hindustan unilever tax

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BUSINESS TAXATION

MINI PROJECT


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Hindustan Unilever Limited

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest Fast Moving ConsumerGoods Company with a heritage of over 75 years in India and touches thelives of two out of three Indians.

HUL works to create a better future every day and helps people feel good,look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good forthem and good for others.

With over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories such as soaps,detergents, shampoos, skin care, toothpastes, deodorants, cosmetics, tea,coffee, packaged foods, ice cream, and water purifiers, the Company is apart of the everyday life of millions of consumers across India. Its portfolioincludes leading household brands such as Lux, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Rin,Wheel, Fair & Lovely, Ponds, Vaseline, Lakm, Dove, Clinic Plus, Sunsilk,Pepsodent, Closeup, Axe, Brooke Bond, Bru, Knorr, Kissan, Kwality Walls andPureit.

The Company has over 15,000 employees and has an annual turnover ofRs.17,523 crores (financial year 2009 - 2010). HUL is a subsidiary of Unilever,one of the worlds leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods withstrong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe with annualsales of about 44.3 billion in 2010. Unilever has about 52% shareholding inHUL.

HUL at a glance

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumergoods company, with leadership in Home & Personal Care Products andFoods & Beverages.

HUL's brands touch the lives of two out of three Indians. They endow thecompany with turnover of Rs.17,523 crores (for the 12 month period April1, 2009 to March 31, 2010).

The mission that inspires HUL's more than 15,000 employees, including over1,400 managers, is to help people feel good, look good and get more out oflife with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. Itis a mission HUL shares with its parent company, Unilever, which holds about52 % of the equity.

Unilever Vision


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HUL work to create a better future every day. HUL help people feel goodlook good and getmore out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good forothers.

HUL will inspire people to take small everyday actions that can and up to abig difference for the world.

HUL will develop new ways of doing business that will allow us to double thesize of our company while reducing our environmental impact.

Heritage in India

In the summer of 1888, visitors to the Kolkata harbor noticed crates full ofSunlight soapbars, embossed with the words "Made in England by Lever Brothers". With it

began anera of marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). In 1931,Unilever set up its first Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Vanaspati ManufacturingCompany, followed by Lever Brothers India Limited (1933) and UnitedTraders Limited (1935). In November 1956, these three companies mergedto form Hindustan Unilever Limited (then known as Hindustan Lever Limited).

Value Creation

Creating long term value for our shareholders, our people and our businesspartners is our

road to sustainable & profitable growth. Sustainable Living HULs corporateresponsibility strategy seeks to address HUL's most significant sustainabilityimpacts of hygiene, nutrition, enhancement of livelihoods, reduction ofgreenhouse gases andwater footprint by integrating these objectives into our brands, our peopleand our processes.

~ Provided income-generating opportunities to 45,000 Shakti entrepreneursin rural areasacross 15 states in 100,000 villages through Project Shakti

~ Lifebuoy Swasthya Chetna has touched 12 omillion people in more than50000 villagesacross India since 2002

~ Fair and lovely foundation has awarded more than 790 scholarships towomen withlimited financial resources for higher studies


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~ Pureit covers over 3 million households across India, and provides safedrinking atwater at a mere 25 paise per litre

~ Reduced CO2 emissions from energy manufacturing operations by 28% in

2009(measured per tonne of production over 2004 baseline)

~ More than 75% of our units are zero


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HINDUSTAN UNILEVER

Tax Report Year End Mar 2011

1 a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full particulars, quantitativedetails and situation, of fixed assets.b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management according to a phasprogramme designed to cover items at all the locations once in two years whicopinion,is reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of it

Pursuant to theprogramme, fixed assets at certain locations were physically verified by the manaduring the year and no material discrepancies between the book records and thephysical inventory have been noticed.

c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, asubstantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed off by the Company during t2 a) The inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) has been physically verifiedthe Management during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third parties, thhave substantially been confirmed by them. In our opinion, the frequency of verificreasonable.


