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TMI BlogWorks contractX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ying out, (a) erection, commissioning or installation of plant, machinery, equipment or structures, whether pre-fabricated or otherwise, installation of electrical and electronic devices, plumbing, drain laying or other installations for transport of fluids, heating, ventilation or air-conditioning including related pipe work, duct work and sheet metal work, thermal insulation, sound insulation, fire proofing or water proofing, lift and escalator, fire escape staircases or elevators; or (b) construction of a new building or a civil structure or a part thereof, or of a pipeline or conduit, primarily for the purposes of commerce or industry; or (c) construction of a new residential complex or a part thereof; or (d) completion and fin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s per Paragraph No 6. of Circular No. 96/7/2007 dated 23/8/2007 states that :- "6. This circular supersedes all circulars, clarifications and communications, other than Orders issued under section 37B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (as made applicable to service tax by section 83 of the Finance Act, 1994), issued from time to time by the CBEC, DG (Service Tax) and various field formations on all technical issues including the scope and classification of taxable services, valuation of taxable services, export of services, services received from outside India, scope of exemptions and all other matters on levy of service tax. With the issue of this circular, all earlier clarifications issued on technical issues relating to service t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s value of the transfer of property in goods involved in the execution of the works contract which is leviable to VAT / sales tax [Rule 2A of the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006]. Whether or not, excise duty paid on goods, subjected to levy of VAT / sales tax under works contract service, can be taken as credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004? Clarification Value for the purposes of levy of service tax under works contract service does not include the value pertaining to transfer of property in goods involved in the execution of a works contract leviable to VAT / sales tax. Works contract service provider is, therefore, not eligible to take credit of excise duty paid on such goods involved in the execution of wo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ischarged and the balance amount of service tax is required to be paid on or after 01.06.07 depending upon receipt of payment. Classification of a taxable service is determined based on the nature of service provided whereas liability to pay service tax is related to receipt of consideration. Vivisecting a single composite service and classifying the same under two different taxable services depending upon the time of receipt of the consideration is not legally sustainable. In view of the above, a service provider who paid service tax prior to 01.06.07 for the taxable service, namely, erection, commissioning or installation service, commercial or industrial construction service or construction of complex service, as the case may be, is ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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