Service
tax has changed many rules in service tax India. These rules will be applicable
from 01-07-2012. In these new rules service tax department has changed the
rules of CENVAT facility. Cenvat facility is like a modvat facility in which
one can adjust his tax paid from the tax received from providing a
service.Service tax department issued a notification no. 39/2012 dated
20-06-2012 about cenvat facility in service tax. Full notification is as under.
TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA,
EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
Government
of India
Ministry
of Finance
(Department
of Revenue)
Notification No.39/2012 - Service Tax
New Delhi, the 20th June,
2012
GSR …. (E). In
exercise of the powers conferred by rule 6A of the Service Tax Rules, 1994
(hereinafter referred to as the said rules), the Central Government hereby
directs that there shall be granted rebate of the whole of the duty paid on
excisable inputs or the whole of the service tax and cess paid on
all input services (herein after referred to as ‘input services’),
used in providing service exported in terms of rule 6A of the said
rules, to any country other than Nepal and Bhutan, subject to the conditions,
limitations and procedures specified hereinafter,-
2. Conditions
and limitations:-
(a)
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that the service has been exported in terms of
rule 6A of the said rules;
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(b)
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that the duty on the inputs,
rebate of which has been claimed, has been paid to the supplier;
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(c)
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that the service tax and cess, rebate of which
has been claimed, have been paid on the input services to the provider of
service;
Provided if the person is himself is liable to
pay for any input services; he should have paid the service tax and cess to
the Central Government.
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(d)
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the total amount of rebate
of duty, service tax and cess admissible is not less
than one thousand rupees;
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(e)
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no CENVAT credit has been availed
of on inputs and input services on which rebate has been claimed; and
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(f)
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that in case,-
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(i)
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the duty or, as the case may be, service tax
and cess, rebate of which has been claimed, has not been paid; or
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(ii)
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the service,
rebate for which has been claimed, has not been exported; or
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(iii)
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CENVAT credit has been availed on inputs and input
services on which rebate has been claimed,
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the rebate paid, if any, shall be recoverable with
interest in accordance with the provisions of section 73 and
section 75 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994)
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3. Procedure.
3.1
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Filing of Declaration.- The provider of service
to be exported shall, prior to date of export of service, file a
declaration with the jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise
or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, specifying
the service intended to be exported with,-
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(a)
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description, quantity, value, rate of duty and the amount
of duty payable on inputs actually required to be used in providing service
to be exported;
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(b)
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description, value and the amount of service tax and cess payable
on input services actually required to be used in
providing service to be exported.
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3.2
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Verification of declaration.- The Assistant Commissioner
of Central Excise or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the
case may be, shall verify the correctness of the declaration filed prior to
such export of service, if necessary, by calling for any relevant
information or samples of inputs and if after such verification, the
Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or the Deputy Commissioner of
Central Excise is satisfied that there is no likelihood of evasion of duty,
or as the case may be, service tax and cess, he may accept the
declaration.
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3.3
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Procurement of input materials and
receipt of input services.- The provider of service to be exported
shall,-
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obtain the inputs required for use in
providing service to be exported, directly from a registered
factory or from a dealer registered for the purposes of the CENVAT Credit
Rules, 2004 accompanied by invoices issued under the Central Excise Rules,
2002;
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(ii)
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receive the input services required for use in
providing service to be exported and an invoice, a bill or, as the
case may be, a challan issued under the provisions of Service Tax
Rules, 1994.
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3.4
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Presentation of claim for
rebate.-
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(a)
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(i)
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claim of rebate of the duty paid on the inputs or the
service tax and cess paid on input services shall be filed with the
jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or Deputy
Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, after
the service has been exported;
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(ii)
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such application shall be
accompanied by, –
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(a)
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invoices for inputs issued under the Central Excise Rules,
2002 and invoice, a bill, or as the case may be, a challan for
input services issued under the Service Tax Rules, 1994, in respect of
which rebate is claimed;
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(b)
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documentary evidence of receipt of payment
against service exported, payment of duty on inputs and service
tax and cess on input services used for
providing service exported, rebate of which is claimed;
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(c)
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a declaration that such service, has been
exported in terms of rule 6A of the said rules, along with documents
evidencing such export.
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The jurisdictional Assistant Commissioner of Central
Excise or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, having
regard to the declaration, if satisfied that the claim is in order, shall
sanction the rebate either in whole or in part.
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Explanation 1.- For the purposes of this notification
“service tax and cess” means,-
(a) service tax leviable under
section 66 or section 66B of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994);
(b) education cess on
taxable service levied under section 91 read with section 95 of the
Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 (23 of 2004); and
(c) Secondary and Higher Education Cess on
taxable services levied under section 136 read with section 140 of the Finance
Act, 2007 (22 of 2007).
Explanation 2.- For the purposes of this notification
“duty” means, duties of excise leviable under the following
enactments, namely:-
(a)
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the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of
1944);
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(b)
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the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special
Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957);
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the Additional Duties of Excise
(Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978 (40 of 1978);
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(d)
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National Calamity Contingent duty leviable under
section 136 of the Finance Act, 2001 (14 of 2001), as amended by section 169
of the Finance Act, 2003 (32 of 2003), section 3 of the Finance Act, 2004 (13
of 2004) and further amended by section 123 of the Finance Act, 2005 (18 of
2005);
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special duty of excise
collected under a Finance Act;
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additional duty of excise as
levied under section 157 of the Finance Act, 2003 (32 of 2003);
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Education Cess on
excisable goods as levied under section 91 read with section 93 of the
Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 (23 of 2004); and
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the additional duty of
excise leviable under section 85 of the Finance Act, 2005 (18 of
2005).
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(i)
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the Secondary and Higher Education Cess on excisable goods leviable under section 136 read
with section 138 of the Finance Act, 2007 (22 of 2007).
Annexure
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(Application for filing a claim of rebate of duty paid on inputs, service tax and cess paid on input services)
(PART A: To be filled by the applicant)
Date………….
Place…………
To,
Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise/Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise ………………………….. (full postal address).
Madam/Sir,
I/We…………………………………..,(name of the person claiming rebate) holding service tax registration No. …………………………………………, located in………………………. (address of the registered premises) hereby declare that I/We have exported ………………………………………service (name of the service) under rule 6A of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 to ……………………(name of the country to which service has been exported), and service tax amounting to ……………………. (amount in rupees of service tax) and education cess amounting to ……………………. (amount in rupees of cess) has been paid on input services and duty amounting to ………… (amount in rupees of duty) has been paid on inputs.
2. I/We also declare that the payment against such service exported has already been received in India in full…………………………………………………. (details of receipt of payment).
3. I/We request that the rebate of the duty, service tax and cess on inputs and input services used in providing service exported by me/us in terms of rule 6A of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 may be granted at the earliest. The following documents are enclosed in support of this claim for rebate.
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2.
3.
Declaration:
(a) We hereby certify that we have not availed CENVAT credit on inputs and input services on which rebate has been claimed.
(b) We have been granted permission by Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, vide C. No. ______, dated ______ for working under notification No. _____ , dated _____ .
(Signature and name of the service provider or his authorised agent with date)
(PART B: To be filled by the sanctioning authority)
Date of receipt of the rebate claim: ______________
Date of sanction of the rebate claim: ______________
Amount of rebate claimed: Rs. ______________
Amount of rebate sanctioned: Rs. ______________
If the claim is not processed within 15 days of the receipt of the claim, indicated briefly reasons for delay.
Place:
Date:
Signature of the Assistant Commissioner/
Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise.
4. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2012.
F. No. 334/1/2012-TRU
(Raj Kumar Digvijay)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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