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Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...
Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...
Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...
Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...
Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...
Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...
Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...
Service Tax : Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...
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...
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...
Service Tax : The CESTAT Chennai held that where service tax was not separately recovered from recipients, the gross receipts must be treated as...
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...
Service Tax : The Mumbai CESTAT remanded a service tax dispute after finding that the appellant failed to include grounds of appeal in the presc...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi set aside the refund rejection order after finding that issues relating to double payment of service tax and CENVAT c...
Service Tax : CESTAT ruled that the Department failed to consider ST-3 returns and service tax already discharged by the assessee. The Tribunal ...
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...
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-...
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...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...
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...
As per circular dated 23.08.2007 issued by the Department that clarifies that the payment of VAT/ Sales tax on a transaction has to be treated as sale of goods and levy of service tax on such transaction would not arise.
This Court in the judgment in the case of Thought Blurb (supra) accordingly reiterated the principles laid down by this Court in case of Capgemini Technology Services Limited (supra) and also followed the principles laid down by the Delhi High Court in case of Vaishali Sharma vs. Union of India and held that a liberal interpretation has to be given to the scheme as its intent is to unload the baggage relating to legacy disputes under central excise and service tax and to allow the business to make a fresh beginning.
Commissioner of CGST & C.Ex. Vs Ethics Infra Development Pvt. Ltd. (CESTAT Mumbai) In the present case the respondent has discharged the complete service tax liability on the gross amount received by him for providing the taxable services. Once he have discharged the tax liability on the gross consideration received by him by the sale […]
CESTAT set aside the order confirming the demand for reversal of CENVAT credit on the amount written off as bad debts. Further, held that there is no such provision in the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 or in Finance Act, 1994 for reversal of CENVAT credit for the services provided for which no consideration for service provided is received by an assessee.
Western Corrosion Controller Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CBEC clarified vide letter DOF No. 334/1/2008- TRU dated 29.02.2008 that if VAT is paid under the category of Works Contract then the service should be classified as works contract services. In the instant case while the appellant has submitted the challans under which VAT has […]
Mira Bhaindar Municipal Corporation Vs Commissioner of CGST & Cen. Excise, Thane (CESTAT Mumbai) The crux of the submissions made by the appellant who is a Municipal Corporation is that these services (Ground rent market/ sports ground rent, Permitted Stall ground Rent, BOT Lease Rent, Blood bank and Mandap Services) rendered by them are mandated […]
Harjas Associates Private Limited Vs Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) It is not the case of the department that the appellant though has collected the service tax but not paid the same to the government. The demand confirmed in the impugned order pertains to GTA services provided by the appellant […]
Sunil Jay Prakash Singh Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) A perusal of the Order passed by the Respondent No.5 indicates that the applications were rejected without affording any opportunity of being heard. The question, as to, whether the tax liabilities are already quantified or not as on 30th June 2019 itself is a […]
B.G. Exploration & Production India Ltd. Vs Commissioner of CGST (CESTAT Mumbai) Conclusion: In present facts of the case, the Hon’ble Tribunal observed that allowed appeals on the ground that consideration cannot be deciphered out from any clauses of the Contract and without consideration Service Tax cannot be demanded. Facts: The issue involved in these […]
Banswara Syntex Ltd. Commissioner of Central Goods & Service Tax,(CESTAT Delhi) The appellant applied or refund of the pre-deposit amount of Rs.75,63,721/-, which was allowed vide order-in-original dated 3.9.2015. However, refund of Rs.33,69,417/- was allowed in cash and balance amount of Rs.41,94,304/- allowed by way of cenvat credit. Order of Commissioner (Appeals)/(Audit) dated 9.3.2018 is […]