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b) The procedures of physical verification of inventory followed bythe Management are reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Compaand the nature of its business.

c) On the basis of examination of the inventory records, the Company is maproperrecords of inventory. The discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventoas compared to book records were not material.3 The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or unsecured, tocompanies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under Sectionthe Act. Consequently, clauses (iii)(b), (iii)(c), (iii)(d), (iii)(f) and (iii)(g) of paragraphthe Orderare not applicable.4 According to the information and explanations given to us, having regar

explanationthat certain items purchased are of special nature for which suitable alternative sodo not exist for obtaining comparative quotations, there is an adequate internal cosystem commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of its businesspurchase of inventory, fixed assets and for the sale of goods and services. Furtherbasis of our examination of the books and records of the Company, and according the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across nor habeen informed of any continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesainternal control system.5 a) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us,

the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of theAct have been entered in the register required to be maintained under that sectionb) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us,there are no transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements anexceeding Rs. five lakhs in respect of any party during the year, which have been at prices which are not reasonable having regard to the prevailing market prices arelevant time.6 The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the meaningSections 58Aand 58AAof the Act and the rules framed there under.

7 The Company has an internal audit system commensurate with its size and nat

business.8 We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company inrespect of products where, pursuant to the Rules made by the Central GovernmenIndia, the maintenance of cost records has been prescribed under clause (d) of su(1)


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of Section 209 of the Act, and are of the opinion that prima facie, the prescribed acand records have been made and maintained. We have not, however, made a detexamination of the records with a view to determine whether they are orcomplete.

9 a) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company is generally regular in depundisputed statutory dues including provident fund, investor education and pfund,employeesstate insurance, income-tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty, exccess and other material statutory dues as applicable with the appropriate authoritib) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records of thCompany examined by us, there are no dues of wealth tax which have not beendeposited on account of any dispute, and the particulars of excise duty, sales tax,

customs duty, income-tax, service tax and cess as at 31st March, 2011 which havebeen deposited on account of a dispute are as follows:

Name of the

statute Nature of dues Amount under dispute

not yet depositedRs. Crores

The Central

Excise Act, Excise duty including 57.35

1944 interest and penalty, as

Applicable

46.88

0.26

Central Sales

Tax Act and Sales tax including 97.80

Local Sales

Tax Acts interest and penalty, as

(including

works contract) applicable 14.93


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1984 to 2004 Tribunal

1983 to 2001 High Courts

1986 to 1998

1999 to 2008

Customs Act, 1962 1995 Appellate Authority-upto

Commissioners level

Income-tax Act, 1961 1979-80 Appellate Authority-upto

1995-96 Commissioners level

1985-86 Tribunal

1991-92

2004-05

2005-06

1988-89 High Courts

1991-92

Service Tax (Finance Act,1994) 2004 to 2006 Appellate Authority-upto

Commissioners level

2005 to 2009 Tribunal

Bombay Provincial

Municipal Corporations

Act, 1949 [Amended] 2000-01 Appellate Authority-upto

Commissioners level

10 The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31st March, 2010, andhas not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that date or

in the immediately preceding financial year.11 According to the records of the Company examined by us and theinformation and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted inrepayment of dues to any financial institution or banker debenture holdersas at the balance sheet date.12 The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis ofsecurity by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.13 The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund / nidhi /mutual benefit fund / societies are not applicable to the Company.14 In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,securities, debentures and other investments.


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15 According to the information and explanations given to us, the Companyhas not given any guarantee for loans taken by others from banks orfinancial institutions during the year.16 According to the information and explanations given to us, on an overall

basis, the term loans have been applied for the purposes for which they wereobtained.17 On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the

Company, in our opinion and according to the information and explanationsgiven to us, there are no funds raised on a short- term basis which havebeen used for long-term investment.18 The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to

parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section 301of the Act during the year.

19 The Company has not issued any debentures during the year.20 The Company has not raised any money by public issue during the year.

