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input credit of service tax paid on storage cost

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..... One of my client is engaged in trading and services liable top service tax. The services mainly in the nature of repair maint , installation etc. on which he claim and pay service tax , subject to input credit from sub contractor. He is also doing trading of sugar , grains for which he has taken warehouses on which , he pays service tax on storage cost. Can he claim input credit of storage cost .....

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..... charged by warehousing corporation. - Reply By Surender Gupta - The Reply = From the query it appears that warehouse is not being used for providing output service. Your client is not entitled to claim cenvat credit paid on storage cost. - Reply By V.K. Verma - The Reply = Input tax credit can be claimed only in respect of input services. Input service is defined u/r 2(l) of Cenvet credit Rul .....

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..... es, 2004 as used by a service provider for providing output service or ....... In the instant case, the storage services are being obtained in relation to the trading activity only. So these storage services can not be termed as input service. Thus credit of service tax paid on storage service should not be available against the tax liability on repair/maintenance, installation etc. - input cred .....

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..... it of service tax paid on storage cost - Query Started By: - AJAY KUMAR Dated:- 9-5-2006 Service Tax - Got 2 Replies - Service Tax - Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing, reply post by an expert, personal opinion Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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