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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 669 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 468 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 552 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 1443 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 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 1443 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 75486 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 3066 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 2157 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 2109 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Grants Cum-Tax Benefit as Service Tax Was Not Collected Separately: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : The CESTAT Chennai held that where service tax was not separately recovered from recipients, the gross receipts must be treated as...

May 28, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Dismisses Delayed Service Tax Challenge Filed After Four Years

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...

May 28, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Remands Service Tax Case Due to Failure to File Grounds of Appeal in ST-4 Form

Service Tax : The Mumbai CESTAT remanded a service tax dispute after finding that the appellant failed to include grounds of appeal in the presc...

May 25, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Refund Claim Cannot Be Rejected Without Examining Double Service Tax Payment and Credit Eligibility

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi set aside the refund rejection order after finding that issues relating to double payment of service tax and CENVAT c...

May 25, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

Srvice tax exemption cannot be denied for late EXP-1 & EXP-2 form filing

Service Tax : CESTAT ruled that the Department failed to consider ST-3 returns and service tax already discharged by the assessee. The Tribunal ...

May 24, 2026 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 1974 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 936 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 798 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 852 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 2136 Views 0 comment Print


Summary of CAG Audit Report on Service Tax for Year ending on March 2017

December 21, 2017 2109 Views 0 comment Print

Section 16 of CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into consolidated fund of India and to satisfy that the rules and procedures are designed to secure an effective check on the assessment, collection and proper allocation of revenue and are being duly observed.

Pre- Budget Memorandum 2018- Indirect Taxes

December 15, 2017 2868 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax 1. Transition provision for tax paid on receipt basis Rule 6 of Service Tax Rules, 1994 provides that in case of such individuals, partnership firms and one-person companies whose aggregate value of taxable services provided from one or more premises is Rs. 50 lakhs or less in the previous financial year, the service […]

Credit of ST paid by Commission agents under Excise—Why cheat Assessee?

December 4, 2017 2370 Views 0 comment Print

CBEC: Credit of ST paid on Service provided by Commission agents under Excise—Why cheat the assessee? The government of India has absolute right to levy the taxes therefore it is imperative that the taxation provision should be clearly spelt out so that there is no ambiguity & room for distortion & devious interpretation to put […]

Lessee is liable to pay Service Tax despite Liability of Lessor: SC

November 16, 2017 8940 Views 0 comment Print

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday held that the Government, though in the capacity of a lessor is liable to pay service tax on the rental income as per section 66B of the Finance Act, 1994 despite the fact that the original liability lies on the lessor.

No Service tax on Brand Promotion Fee before 01.07.2010

November 10, 2017 930 Views 0 comment Print

The Brand promotion fee was not taxable until Negative list came into effect from 01.07.2010 and hence there cannot be any liability upon the Respondent till that period.

Statutory time limit is applicable to claim of refund of service tax paid mistakenly

November 8, 2017 17154 Views 0 comment Print

The Bangalore bench of the CESTAT, last week ruled that limitation cannot be invoked for denying refund of service tax paid by assessee by mistake under the provisions of Finance Act, 1994.

Reassignment of cases pending as on 30-6-2017 with Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax (Appeals)

October 17, 2017 3858 Views 0 comment Print

One such measure relates to the reduction of pendency at the level of Commissioner (Appeals) by redistributing the cases pending as on 30-6-2017 at this level. The intention is to redistribute the appeals pending as on 30-6-2017 in the jurisdiction of a Zone (with the Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax (Appeals)),

Penalty cannot be levied merely on the ground of non-contest

October 10, 2017 1197 Views 0 comment Print

Non-contest in the proceedings under Section 73 cannot be used as a ground or reason to establish and show that requirements of Section 78 are satisfied. The Tribunal after appreciating different aspects, including conduct of the respondent-Corporation has held that penalty should not be levied. The finding is a finding of fact.

Transitional issues related to service tax payment after 30th June 2017

September 28, 2017 11298 Views 1 comment Print

It has been clarified that in cases where service was received before 1-7-2017 and payment for the value of the service was also made before 1-7-2017, but the service tax was paid by 5th/6thJuly 2017, details of credit should be indicated in Part I of Form ST-3 by filing a revised return.

Export Vis A Vis Place of Provision

September 22, 2017 6861 Views 0 comment Print

A. THE LOCUS STANDI OF PLACE OF PROVISION The fiscal laws are intra territorial legislation, take for any taxation law, be it income tax or value added taxes, they sought to tax the “subject” only within the landmass of India. Contrarily Civil and Criminal legislations such as FEMA, extends to exterior jurisdictions as well, majorly to protect the civil (and honest?) society.

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