09 July 2012
When the contractor is attending job work on piece rate basis then it will not be treated as supply of manpower and it will be treated as job work operation and in that case, contractor will be liable for the dischargement of 100% liability, if otherwise not exempted.
09 July 2012
It is exempted if it is a work of carrying out an intermediate production process as job work in relation to - (a) agriculture, printing or textile processing; (b) cut and polished diamonds and gemstones; or plain and studded jewellery of gold and other precious metals, falling under Chapter 71 of the Central Excise Tariff Act ,1985 (5 of 1986); (c) any goods on which appropriate duty is payable by the principal manufacturer; or (d) processes of electroplating, zinc plating, anodizing, heat treatment, powder coating, painting including spray painting or auto black, during the course of manufacture of parts of cycles or sewing machines upto an aggregate value of taxable service of the specified processes of one hundred and fifty lakh rupees in a financial year subject to the condition that such aggregate value had not exceeded one hundred and fifty lakh rupees during the preceding financial year;