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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


Reg. Issue of Invoice for online services without digital signature

December 19, 2016 2377 Views 0 comment Print

A person located in non taxable territory providing online information and database access or retrieval services to a non-assesse online recipient to issue online invoices not authenticated by means of a digital signature for a period upto 31st January 2017.

Service tax burden can be passed on by contractual agreement but revenue cannot be asked to wait for recovery of tax dues

December 17, 2016 3598 Views 0 comment Print

Whether burden of Service tax can be transferred to other party through contractual agreement? Further, whether Revenue can be asked to recover tax dues from the third party or wait till amount has been recovered from contractors?

Indirect tax assessments will not be reopened for mere increase in Sales

December 9, 2016 3232 Views 1 comment Print

An apprehension has been raised that increased turnover on account of use of digital means of payment may lead to demands for earlier period. It is hereby clarified that in indirect taxes, past assessments will not be reopened for this reason alone.

Upto Rs. 2000 Payment no Service tax on Debit/ Credit card merchant discount

December 8, 2016 20026 Views 7 comments Print

Government waives service tax charged while making payments through credit card, debit card, charge card or any other payment card; waiver limited to payments up to Rs. 2,000 in a single transaction

Recent Judgements on Arrest Under Service Tax

December 7, 2016 6091 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court come down heavily on Revenue against high handedness in arresting tax payers or their employees without proper adjudication

Amendments in provisions related to ‘Online information & database access or retrieval services’

December 6, 2016 6388 Views 1 comment Print

The online information and database access or retrieval services were exempted under Reverse charge as per Place of provision rules i.e the services provided from outside India and received in India were non-taxable (Exempt) under service tax.

Service Tax Registration for B2C OIDAR Services & related Law

December 2, 2016 6751 Views 0 comment Print

Online information and database access or retrieval (OIDAR) services provided online electronically from outside the taxable territory and received in India by Government, local authority, governmental authority or an individual for purposes other than business/profession, is taxable from 1st December 2016. OIDAR-Notifications and Circulars CBEC Notification No. 48/2016-Service Tax dt. 09-11-2016 Seeks to amend Service […]

CBEC excludes online information services from definition of telecommunication services

November 30, 2016 1579 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to amend Place of Provision of Services Rules, 2012 so as to exclude ‘online information and database access or retrieval services’ from the definition of ‘telecommunication services’.

Jurisdiction for online services from non-taxable territory

November 22, 2016 2200 Views 0 comment Print

Exclusive jurisdiction to LTU-Bangalore with respect to online information and database access or retrieval services provided or agreed to be provided by a person located in non-taxable territory and received by a ‘non-assesse online recipient’.

Online services – Foreign Businesses under Service Tax Net

November 15, 2016 7075 Views 2 comments Print

With effect from December 1, 2016 the taxability of Online Information and Database Access or Retrieval (‘OIDAR’) services shall undergo a complete change.

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