Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property - Demand for the period prior to Retrospective Amendment made by Finance Act, 2010 - Can the extended period of limitation be invoked.

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..... Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property - Demand for the period prior to Retrospective Amendment made by Finance Act, 2010 - Can the extended period of limitation be invoked.
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Dated:- 4-3-2013

The answer is No. As decided by the Tribunal in Jindal Vegetable Products Ltd. Versus CCE [2013 (3) TMI 56 - CESTAT, NEW DELHI] that: "....The appellant cannot be .....

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..... accused of suppressing the relevant information from the department as during the period of dispute there was doubt about the levy of service on the renting of immovable property till the dispute was .....

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..... put to an end by retrospective amendment made by Finance Act, 2010. Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Continental Foundation Jt. Venture (2007 (216) ELT 177), has held that when during the period of .....

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..... dispute there was doubt about interpretation of some provisions of law on account of conflicting judgments, which were later on resolved by a Larger Bench, the extended period under proviso to Section .....

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..... 11A (1) cannot be invoked." Therefore, the amendment to the section 80 vide Finance Act, 2012 to grant immunity form penalty has limited application where demand has been raised within normal period .....

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..... of limitation as long as issue pertains to the period prior to retrospective amendment came into force i.e. 28-5-2012. Jindal Vegetable Products Ltd. Versus CCE - 2013 (3) TMI 56 - CESTAT, New Delhi .....

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