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No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 1602 Views 0 comment Print

Credit cannot be denied due to incorrect description of Service on invoices when Service Tax has been correctly paid

Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai, in Tata AIG case, rules credit can't be denied for incorrect service description on invoices when correct service t...

December 16, 2023 1392 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 1800 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1116 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Advance Club Membership Fees: CESTAT Ruling

Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...

November 2, 2023 1395 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Black fungus – Evidence Based Advisory in the Time of Covid-19

Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...

May 17, 2021 1140 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Department issuing illegal SCN for FY 2014-15

Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...

January 5, 2021 73626 Views 15 comments Print

Director of a company arrested for evasion of Service Tax

Service Tax :  Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...

July 12, 2018 2769 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Pre Budget 2018 Suggestion on Service Tax, Cenvat Credit Rules, Excise Duty, Custom Duty & CST

Service Tax : A suitable amnesty scheme must be thought of for all Central Laws and State Laws which have been merged in GST in one go to reduce...

December 28, 2017 1821 Views 0 comment Print

Summary of CAG Audit Report on Service Tax for Year ending on March 2017

Service Tax : Section 16 of CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into consolidated fund of India and to satisfy that t...

December 21, 2017 1734 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


KLE Society’s Services to University of Sains Malaysia Qualify as ‘Export of Services’

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore rules KLE Society's services to Malaysian university qualify as export of services, overturning a substantial ser...

February 21, 2025 48 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax not leviable on distributor of lottery tickets: SC

Service Tax : Supreme Court held that activity of lottery distributor doesn’t constitute a service and hence imposition of service tax on dist...

February 21, 2025 99 Views 0 comment Print

Quashing of SCN on One Demand Doesn’t Restrict Adjudication on Other Demands: Delhi HC

Service Tax : The Respondent was engaged in the business of fabrication and fixing of aluminium utensils. Respondent had availed CENVAT credit o...

February 20, 2025 51 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta HC quashes duplicate service tax demand for same period

Service Tax : The Calcutta High Court quashes a duplicate service tax demand for the same period in Arjun Chettri vs Union of India & Ors, order...

February 17, 2025 159 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Cannot Be Levied Solely Based on ITR Data: Bombay HC

Service Tax : Bombay High Court rules that service tax cannot be imposed solely on income tax return data. The department may issue a fresh noti...

February 11, 2025 8304 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd.

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. vide Order No. 08/202...

May 9, 2023 1731 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s A.K. Construction Co.

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s A.K. Construction Co. vide Order No. 07 /2023-...

May 4, 2023 624 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Hi-tech Equipment Services

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Hi-tech Equipment Services vide Order No. 06/2...

May 4, 2023 525 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers

Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...

May 4, 2023 558 Views 0 comment Print

Payment of Service Tax by department of Posts & Ministry of Railways by way of book adjustment

Service Tax : CBIC earlier noted that the practice of payment of Service tax by way of book adjustment adopted by the Department of Posts and th...

March 21, 2023 1452 Views 0 comment Print


Straightaway relying on statement of persons & demanding tax is unsustainable

August 23, 2022 1605 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the Adjudicating Authority had failed to follow the requirement of Section 9D of the Act regarding examination in chief of witness, therefore demand of service tax on the basis of statements of persons cannot be sustainable.

No wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts in case capital gains tax was paid on profit/compensation received

August 22, 2022 825 Views 0 comment Print

Since the whole case of Revenue was based on the balance sheets of assessee who had declared all the transactions in their records and had even paid capital gains tax on the profit/compensation received, therefore,  it could not be said that assessee had resorted to wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts or had contravened of any of the provisions of service tax law with intent to evade payment of service tax.

Blending, bottling & packing not taxable under ‘Business Auxiliary Service’

August 21, 2022 2511 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax Vs Hi-Tech Bottling Private Limited (CESTAT Kolkata) Held that the process of manufacture consisting of blending, bottling, and packaging of Indian-made foreign liquor is covered within the definition of manufacture and hence excluded from the purview of Business Auxiliary Service Facts- The assessee is engaged in carrying out […]

Extended period not invocable in absence of deliberate suppression of facts

August 21, 2022 2175 Views 0 comment Print

Extended period of limitation cannot be invoked in absence of deliberate suppression of facts with intention to evade payment of duty

Service tax demand relying only on income tax returns; P&L account and balance sheet is unsustainable

August 20, 2022 3831 Views 0 comment Print

Held that confirming demand of service tax without into the details of arrangements by simply relying on the documents like income tax returns, profit & loss account and balance sheet is unsustainable in law

Mismatch in Form 26AS & ST-3: No short payment if service tax was paid in next financial year

August 20, 2022 1167 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that there is no case of short payment of service tax as the appellant has paid the service tax in the next financial year.

Refund Claim debit against Credit before Adjudication is Sufficient Compliance

August 20, 2022 591 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that debit of amount of refund claim in cenvat credit account suo moto before adjudication, is sufficient compliance of Condition No. 2(h) of Notification No. 27/2012-CE

Extended period cannot be invoked if divergent views exist even if ultimately Revenue view prevails

August 19, 2022 1437 Views 0 comment Print

Where there were divergent views on the issue and even if it is ultimately settled against the assessee, extended period cannot be invoked.

Affiliation fee collected by university is outside the purview of service tax

August 16, 2022 1989 Views 0 comment Print

Held that services being provided by the University by collecting affiliation fee has to be considered as the service by way of education. Accordingly, exempt from service tax as per clause (l) of section 66D.

Mediator service not liable to service tax as management consultancy service

August 16, 2022 750 Views 0 comment Print

Held that work of mediator/ arbitrator in resolving the dispute between the parties is not management consultancy service. Accordingly, not liable to service tax under management consultancy service u/s 65(65) of the Finance Act, 1994

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