Characteristics Of "Consumables" Does Not Attach "Welding Electrodes", MODVAT Credit Can't Be Recovered: CESTAT
Live LawThe Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that characteristics of "consumables" do not attach to "welding electrodes", and, therefore, the recovery of the Modified Value Added Tax credit was incorrect.The bench of C.J. The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that characteristics of "consumables" do not attach to "welding electrodes", and, therefore, the recovery of the Modified Value Added Tax credit was incorrect. The appellant availed of MODVAT credit, under rule 57Q of the erstwhile Central Excise Rules, 1944, of duty charged on the procurement of "welding electrode" by them. The issue raised was whether "welding electrodes" are "consumables" as held by the original authority or are used in the manufacture of excisable goods and, therefore, eligible for MODVAT credit as claimed by the assessee.