can be denied if availment of credit is not disputed by Department ?
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - From perusal of rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, it is seen that it is not the utilization of input/input service in exports that has prompted this attractive neutralization scheme but the restricted scope for utilization of credit legitimately availed towards discharge of duty or tax liability. Though referred to as refund, it is also not refund in the true sense that the claimant is not ‘person liable to pay tax or duty’ havin.....
Issue Favourable to Tax Payer ?:- yes
Held - It is settled legal position that denial of Cenvat credit can be done only by issuing notice under Rule 14 ibid and the department cannot reject refund of Cenvat credit solely under Rule 5. It is well settled principle that availment of Cenvat credit, its utilization and refund are different aspects dealt with under CCR, 2004. Rule 5 provides for any refund of Cenvat credit and the said Rule nowhere provides for determination about the .....
- Whether reimbursement of expenses is leviable to GST?
- Whether input tax credit is admissible if invoice/debit note does not appear in Form GSTR-2A/2B or tax is not paid by supplier ?
- Whether marketing and sales promotion services to customers located outside India is intermediary or export of services ?
- Whether order / show cause notice is valid if passed without pre-show cause notice consultation or GST DRC-01 (summary SCN) or GST DRC-01A (tax intimation notice) ?
- Whether recovery proceedings can be initiated if assessee is willing to file an appeal ?
- Whether input tax credit can be transferred to the transferee entity in case of an inter-state business transfer ?
- Whether interest is payable for the period during which the reply to the deficiency memo remains pending ?
- Whether combined show cause notice can be issued covering multiple financial years ?
- Whether tax can be recovered by Department without prior intimation in Form DRC-01D ?
- Whether a penalty equal to 200% of the tax amount can be demanded in case of detention or seizure of goods ?
