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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


Shifting of office premises of various formation of Service Tax, Delhi Zone

March 24, 2017 1809 Views 0 comment Print

Consequent upon hiring of new space for the office premises of Service Tax, Delhi Zone i.e. (i) Commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi-I,(ii) Commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi-II, (iii) Commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi-Ill, (iv) Commissioner of Service Tax, Audit-I,

No Service Tax on supply of subsidized food to workers by employer

March 23, 2017 3120 Views 0 comment Print

Bhimas Hotels Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Union of India (Andhra Pradesh High Court) any supply of subsidized food to the workers by the management of a Company, has to be seen as part of the pay package that the workers have negotiated with the employer. Under the Factories Act, 1948 and even under the Industrial Disputes […]

Notification No. 11/2017-Service Tax, Dated: 23.03.2017

March 23, 2017 6453 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby invests in the officers specified in column (1) of the Table below, the powers of the Central Excise Officer of the rank specified in column (2) of the said Table

HC upheld Constitutionality of Service Tax on Lottery Ticket Sale activities

March 23, 2017 4725 Views 0 comment Print

Union-Parliament is conferred with the power and competence under Article 268A read with Entry 97, List I (Union List) to impose and levy service tax on related activities in distribution and sale of lottery tickets.

Service Tax refund cannot be denied for claim of drawback

March 21, 2017 798 Views 0 comment Print

Mittal International Vs CCE (CESTAT Chandigarh) Refund claim was denied on the ground that the said goods have been exported and drawback is allowed on the export of goods. The case of the Revenue is that as the appellants have claimed drawback on export of the goods, therefore, they are not entitled for refund claim […]

Service Tax Exemptions for Educational Institutions from 1st April 2017

March 13, 2017 115074 Views 18 comments Print

Services provided by an educational institution (as defined) to its students, faculty and staff are exempt under clause (a) of Notification Number ST-25/2012 dated 20/06/2012.

Service Tax Exemption to Educational Institutions Curtailed

March 12, 2017 11175 Views 5 comments Print

According to present clause 9(b) of exemption Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20-06-2012, exemption is provided from the levy of Service Tax in relation to services provided to an educational institution, by way of:

Withdrawal of Service Tax Exemption for Educational Institutions

March 10, 2017 63090 Views 4 comments Print

Notification No. 10/2017-Service Tax has been issued by Government so as to withdraw exemptions granted earlier to few specific Services provided to an Education Institutions.

Partial withdrawal of Service Tax exemption provided to Educational Institutions

March 10, 2017 4839 Views 1 comment Print

Now the education institution other than institution providing pre-school education and education up to higher secondary school or equivalent will have to pay service tax on all the services received.

Changes in Service Tax on Inbound Cargo Services

March 9, 2017 2829 Views 1 comment Print

Recently Government of India has withdrawn the exemption granted to transportation of goods through vessel upto custom station of clearance in India (Inbound Cargo transportation or Import Cargo services)

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