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No Service Tax on Legal Services by Advocate to Law Firm Bombay HC

Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...

March 7, 2026 669 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign Speaker Payments for Leadership Summit Not Event Management Service: SC

Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...

January 20, 2026 468 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Applicable on Export Cargo Handling at Airports: SC

Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...

November 6, 2025 552 Views 0 comment Print

Legal Services under the Service Tax Regime

Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...

September 14, 2025 1443 Views 0 comment Print

Affiliation Fees – No Service Tax Can Be Demanded: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...

August 29, 2025 951 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 1443 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 75486 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 3066 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 2157 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 2109 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Grants Cum-Tax Benefit as Service Tax Was Not Collected Separately: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : The CESTAT Chennai held that where service tax was not separately recovered from recipients, the gross receipts must be treated as...

May 28, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Dismisses Delayed Service Tax Challenge Filed After Four Years

Service Tax : The High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a service tax order due to an inordinate delay of nearly four years. The Cour...

May 28, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Remands Service Tax Case Due to Failure to File Grounds of Appeal in ST-4 Form

Service Tax : The Mumbai CESTAT remanded a service tax dispute after finding that the appellant failed to include grounds of appeal in the presc...

May 25, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Refund Claim Cannot Be Rejected Without Examining Double Service Tax Payment and Credit Eligibility

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi set aside the refund rejection order after finding that issues relating to double payment of service tax and CENVAT c...

May 25, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

Srvice tax exemption cannot be denied for late EXP-1 & EXP-2 form filing

Service Tax : CESTAT ruled that the Department failed to consider ST-3 returns and service tax already discharged by the assessee. The Tribunal ...

May 24, 2026 135 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 1974 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 936 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 798 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 852 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 2136 Views 0 comment Print


No service tax on Construction of Complex by Co-op Housing Society for its Members

April 22, 2023 933 Views 0 comment Print

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court clarified that construction services provided by cooperative housing societies to members are not subject to service tax.

Service Tax on Brand Promotion Payment by Nike India during IPL to players

April 22, 2023 642 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad exempts IPL player Ajitesh Kamlesh Argal from service tax on remuneration, setting a precedent on employment vs brand promotion in sports.

Inordinate & Unexplained Delay in appeal – HC denies Condonation

April 22, 2023 1215 Views 0 comment Print

It is well settled that each day of delay in filing has to be explained. In present case, there are large gaps in time period for which no ostensible reason been provided.

Hair Transplant is a cosmetic surgery & liable to service tax levy

April 21, 2023 7008 Views 0 comment Print

Hair Transplant is neither undertaken to restore or reconstruct anatomy or its functions, nor the procedure of hair transplant restores developmental abnormalities degenerative diseases, injury or trauma. We find that hair transplant is a medical procedure to improve outer look of the body for time being and it does in any way contributes to the anatomy or functions of human body.

Duty free shops being outside customs frontiers of India cannot be saddled with any indirect tax burden

April 21, 2023 3525 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that Duty Free Shops, whether in the arrival or departure terminals, being outside the customs frontiers of India, cannot be saddled with any indirect tax burden and any such levy would be unconstitutional. Accordingly, tax levied on the same is refundable

Adjudication of second SCN on same set of facts without Adjudicating First one is untenable

April 21, 2023 2391 Views 0 comment Print

Shairu Gems Diamonds Pvt. Ltd Vs Commissioner of Service Tax-IV (CESTAT Mumbai) CESTAT find that the learned Commissioner at paragraph 2 has referred to the show cause notice dated 21.08.2012 having been issued to the appellant, seeking confirmation of service tax demand for the period 2008 to 2012. He has also recorded that the said […]

Order passed without giving opportunity to petitioner is remanded back to AO by HC

April 21, 2023 477 Views 0 comment Print

order has been passed without any giving opportunity to the petitioner to produce the relevant documents which were in his custody, is being set aside and the matter is being remanded back to the Assessing Officer to pass a fresh order after giving one opportunity to petitioner

Cenvat Credit as per books cannot be rejected without issuing SCN

April 21, 2023 792 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that unless CENVAT Credit availed by the appellant has not been recovered by way of issue of show cause notice invoking Rule 14 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, the CENVAT Credit available on the books of account cannot be rejected when it is accumulated on account of export of Service.

Service Tax & Penalty imposed in absence of Consignment note related to GTA: HC allows one more opportunity

April 19, 2023 915 Views 0 comment Print

Treveni Cargo Movers Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India and Others (Punjab and Haryana HC) On asking of the Court, Mr. Rishabh Kapoor, Advocate-Sr. Standing counsel-CBIC, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent(s) and states that in the absence of production of consignment notes, the impugned order which is an appealable order, has been correctly […]

No service tax on Construction of Complex Services by co-op housing society to its members 

April 19, 2023 1032 Views 0 comment Print

The issue on merit that whether the service of construction of complex provided by the appellant’s cooperative housing society to its members is eligible to service tax or otherwise has been settled in favour of the appellant. It was informed by the learned counsel that the Hon’ble High Court’s judgment (supra) has been accepted by the revenue.

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