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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 159 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 8313 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 Allowed Refund alongwith Interest against Service Tax Paid for Services Received in SEZ

September 10, 2020 1296 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is regarding rejection of refund claimed by the appellant being service tax paid for the services received in the SEZ.

Cenvat credit when portion of output service not liable to service tax

September 9, 2020 1239 Views 0 comment Print

Metlife India Insurance Company Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Bangalore) CESTAT Bengaluru has held that Cenvat credit of service tax paid under reverse charge mechanism for availing services of insurance agents was available in a case when a portion of the premium amount (consideration towards output service), in case of ULIP policies, was […]

Service Tax Refund rejection based on Principles of Unjust Enrichment justified

September 8, 2020 3306 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is regarding rejection of claim for refund of the service tax under Section 11B.

Service Tax not payable when paid to vendor instead of paying to Govt. under RCM

September 4, 2020 4239 Views 0 comment Print

Mahanadi Coalfields Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST & CX (CESTAT Kolkata) The only issue involved in this appeal is whether the appellant is liable to deposit service tax under Security Service under reverse charge when the entire service tax amount has been reimbursed to the service provider who has deposited the same with the Govt. […]

Rejection of Form SVLDRS-1 justified if Assessee not declares all his tax dues

August 31, 2020 1269 Views 0 comment Print

Chaque Jour Hr Services Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Union of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) Section 129 nowhere contemplates fragmented settlement of tax dues. The discharge certificate issued under Section 126 with respect to the amount payable under Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDRS’) is considered to be conclusive as to the matter […]

HC allows Taxpayer to apply to correct information furnished in Form SVLDRS-1

August 28, 2020 1023 Views 0 comment Print

Urban Systems Vs Union of India (Gauhati High Court) It is an agreed position of the parties that the petitioner may make an application to the appropriate respondent authorities to consider the claim of benefit under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 by allowing the petitioner to make necessary correction in the information […]

CESTAT explains Service Tax on Site Formation Services

August 27, 2020 4776 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Sem Construction Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Brief facts of the case are that the appellant had been awarded a contract under agreement dated 01.04.2011 by M/s. Archelean Chemical Private Limited at Rann of Kutch for job of “metal spreading for supply un­course black Trap Rubble stone” and its spreading/dressing along the outer […]

Consider Revised Amount as Quantified Amount to Test Eligibility for SVLDR Scheme: HC

August 26, 2020 756 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether revised amount can be taken as the quantified amount to test the eligibility for Sabka Vikas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDR)?

Who is Service Recipient – Exporter’s Bank or Exporter himself

August 26, 2020 3201 Views 2 comments Print

Service tax was first introduced in India in 1994 and was only levied on 3 services. Gradually, this net kept on widening and more and more services were added to the list of taxable services. In 2012, India moved from charging Service tax on specified services i.e. positive list regime to all services except for […]

Declaration filed by petitioner in Form SVLDRS-1 is final: HC

August 19, 2020 1041 Views 0 comment Print

Jagadish Advertising Vs Designated Committee (Karnataka High Court) The petitioner in this petition has sought for quashing of the statement issued by the Designated Committee in Form Nos. SVLDRS-2 & SVLDRS-3 and is seeking for a direction to the Designated Committee to accept the declaration made by him in Form No.SVLDRS- 1 as final. In […]

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