Financial Highlights of HUL


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Hindustan Unilever Limited December Quarter 2010 Results

25-01-2011 : Sustained double digit growth; Turnover exceeds Rs 5000crores

Strong 12% sales growth in Domestic Consumer business


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Operating Margins lower due to impact of high input cost inflation &brand investments

PAT (bei) Rs.587 crore; Net profit Rs.638 crore, down by -1.8%

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced its results for December

Quarter 2010. With sustained double digit underlying volume growth in theDomestic Consumer business (+13%), Net Sales grew 12% during thequarter and ahead of the market in aggregate.Home and Personal Care business grew by 11.6% with competitive growth inboth Laundry and Personal Wash. Laundry portfolio was further strengthenedand Rin delivered record volume growth. Personal Wash also grew ahead ofthe market with Lifebuoy growing strongly post the relaunch and thepremium portfolio continuing to deliver robust growth.

Personal Products grew strongly at 20%; Growth was broad based acrosscategories with Skin Care delivering a particularly strong performance. Skin

Care growth was innovation led, both on the core and in emerging segments.Fair and Lovely, Ponds White Beauty and Vaseline Healthy White continuedto deliver robust sales growth. Both Hair and Oral performed well across thekey brands. Dove Hair range was relaunched with Fiber Actives and in Oral,a new variant Close-up Fire-Freeze was successfully introduced.

Foods business grew 11.3%. In Tea, Red Label was relaunched and continuedto deliver double digit growth. Coffee growth was robust, across conventionaland instant coffee, with price point packs performing particularly well. KnorrSoupy Noodles sustained its strong momentum and is now availablenationally. Ice-cream grew by 31% with good growth across formats.

Pureit continued to expand its franchise with product offerings acrossmultiple price and benefit positions. Overall, the water business grewstrongly and in line with action standards.

Input cost inflation continued to rise during the quarter. Cost of goods soldwent up by 220 bps, as a result of steep rise in material costs, especially incommodity sensitive categories. A&P spend grew by 17% to maintain marketcompetitiveness and to develop emerging categories. Consequently,operating margins were lower by 320 bps. Buying efficiencies and costsaving programs remain a priority and are being further scaled up.

Financial income increased by Rs. 38 crores through further improvement inworking capital and sound treasury management. Profit after tax but beforeexceptional items declined by -2.1%, while Net Profit declined by -1.8%.

Harish Manwani, Chairman commented: Our strategy is working and isreflected in the consistent double digit underlying volume growth over thelast four quarters and ahead of market growth. We continue to strengthenour leadership in core categories, even as we invest to build opportunities for


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the future. In an inflationary environment, we will manage our businessdynamically, through judicious pricing actions and increased focus on costeffectiveness, while ensuring that we remain competitive in the marketplace.

Financial Performance : 10 Year Track Record

Sales TaxDefinition:A tax collected by all retailers and certain service providers when they make taxable

retail sales. Sales taxes could include state, county and local taxes.

Sales taxes are levied by many cities, counties and states at varying rates. Most provide specificexemptions, as for certain classes of merchandise or particular groups of customers. Service

businesses are often exempt altogether. Contact your state and/or local revenue offices for

information on the law for your area so that you can adapt your bookkeeping to the requirements.

Before you open yourdoors, be sure to register to collect sales tax by applying for a sales permit for

each separate place of business you have in the state. A license or permit is important because in
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some states it is a criminal offense to undertake sales without one. In addition, if you fail to

collectsales tax, you can be held liable for the uncollected amount.

If you're an out-of-state retailer, such as a mail order seller who ships and sells goods in another

state, be careful. In the past, many retailers haven't collected sales taxes on the sales of these

goods. Be sure you or your accountant knows the state sales tax requirements where you do

business. Just because you don't have a physical location in a state doesn't always mean you don'thave to collect the sales tax.

Many states require business owners to make an advance deposit against future taxes. Some states

will accept a surety bond from yourinsurance company in lieu of the deposit.

It's possible for retailers to defer paying sales taxes on merchandise they purchase from suppliers.

Once the merchandise is sold, however, the taxes are due. The retailer adds the sales taxes (where

applicable) to the purchase.

