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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 591 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 1101 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 1227 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 1017 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 948 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 1014 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 72438 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 2664 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 1737 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 1632 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Car Booking Cancellation Charges

Service Tax : CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on amounts received as booking cancellation charges, price difference & corporate discount,...

July 4, 2024 54 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax on foreign commission payable under RCM from 18.04.2006 

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that that service tax on commission paid to foreign commission agents is payable under reverse charge only ...

July 4, 2024 327 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Convenience fee & cancellation charges for services to Airlines under BAS

Service Tax : CESTAT quashes service tax demand against Yatra Online Pvt Ltd, ruling that convenience and cancellation fees are not connected to...

July 4, 2024 81 Views 0 comment Print

Attachment Order under Customs Act for Service Tax Recovery is invalid

Service Tax : Zest Buildtek Promotors Vs Deputy Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (Madras High Court)Issuance of attachment order under provi...

July 3, 2024 213 Views 0 comment Print

No Service tax on interest income from overdraft & cash credit facilities: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd vs Commr. of CGST (CESTAT Kolkata) where Kolkata CESTAT ruled that n...

June 30, 2024 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 1608 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 546 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 474 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 486 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 1251 Views 0 comment Print


Service Tax Department issuing illegal SCN for FY 2014-15

January 5, 2021 72438 Views 15 comments Print

Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making roving enquiries & issuing illegal Show Cause Notices by Central Excise (Service Tax) Department. Central GST Department has been issuing Show Cause Notices (SCNs) for FY 14-15 for difference in Receipts as per Service Tax Return and Income […]

No service tax on consignment agency services under clearing & forwarding agent service

January 5, 2021 2340 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Tinplate Company of India Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Kolkata) Conclusion: Assessee adid not receive any amount from TSL as and by way of consignment agent or towards providing any consignment agency service under the consignment agency agreement and also, assessee had cleared the converted goods on payment of […]

No service tax applicable on sizing operation activity of coal

January 5, 2021 1500 Views 0 comment Print

No service tax was applicable on sizing operation activity as sizing of coal was an incidental and ancillary process to make coal marketable and thus complete ‘manufacture’ of coal and to make it into ‘excisable goods’ as per Section 2(d) of the Central Excise Act.

CESTAT set aside service tax demand on Liquidated Damages/EMD Forfeiture etc.

December 22, 2020 7719 Views 0 comment Print

South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The Principal Bench of Hon’ble CESTAT set aside the Service Tax demand of Rs. 32.76 Crores approx., plus equal penalty and applicable interest, on the amount of Liquidated Damages / Forfeiture of EMD / Penalty recovered from the various contractors & […]

HC directs department to refund Service Tax Recovered in excess of amount approved by resolution plan

December 22, 2020 1692 Views 0 comment Print

GGS Infrastructure Private Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise (Bombay High Court) Once a resolution plan is approved by the committee of creditors by the requisite percentage of voting and the same is thereafter sanctioned by the adjudicating authority (Tribunal in this case), the same is binding on all the stakeholders including the […]

Honda Cars not liable to Service Tax on amount retained after cancellation

December 22, 2020 1017 Views 0 comment Print

Honda Cars India Ltd. Vs The Commissioner, Central Excise and Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The charge leveled against the appellant, in the show cause notice, that JPY 130,000,000/- was paid towards the first installment mentioned in the Technical Agreement/ Model Agreement amounting to JPY 400,000,000/- is factually incorrect. As noticed above, JPY 130,000,000/- was paid […]

Refund cannot be denied of Service Tax Deposited mistakenly

December 22, 2020 936 Views 0 comment Print

Metlife Global Operations Support Center Private Limited Vs Commissioner, Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The substantive benefit of service tax exemption provided under section 26 of the SEZ Act read with rule 31 of the SEZ Rules cannot be denied on procedural grounds. It is not in dispute that the appellant was not required to deposit […]

Mobilization advance is not an advance towards provision of services

December 19, 2020 6945 Views 0 comment Print

Gammon India Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAT Mumbai) Mobilization advance is not an advance towards the provision of service and in the nature of loan facility. The ‘mobilization advance’ is adjusted against the final payment due and is not linked to the work but as a pledge of the contract between the appellant […]

CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on Commission received from foreign companies

December 17, 2020 1743 Views 0 comment Print

Sara Sae P Ltd. Vs Commissioner, Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The first issue is regarding the levy of service tax on the commission received from foreign companies has recently been decided against the Revenue by this Bench in M/s Involute Engineering Pvt. Ltd.5, both with regard to the period prior to […]

CESTAT explains levy of Service tax on licence fee paid to SAP AG, Germany

December 15, 2020 1074 Views 0 comment Print

SAP India Pvt. Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Bangalore) By the impugned orders in the above appeals, the respondent has confirmed the demand of service tax on the licence fee paid to SAP AG, Germany, for grant of non-exclusive licence to use, market and sub­license the software, third party database and third-party software […]

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