Service Tax Updates
CA Vasudev Mehta
I. Issue
Whether bouquet of services like designing and product development, including creating new patterns and graphics
that are shared with the vendors and arrangement of pre-production samples to the foreign client for approval,
evaluation of vendor facilities in terms of its capabilities to provide the merchandise required, quality
monitoring and also providing logistics and operational assistance for export of cargo till it reaches the
destination. provided by the appellant to client outside india constitute intermediary services?
Held : No
Brief Facts of The Case
Briefly stated the facts in this appeal are that the appellant are engaged in providing design and product
development, evaluation and vendor development, quality monitoring and other related services to its foreign
client viz. M/s. Primark, P.O. Box No. 644.......