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Cenvat Credit on Hotel Bills

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..... Cenvat Credit on Hotel Bills
Query (Issue) Started By: - Mathurthi RamKumar Dated:- 19-11-2014 Last Reply Date:- 21-11-2014 Service Tax
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Dear All, Greetings of the day. We are a kraft paper manufacturing unit and our CMD and Exe.Directors-Sales will visits clients (old and new )for business promotions purpose. I want to know can we avail s.tax input paid to h .....

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..... otels at the time of business tours? Kindly clarify me. Thanks is advance. Regards M.RamKumar Reply By Naveed S: The Reply: CENVAT credit can be claimed for the traveling expenses, provided if it can be proved that such input services are having nexus with the manufacturing activity and falls under sales promotion/business promotion activity. However, as the hotel bills does not show any su .....

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..... ch details such as purpose and reason for stay, hence Excise Audit may disallow such credit. If any business seminar or any exhibition is attended and same can be proved from other relevant documents such date and city of such seminar/exhibition as well as invitation letter for attending business tours etc.; then credit may be availed, after due guidance from your consultant. Reply By PAWAN KUMA .....

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..... R: The Reply: Dear Sir, As per my view, the bills of hotels for stay of your CMD and Executive Directors-Sales will not be admissible as input service as per rule 2(l)(ii)(C), as per which if service is consumed on an employee. Therefore as my view, It is not eligible input service. Reply By Pradeep Khatri: The Reply: Dear M Ram Kumar, No CENVAT credit would be allowed on such activities as t .....

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..... hese are specifically disallowed in the definition of the the Input Services under the CENVAT credit Rules, 2004 as amended from time to time. Regards, YAGAY and SUN (Management, Business, and Indirect Tax Consultants)
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