Service taxService tax is an indirect tax levied under the Finance Act, 1994, as

amended from time to time, on specified services. At present, there are

approximately 96 categories (including 15 new services introduced by

Budget 2006) of services taxable under the service tax net.

Basic concepts :

Liability of service tax

General background Service tax comes under powers of Entry 97 of List I ofSeventh Schedule to Constitution of India. Service taxwas introduced w.e.f. 1-7-1994 and its scope is beingexpanded every year. Service tax is not payable ifservice is provided in J&K or if provided outside India.

Taxable event inservice tax

Service tax is imposed under section 66 of Finance Act,1994, which is the charging section [There is noseparate Service Tax Act s such]. Service provided or tobe provided is taxable event. Thus, service tax ispayable when advance is received.

Taxable services Service tax is payable under Finance Act, 1994; on

about 117 taxable services as defined in section 65(105)of Finance Act, 1994.Service requires twoparties

Service requires two parties. One cannot give service tohimself.

Tax only on value ofservices not onvalue of goods

Service tax cannot be levied on value of goods. Servicetax and Vat are mutually exclusive.

Rate of service tax General rate of service tax is 10.30% (including
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education cess and SAH education cess) w.e.f. 24-2-2009 [During period 11-5-2007 to 23-2-2009, it was12.36%]. In some cases, abatement is available.

Education cess to beshown and paid

separately

Education cess and SAHE cess should be shownseparately in invoice and should be paid under separate

accounting head.Person liable to pay service tax

Liability of serviceprovider

Service tax is payable by service provider. In few cases,tax is payable by service receiver, under reverse chargemethod [Section 68(2)].

Reverse charge In case of Goods Transport Agency (GTA), Import ofService, Sponsorship service and Agent of mutual fundand insurance, service tax is payable by servicereceiver.

Value for purpose of service tax

Service Tax on grossamount charged

Service tax is payable on gross amount charged fortaxable service provided or to be provided [section 67](excluding material cost)..

Tax onreimbursement ofexpenses

Tax is payable on reimbursement of expenses which arepart of service, but not on payments made by serviceprovider as pure agent of service receiver

Service tax notpayable if amountreceived only asagent of servicereceiver

Service tax is not payable on amounts collected byservice provider from service receiver which are not partof service but are paid by service provider to thirdparties for administrative convenience and thenrecovered from service receiver, even if all requirements

of definition of pure agent are not satisfied.Value on basis ofsimilar service orcost

If value is not ascertainable, valuation can be on basis ofsimilar service oron basis of value which shall not beless than cost.

Gross amountcharged is inclusiveof service tax

Gross amount charged for taxable service is taken asinclusive of service tax and then tax should becalculated by making back calculations.

Exemption from service tax

Exemption to smallservice providers

Small service providers whose total value of servicesprovided (including exempt and non-taxable services) isless than Rs 10 lakhs in previous year are not required

to pay service tax in current financial year till they reachturnover of Rs 10 lakhs. Clubbing provisions can apply.Registration is required if turnover exceeds Rs 9 lakhsper annum.

No exemption ifservice providedunder brand nameof other

The exemption is not available if service is providedunder brand name of other person.


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No exemption whenservice tax ispayable underreverse chargemethod

This exemption is not available when service tax ispayable by service receiver under reverse chargemethod.

Abatement andsimplified method ofpayment of taxes

In case of some services, abatement is available. In caseof some services, simplified method of calculating valueof service has been prescribed.

Services to SEZ andSEZ Developer

Services provided to SEZ unit or developer are exempt ifwholly consumed within SEZ. In case of servicesconsumed by SEZ outside SEZ, refund claim has to befiled.

Services providedby RBI exempt butservices provided toRBI taxable

Services provided by RBI are exempt butserviceprovided to RBI are not exempt.

Classification of serviceService to beclassified

The classification of services will be determinedaccording to terms specified in various sub-clauses ofsection 65(105). [section 65A(1)].

