NO INPUT CREDIT IF FINAL PRODUCT/OUTPUT SERVICE EXEMPT FROM DUTY/ SERVICE TAX - No credit is available if final product is exempt from duty or final service is exempt from service tax. If a manufacturer manufactures more than one product, it may happen that some of the products are exempt from duty. Similarly, in case of service provider, some services may be taxable while some services may not be covered. In such cases, duty paid on inputs and service tax paid on input services used for manufacture of exempted products/services cannot be used for payment of duty or tax on other final products/services which are not exempt from duty/tax. If the manufacturer/service provider uses common inputs both for exempted as well as un-exempted goods/services, he should maintain separate records for inputs/input services used for manufacture of exempted final products and should not avail Cenvat on such inputs/input services. However, if he does not maintain separate records and inventories of inputs/input services used in exempted final products/services, he has to pay an ‘amount’ of 10% of price of exempted goods. - - As per section 91 read with section 93 of Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004, education cess is payable only on ‘duties of excise’. ‘Amount’ is not ‘duty’. Hence, education cess is not payable on such ‘amount’.