We are an Auto Parts Manufacturing company. We are paying excise duty on all our final products. We are getting some in house job work (like bearing assembly & packing) done on our components on piece rate basis from a contractors. Contractor supplies labour for the job work at our plant and raises bill on piece rate basis. The Mega Notification 25/2012 in para 30 (c) says that any goods on which appropriate duty is payable by the principal manufacturer; if you are paying duty then no need to pay the service tax. Please give your opinion whether we are liable to pay service tax under reverse charge mechanism or not ?
20 April 2015
As you are a manufacturing company and paying excise duty on final product, you are not liable to pay service tax on job work being part of manufacturing activity.