Rules forclassification ofservice

Ifprima facie, a taxable service is classifiable under twoor more sub-clauses of section 65(105), classificationshall be effected as per following rules (a) Specificdescription to be preferred over a general description[section 65(2)(a)] (b) Classification should be as peressential character in case of composite services

[section 65(2)(b)] (c) Service which appears earlier in listof section 65(105), if service cannot be classified onabove basis [section 65(2)(c)]

Exception in case ofport and airportservices

Exception is made in case of port services and airportservices, where, if service is rendered wholly in port orairport, the service will be classified as port/airportservice irrespective of its classification as per section65A,

Service should bepredominantlytaxable

Service should be predominantly a taxable service. Acomposite contract consisting various services cannotbe vivisected.

Composite contractconsisting of goodsand services can bevivisected

An indivisible/composite contract of goods and servicescan be vivisected and service part of it subjected toservice tax.

New service headmeans service wasnot earlier taxable

Introduction of new service head means the service wasnot taxable earlier.


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Service excludedfrom one head

Service specifically excluded from one head cannot beclassified under other head.

Cenvat Credit

Credit of tax/dutypaid on input goods,

input services andcapital goods

Service provider can avail Cenvat credit of service taxpaid on input services and excise duty paid on inputs

and capital goods. The credit can be utilised forpayment of service tax on output services.

Any service inrelation to businessis input service

Definition of input service is wide. Any service in relationto business is input service.

Duty payingdocument foravailing Cenvatcredit

Credit can be availed on basis of proper and completespecified original duty paying documents.

Cenvat credit whentaxable as well as

exempted servicesprovided

If assessee is providing both taxable and exemptservices and if input services are common, Cenvat credit

can either be taken on proportionate basis or 6%amount is required to be paid on value of exemptedservices.

Registration

Procedure forregistration

Service provider should register within 30 days fromdate of commencement of providing taxable service.Application should be in form ST-1 [Rule 4(1)]. IncomeTax PAN, address proof, evidence of constitution offirm/company, list of directors/partners are the mostimportant document required. Registration will bedeemed to have been granted if not received withinseven days [Rule 4(5)].Application for registration is to be filed electronically.The PAN based registration number is generated bysystem immediately. However, registration certificate isissued by Superintendent in form ST-2 after thedocuments are submitted.

Centralisedregistration

Person providing services from more than one premisesor offices can apply for centralised registration, if he hascentralised billing system or centralised accountingsystem [Rule 4(2)]

Input ServiceDistributor Input Service Distributors (ISD) require registration. HOor branch or depot can register as ISD and distributecredit to centres which are providing taxable services

Procedures to be followed

Invoice by serviceprovider

Assessee should prepare invoice in respect of hisservices. The Invoice should be prepared within 14 daysfrom date of completion of taxable service or receipt ofpayment towards the value of taxable service,


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whichever is earlier. Invoice should contain prescribeddetails [Rule 4A]

Payment of servicetax

If the assessee is an individual or proprietary firm orpartnership firm, the tax is payable on quarterly basiswithin 5 days at the end of quarter (within 6 days in

case of e-payment) except in March. Service tax ispayable by other assessees by 5th of the monthfollowing the month in which payments are receivedtoward value of taxable services (by 6th in case of e-payment) except in March [rule 6(1) of Service TaxRules].

Payment of servicetax in March

Service tax on value of taxable services received duringmonth of March or quarter of March is required to bepaid by 31st March in case of all the assessees.

Payment of service tax

Service tax payableon receipt basis

Service tax is notpayable on basis of amounts chargedin the bills/invoice, but only on amounts actuallyreceivedduring the relevant period, except in case ofassociated enterprises. If partial amount is received, taxwill be payable onpro rata basis.

Exception in case ofassociatedenterprises

The exception is that in case of service provided toassociated enterprises, service tax is payable as soon asbook entry is made in the books of service provider(when he is liable) or service receiver (when he is liableto pay service tax under reverse charge method).

