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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


Options under Rule 6(2) & 6(3) of CENVAT Credit Rules cannot be availed simultaneously

March 3, 2023 2145 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that an assessee cannot avail of the options under Rule 6(2) and 6(3) of CENVAT Credit Rules,2004 simultaneously. Once the option is availed, other option cannot be chosen simultaneously.

Notification No. 01/2023-Service Tax, Dated: 02.03.2023

March 2, 2023 1701 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of Additional Assistant Director as Central Excise Officer of the rank of Superintendent – Notification No. 01/2023-Service Tax, Dated: 02.03.2023 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS) New Delhi Notification No. 01/2023 – Service Tax Dated: 2nd March, 2023  G.S.R. 162(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause […]

Denial of Cenvat on input services like car hire charges, travel expenses, insurance charges, etc. not maintainable

February 28, 2023 891 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that denial of Cenvat credit on input services such as Car hire charges, Insurance charges, Travel expenses and Staff welfare expenses is not legally maintainable in terms of Rule 2 (1) of CCR, 2004.

Service Tax on agreeing to obligation to refrain from an act or to tolerate an act or a situation

February 28, 2023 14511 Views 0 comment Print

It is clarified that activities contemplated under section 66E(e), i.e. when one party agrees to refrain from an act, or to tolerate an act or a situation, or to do an act, are the activities where agreement specifically refers to such an activity and there is a flow of consideration for this activity.

Service of collection of toll fee on behalf of NHAI not covered under service tax

February 28, 2023 3507 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that service of collection of Toll (user) fee on behalf of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) not covered under service tax for the period prior to introduction of negative list regime.

One-to-one co-relation not required for taking Cenvat credit under rule 3 of CCR, 2004

February 27, 2023 879 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that one to one co-relation is not required for taking Cenvat credit under Rule 3 of CCR. Once credit have been rightly taken, there is no restriction in use of such credit for payment of either central excise duty or service tax or any other specified tax liability.

Registration under ‘construction of a new residential complex’ doesn’t hold rendering of service under the same

February 26, 2023 1029 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Bangalore held that as service actually falls under works contract service, then mere registration under construction of a new residential complex and payment of service tax thereon, wouldnt hold that services was rendered under construction of a new residential complex.

Service tax is payable under ‘Information Technology Software Service’ as right to use software granted after 16/05/2008

February 26, 2023 1599 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that as right to use the software was granted after 16/05/2008 the same is leviable to service tax under Information Technology Software Service.

No service tax liability on foreclosure charges collected by banks & NBFCs on premature termination of loans

February 25, 2023 4539 Views 0 comment Print

HC Held that, FC collected by banks or NBFC on premature termination of loans cannot be subject to service tax under Banking & Other Financial Services

Extended service tax demand gets applicable only when there is deliberate mis-statement/ suppression of facts

February 23, 2023 1467 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that extended service tax demand invoking proviso to Section 73(1) of the Act would be applicable on account of mis-statement or suppression of facts only if the same was deliberate and for the purposes of evading payment of duty.

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