Hi,
To my knowledge this issue is still not resolved and disputes are pending in SC. Therefore, it might be possible that they are charging both (Service tax & VAT) in order to avoid any penalty for short charging of taxes in future as a result of any judgment of SC or any notification issued by CG on this behalf.
I would request others to throw some light on this critical issue...
My observations are as below-
Overlapping entries :
Under Service Tax, tax is levied on :
>>>temporary transfer or permission to use or enjoy the IPR such as Patents, Trade-marks, Designs, etc.; and
>>>transfer of franchise (representational right) to franchisee to sell or manufacture goods or to provide service or undertake any process identified with franchiser.
Under VAT, tax is levied on :
>>>transfer of right to use Patents, Trademarks, Designs, etc. and franchise.