Advance payment ofservice tax A person liable to pay service tax can pay any amount inadvance towards future service tax liability. After suchpayment he should inform Superintendent of CentralExcise within 15 days [Rule 6(1A)]. When he adjusts theadvance, he should indicate details in the subsequentreturn filed

GAR-7 challan ande-payment

Tax is payable by GAR-7 challan using appropriateaccounting code. E-payment is compulsory to those whoare paying service tax of more than Rs 10 lakhs perannum. For others, e-payment is optional.

Interest for late

payment of servicetax

Mandatory interest for late payment of service tax is

13% [section 75]. It cannot be reduced or waived.

Returns under service tax

Half yearly return Every person liable to pay service tax has to submit halfyearly return in form ST-3 in triplicate within 25 days ofthe end of the half-year [Rule 7]. Late fees upto Rs2,000 are payable if return is filed late.

Self Assessment Assessment is basically self assessment. Provisional


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assessment is permissible.Demands

Administration byexcise department

The service tax is administered by excise department.Adjudication order is issued by excise officer.

Demand if tax short

paid

If service tax was short paid, demand can be raised

within period of one year from relevant date. If theshort payment or non-payment was on account ofsuppression of facts or wilful mis-statement withintention to evade, demand can be raised within periodof five years.

Rectification oforder

Order passed by Central Excise Officer can be rectifiedby him within two years. Only mistake apparent fromrecords can be rectified [section 74].

Penalties and appeals

Penalty for latepayment of servicetax

If service tax is not paid or belatedly paid, penalty willbe minimum Rs. 200 per day or @ 2% per month,whichever is higher, starting with the first day after duedate till date of actual payment of outstanding amount.Penalty cannot exceed the service tax which waspayable [section 76]. Penalty can be reduced if sufficientcause is shown [section 80].

No penalty if servicetax and interestpaid on own beforeSCN

No penalty can be imposed if service tax and interest ispaid before show cause notice, except in case of fraud,suppression of facts etc. [Explanation 2 to section 73(3)]

Penalty for

contravention ofrules

There is heavy penalty for contravention of rules, not

obtaining registration, not maintaining books of account,not paying tax electronically etc [section 77]. Penaltycan be reduced if sufficient cause is shown [section 80].No penalty can be imposed if service tax and interest ispaid before show cause notice, except in case of fraud,suppression of facts etc. [Explanation 2 to section 73(3)]

Penalty for fraud,suppression of facts.Wilful mis-statement

If non-payment was on account of fraud, suppression offacts etc., penalty shall not be less than amount ofservice tax but can be upto twice the amount of servicetax amount of service tax not levied or not paid orerroneously refunded. Penalty will be reduced to 25% if

paid with tax and interest within 25 days of receipt oforder [section 78]. Penalty can be reduced if sufficientcause is shown [section 80].

Appeals toCommissioner(Appeals)

Appeal against order of authority lower thanCommissioner lies with Commissioner (Appeals), byassessee or as well as by department [section 85].

Next appeal toTribunal

Appeal against order of Commissioner (Appeals) orCommissioner lies with Appellate Tribunal (Customs,


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Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal) [Section 86].Further appeal lies with High Court and Supreme Court.Appeals can be filed both by assessee and department.

Export of Service

No tax on export of

service

No service tax is payable if taxable service is exported

as per Export of Service Rules.Refund if tax paidon exported service

No tax is payable on export of service. If paid, it isrefundable. Rebate/refund of service tax paid on inputservices is obtained if taxable service is exported

Import of service

Tax payable byrecipient underreverse charge

In case of import of service, tax is payable by recipientof services under method of reverse charge. Taxshould be paid by cash i.e. GAR-7 challan and thenCenvat credit can be availed of the tax so paid, as it ishis input service.

Tax only if service isreceived in India

Tax is payable only when service is received in India.Services provided and used outside India cannot betaxed in India.

Conditions to treat aservice as import

To determine the issue whether a provision of service isimport of service, services have been classified in threecategories. Criteria for each category has been specifiede.g. immovable property India, service performed inIndia, recipient is located in India

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