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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 73629 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 63 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 120 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 162 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 8316 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


CESTAT upheld rejection of refund of service tax on out-of-Pocket Expenses

June 18, 2021 549 Views 0 comment Print

Astrazeneca India Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of GST & CE (CESTAT Chennai) refund in respect of Hotel Accommodation Services is availed only for the benefit of the employees. The same issue has been allowed in favour of the appellants in their own case for the subsequent period. For these reasons, I hold that the refund […]

High seas purchase: Cenvat/Service Tax credit cannot be denied for some gap left in statute

June 17, 2021 903 Views 0 comment Print

Mammon Concast Pvt. Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Goods and Service Tax, Customs & Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) Admittedly the melting scrap purchased by the appellant on high sea sale, is their input for manufacture of M.S. I further find that Rule 9(1) of Cenvat Credit Rules provides that cenvat credit shall be taken by […]

No service tax on security services provided by home guards department

June 17, 2021 3258 Views 0 comment Print

Home guards department was an agency of state government and therefore, could not be considered as ‘person’ engaged in the business of running security services. Therefore, there could be no levy of service tax on security services provided by the Home Guards Department as it was a part of its statutory function.

No supply where an employee is seconded from foreign parent company in India

June 16, 2021 3927 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the legal battle of Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt. Ltd. against the Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAT Bangalore). Delve into the intricacies of the judgment and its implications on service tax for seconded employees.

Extended period of limitation not invocable against NRSA

June 14, 2021 1470 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner Vs National Remote Sensing Agency (Telangana High Court) the only issue which this Court is now required to consider is as to whether the respondent-NRSA had any intent to evade service tax on its activities during the period 16.07.2001 to 31.03.2005 and on advances received during the period 16.06.2005 to 31.12.2005, justifying the action […]

Relevant date for refund claim of Service Tax Paid under dispute

June 14, 2021 870 Views 0 comment Print

Sunrise Immigration Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Vs CCE & ST- Chandigarh (CESTAT Chandigarh) The facts of the case are not in dispute that a dispute between the appellant and the revenue was going on whether they were liable to pay service tax on their activity or not on export of services for the prior period. The […]

No service tax can be levied on food served as ‘take away’ or ‘parcels’

June 7, 2021 5640 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that provision of food and drink to be taken-away in parcels by restaurant tantamount to the sale of food and drink and thus, shall not attract service tax under the Finance Act.

Tax Implications on Forex Transactions – TCS on Remittances outside India

June 2, 2021 90306 Views 3 comments Print

Forex Transactions refer to transferring funds from one country to another. There could be various personal as well as business-related reasons due to which funds are required to be remitted abroad. But have you ever wondered what the tax implications on Forex transactions are? What is the mechanism for paying tax on Forex transactions? Heard […]

Department should not have attached bank account once it came to know of appeal with mandatory pre-deposit

May 28, 2021 1323 Views 0 comment Print

J.S. Grover Autos Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Goods & Services Tax (Punjab & Haryana High Court) It is undisputed fact that petitioner has filed an appeal before First Appellate Authority against the assessment order, whereby demand was created. It is also undisputed that Board Circulars are binding on department and as per Circular […]

No limitation period extension if no malafide intention to suppress & misrepresent facts

May 25, 2021 2364 Views 0 comment Print

Even when an assessee had suppressed facts, the extended period of limitation could be evoked only when suppression‟ was shown to be willful and with an intent to evade payment of service tax. Commissioner had not recorded any finding that even if assessee had suppressed the fact of having received the amount, it was willful and with an intent evade payment of service.

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