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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 1230 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 1020 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 951 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 2667 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 216 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 1614 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 477 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


Exhaustive Analysis of Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC)

June 27, 2016 9487 Views 2 comments Print

A Cess is a tax which is collected by the government to be used for a specific purpose. Thus collections from levy of cess can be used only for the purpose for which it has been collected and not for any other purpose, Finance Minister has mentioned in his budget speech that proceeds of KKC would be exclusively used for financing initiatives relating to improvement of agriculture and welfare of farmers.

Exemption from KKC to services prior to 01.06.2016

June 25, 2016 17017 Views 3 comments Print

The concern of the industry that KKC shall be levied on the opening debtors i.e. remaining unpaid as on 31.03.2016 has been duly answered and no KKC shall be levied on such amounts. Though the notification is effective from 23.6.2016, payments of opening debtors as received between 01.6.2016 and 22.6.2016 can still be a cause of litigation

No KKC if invoice is raised and services are rendered on or before May 31, 2016

June 24, 2016 5227 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government vide Notification No. 35/2016-ST dated June 23, 2016, has exempted taxable services with respect to which the invoice for the service has been issued on or before May 31, 2016, from the whole of KKC leviable thereon, subject to condition that the provision of service has been completed on or before May 31, 2016.

20 FAQs On Krishi Kalyan Cess – A New Levy

June 24, 2016 33040 Views 1 comment Print

The Central Government has decided to levy Krishi Kalyan Cess @ 0.5% on the value of taxable services from 01/06/2016. As a result, there are bound to be questions as to how this levy will get integrated into the existing dynamic structure of the Service Tax provisions.

Reg. Fresh panel of Senior/Junior Counsels for CBEC cases

June 24, 2016 2410 Views 0 comment Print

Constitution of a fresh panel of Senior/Junior Standing Counsels against existing slots for handling CBEC cases of Indirect taxation before the various High Courts and other fora – Calling for fresh recommendations – Regarding.

Service Tax on Real Estate / Construction Services

June 24, 2016 38623 Views 5 comments Print

Decision given by Delhi High Court is for a period prior to July 2012. From July 2012 with introduction of Negative List, all the services other than those specified in the negative list and those exempt from service tax, shall be liable for service tax.

Service Tax on transportation of goods by a vessel from outside India before 01.06.2015

June 23, 2016 4312 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to exempt service tax on taxable services by way of transportation of goods by a vessel from outside India upto customs station in India with respect to which the invoice for the service has been issued on or before 31st May, 2016 subject to the condition of production of customs certified copy of the import manifest or import report required to be delivered under section 30 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Krishi Kalyan Cess on Services Provided on or before 31.05.2015

June 23, 2016 6727 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government, hereby exempts taxable services with respect to which the invoice for the service has been issued on or before the 31st May, 2016, from the whole of Krishi Kalyan Cess leviable thereon, subject to condition that the provision of service has been completed on or before the 31st May, 2016.

Display list of Cases withdrawn & inform Assessee: CBEC

June 23, 2016 1693 Views 0 comment Print

it is requested to put up the list of proposed withdrawals/withdrawn cases of CESTAT and High Court below the threshold limit on the respective websites of the Comissionerates under your charge and also inform the concerned assessees who are the respondents in all such cases.

Reg. Service Charges payable to local civic bodies

June 23, 2016 1363 Views 0 comment Print

The arrears if any accumulated on this account may be identified and be factored into the additional requirement to be sent to EMC DGHRD for incorporation in the requirement for RBE (2016-17) and BE (2017-18).

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