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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 813 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 537 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 624 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 1617 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 1035 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 1467 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 75699 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 3114 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 2220 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 2166 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Audit Detection, Non-Filing of Returns Alone Don’t Prove Tax Evasion: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding the extended limitation period was not invocable as suppression with inte...

July 18, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Set Top Boxes Allowed as Inputs to Dish TV: CESTAT Allahabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Allahabad set aside interest demand, holding set top boxes qualified as inputs and full CENVAT credit was admissible on rec...

July 17, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Imported Dredger Allowed as Input Under Rule 2(k): CESTAT Hyderabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Hyderabad allowed CENVAT credit on an imported dredger as input under Rule 2(k), set aside the credit demand and disposed o...

July 17, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Performance Bank Guarantee Invocation Quashed for Unrelated Earlier Contract Claim: Calcutta HC

Service Tax : Calcutta HC quashed invocation of a performance bank guarantee for recovery under an earlier contract and directed refund of the g...

July 17, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand on Government Works Contracts Set Aside on Limitation: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax :  CESTAT Kolkata set aside Service Tax demand, interest and penalty, holding issues in favour of the appellant on exemption or lim...

July 17, 2026 90 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 2040 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 972 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 840 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 897 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 2238 Views 0 comment Print


No service tax on Road Construction Services to Government

March 8, 2023 4554 Views 0 comment Print

Apollo Construction Projects’ service tax dispute with ONGC, GWSSB, and AUDA. CESTAT Ahmedabad sets aside tax demand on road construction services provided to GWSSB and AUDA.

SVLDRS discharge certificate cannot be denied for delayed payment of tax which was recredited due to a technical glitch

March 6, 2023 3219 Views 0 comment Print

HC held that, when the deposit within the stipulated time period was made, technical glitch being the reason for the non-functioning of the bank’s software would not hold the assessee liable or accountable for non-payment.

Assistant Commissioner is necessarily required to implement decision of Tribunal

March 6, 2023 1755 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that to maintain judicial discipline, the Assistant Commissioner had necessarily to implement the decision of the Tribunal. Denial of refund pursuant thereto is unjustifiable.

Service tax not leviable on composite works contract services prior to 1.06.2007

March 6, 2023 1008 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that services provided in the nature of composite works contract for which project is executed for the period prior to 1.6.2007 is outside the purview of service tax.

Towers, shelter and parts thereof are eligible for CENVAT Credit under capital goods

March 6, 2023 1788 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that towers, shelter and parts thereof are ‘capital goods’ accordingly entitled to avail Cenvat Credit under Capital Goods.

ITC on GTA Services cannot be reversed in absence of specific provision 

March 6, 2023 831 Views 0 comment Print

Issue before CESTAT was regarding justifiability of demand of service tax raised on Assessee disallowing credit availed on input service attributable to quantity of iron ore fines and coal fines cleared by Assessee.

Service tax not imposable on Manufacturing of Excisable Goods

March 5, 2023 1863 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat Insecticides Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT find that activity of the appellant is indeed manufacture of excisable goods in terms of section 2(f) of CEA, 1944. As per the definition of business auxiliary service manufacture of excisable goods in terms of section 2(f) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 is clearly […]

Demand for extended period not sustainable when entire service tax with interest paid before issue of SCN

March 5, 2023 1809 Views 0 comment Print

Chiron Behring Veccines Private Limited Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT find that the appellant have made a submission about limitation and sought benefit of section 73 (3) and Section 80 of the Finance Act, 1994. As regard the limitation we find that the issue about taxability on reverse charge basis in respect of […]

Cenvat credit admissible on expansion of existing Jetty 

March 5, 2023 660 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that even though setting up of a new factory, construction of building of service provider is not excluded from the definition of Input service. In this case the construction of Jetty is clearly in the nature of expansion of existing Jetty therefore, credit is clearly admissible.

No interest for period of delay in issuance of form SVLDRS-3 by department

March 5, 2023 1326 Views 0 comment Print

Virtusa Systems (India) Private Limited Vs Union of India & Ors. (Bombay High Court) In this case issuance of form SVLDRS-3 was necessary, and it was not issued to the Petitioner due to the error on the part of the Respondents is an accepted position. The Petitioner therefore is entitled to a direction to the […]

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