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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


Download Finance Bill 2016 as passed by Lok Sabha

May 7, 2016 28621 Views 5 comments Print

THE FINANCE BILL, 2016- Bill No. 18-C of 2016- AS PASSED BY LOK SABHA ON 05.05.2016 Finance Bill 2016 was passed by Lok Sabha on 05.05.2016 as informed by us to our readers by our article  ‘Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill 2016‘. In the Article we have attached notice of the amendment to Finance Bill, […]

Technology use for Expeditious Disposal of Assessment & Refunds

May 6, 2016 1711 Views 0 comment Print

In FY 2015-16, 94% of income tax returns were filed online and 4.14 crore returns processed without any human intervention; More than 2.10 crore refunds amounting to Rs.1,22,425 crore were paid in FY 2015-16 as compared to Rs. 1,12,188 crore in the FY 2014-15 and Rs. 89,664 crore in the FY 2013-14;

Assignment of Radio-Frequency Spectrum – New Declared Service

May 6, 2016 4033 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Bill, 2016 has introduced clause (j) as one of the declared services. Accordingly ‘assignment by the Government of the right to use the radio-frequency spectrum and subsequent transfers thereof’ has been declared as a service w.e.f. enactment of Finance Act, 2016.

Video on delayed payment interest rate & limitation period increase

May 6, 2016 10099 Views 2 comments Print

Vide Union Budget, 2016, Interest rates on delayed payment of duty/ taxes across all indirect taxes is proposed to be made uniform at 15% per annum, except in case of Service tax collected but not deposited with the Central Government, in which case the rate of interest will be 24% per annum from the date on which the Service tax payment becomes due.

Lok Sabha Passes Finance Bill 2016

May 5, 2016 33625 Views 1 comment Print

As per the reports received by us Finance bill 2016 is passed by Lok Sabha today . Finance bill 2016 was having 128 clauses proposing amendment to Income Tax Act, 1961. Finance bill 2016 was presented in Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley  on 29th February 2016. Bill passed by Lok Sabha has 47 […]

RCM ON RENT A CAB SERVICE-Is it that COMPLEX?

May 5, 2016 242353 Views 22 comments Print

It’s been a while now since the amendment has come on Reverse Charge Liability on Rent a Cab Service. But, the Finance Departments of the Big Corporates are still facing hardship in calculating the correct amount of Reverse Charge Liability they need to deposit with the Service Tax Department, especially when they receive diversified invoices from Rent a Cab Service Providers.

Applicability of Reverse Charge In Case of LLP

May 5, 2016 19939 Views 3 comments Print

According to Section 2(1)(d) of Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008, “Body Corporate” means a company as defined under the Companies Act, 1956 and includes LLP, LLP incorporated outside India, a foreign company but does not include a corporation sole, a registered co-operative society and any other body corporate notified by the Central Government.

Every Wednesday declared as taxpayers’ day by CBEC

May 5, 2016 4876 Views 1 comment Print

We are pleased to inform you that CBEC vide Letter F. No. DGST/19/2015 dated 12.04.2016 to ICAI has informed that every Wednesday would be taxpayers day wherein heads of all offices in the field will meet the taxpayers/ other stakeholders from 9 AM to 1 PM without any prior appointment in order to address their grievances relating to Central Excise, Service Tax, Customs etc.

Video Presentation: Reverse Charge – POT & Krishi Kalyan Cess

May 3, 2016 10471 Views 2 comments Print

The Central Government vide Notification No. 21/2016-ST dated March 30, 2016, has amended Rule 7 of the Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 (the POTR) by inserting a proviso after the second proviso, in order to provide Point of Taxation (POT), where there is change in the liability or extent of liability of Service tax to be paid by Service Receiver under Reverse Charge in case service has been provided and the invoice issued before the date of such change, but payment has not been made as on such date, as follows

Service Tax on Aggregator Services

May 3, 2016 18172 Views 0 comment Print

The term aggregator implies that there should be a web-based software application and a communication device to connect potential customers with the service providers to provide services under the brand name/trade name of the person owning the software application.

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