TMI BlogCredit Received on Post manufacuring activity can i avail credit for central excise paymentX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Credit Received on Post manufacuring activity can i avail credit for central excise payment X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... we will erect / assemble the all parts and trail the equipments and we will commission the entire plant. At our customer site all the activities done by our sub vendor, they will complete the work and submit the bill to us with Basic Value + Service Tax. In this case our HO getting Input service credit on Vendor Bill. Our HO also have ISD registriation and through ISD our HO transfered accumlated ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... credit to our manufacturing unit. Now department is objecting to transfer credit and availing credit at factory, because they said "your HO is getting credit on erection, purely it is post manufacturing / post sale activity so credit is not allowed at manufacturing unit. Kindly advice me, if any case laws to come out this issue. Reply By Pradeep Khatri: The Reply: If you are separately chargin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g Erection charges from your customer alongwith Service Tax as output service, then, in this scenario you may avail the CENVAT credit. One more point may be of your use that if the amount charged by the subcontractor from you, are included in the assessable value of the goods at the time of removal from your factory premises on which you had paid the duty, then, you can avail the CENVAT credit. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Please check the scope of work in your agreement, whether the contract is devisible or not, on which part of the contract you were paying the Central Excise duty and on which part of the contract you were paying service tax, will surely make your life easy. Reply By Ramesh M: The Reply: We will get the order from our customer for Supply and Erection seperately. We will make the invoice to cust ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... omer for entire order value + Excise Duty while deliver the goods. After completion of installation we will make Invoice for entire service order value + Service Tax Reply By sv bhasker: The Reply: Dear Sri Ramesh, You can not take credit of the service tax paid by your sub vendor in your manufcaturing unit as the erection and commissioning services done at customers place are not your input s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ervices. In fact these services are input services to your customer who ultimately bear the burden of service tax. Department is very much correct in denying credit to you, though on a different reasoning. Legally speaking, you are entitled to the said input service credit of erection service if you discharge service tax on the said services rendered at your customer's place by sub vendor on your ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... behalf. In fact, it appears that you are also liable to pay service tax by taking credit of the tax paid by sub vendor. X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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