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Servicetax on Cold Storage

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..... Servicetax on Cold Storage
Query (Issue) Started By: - Haresh Raithatha Dated:- 7-10-2015 Last Reply Date:- 10-10-2015 Service Tax
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One of My client Running a cold storage since 40 years. Please guide me in respect of chargeabality of Service tax on Cold storage activities for Agricutural as well as non Agri produce. Whether Rice Cereals Jaggery Ginned Cotton .....

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..... copra etc are liable for charging of service tax . Please give your valuable views. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: As per definition of , "Storage and Warehousing Services" under Section 65(102) of the Finance Act,1994 any service provided by a cold storage out of purview of Service Tax. Regarding 2nd query treating it meant for storage and warehousing services (excluding cold s .....

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..... torage service),the storage rice, cereals,jaggery, copra are exempt from service tax but the storage of ginned cotton is not exempt. It is pertinent to mention that manufactured products are not covered under the definition of "Agriculture Produce". Reply By ashish chaudhary: The Reply: 1. Storage and warehousing of agricultural produce covered by Negative List 66D (d) (v). All storage .....

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..... covered whether cold storage or otherwise. Non agricultural produce storage liable to service tax @ 14%. 2. Storage of rice and cotton covered by entry no. 40 of Mega Exemption Notification. Exempted. 3. Jaggery, cereals and copra could be considered agricultural produce if no processing undertaken to make them marketable other than for primary market. 4. If providing both taxable and exempted .....

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..... services, follow rule 6 of cenvat credit rules for reversal of credit attributable to exempted service. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: I agree with Sh.Ashish Chaudhary with his reply mentioned at serial no.2,3,4. Regarding the reply at serial no.1, will Sh.Chaudhary elaborate how all storage whether cold storage or otherwise are covered under the definition ? Thanks a lot. Reply By ashish .....

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..... chaudhary: The Reply: Sir, section 65 defining various service has been omitted from statute book w.e.f. 1.7.2012. Negative list entry related to agricultural produce mention warehousing, which in the absence of any specific restriction, would cover warehousing of all natures. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Thanks a lot. Sh.Chaudhary Ji. Reply By Manoj Agarwal: The Reply: Fully Agree wi .....

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..... th views of Mr. Ashish Chaudhary.
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