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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


Extension of e-payment deadline & banking hours

March 29, 2016 7336 Views 0 comment Print

RBI has issued instructions vide notification RBI/2015-16/342 dated March 17, 2016 wherein it has been decided that all agency banks shall keep the counters of their designated branches conducting government business open for full day on March 30, 2016, and till 8.00 p.m. on March 31, 2016. All electronic transactions would, however, continue till midnight of March 31, 2016.

Utility for e-filing Service Tax Return for Oct,15 to Mar,16

March 26, 2016 13768 Views 3 comments Print

1. Utility for e-filing Service Tax Return (ST-3) for the period October, 2015 – March, 2016 is now available in both offline and online version. The last date of filing the ST-3 return for the said period is 25th April, 2016. To avoid congestion and inconvenience in the last minute, all assesses are requested to […]

Service Tax on Construction Services provided to IIT

March 25, 2016 8434 Views 0 comment Print

Whether an authority established under an Act of Parliament/ State Legislature is a Governmental authority, for claiming exemption under the Mega Exemption Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated June 20, 2012, without having 90% or more equity/control in it by the Government?

CBEC ask Commissioners to Identify cases for write-off of arrears

March 23, 2016 2524 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to invite your attention to the provisions contained in Schedule VII of DFPR which empowers the authorities mentioned therein, i.e. the Chief Commissioner and the Commissioner to write-off of irrecoverable amounts of Indirect Taxes upto Rs. 15 Lakh and Rs. 10 Lakh respectively.

Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016: Doubt on success

March 22, 2016 3937 Views 2 comments Print

Under Indirect Taxes, the scheme namely, the Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 (the IDT DRS Scheme, 2016), introduced in the Union Budget, 2016 as the Governments positive intent to reduce litigation in Indirect Taxation, embraces an important question on its success quotient, considering its not-so-lucrative provisions.

Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016

March 22, 2016 6025 Views 0 comment Print

Clauses 209 to 215 of the Finance Bill, 2016  seeks to insert new Chapter XI to provide for the Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016. The said Scheme provides for settlement of the disputes pending before the Commissioner (Appeal) as on the 1st March, 2016, on payment of tax dues along with interest and twenty-five […]

Service tax on admission to amusement facilities is constitutional

March 22, 2016 3121 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that levy of service tax on admission to amusement facilities do not result into any trenching of Union Parliament on power conferred on State as two aspects taxed by respective legislatures are ‘service’ and ‘amusement’ and no law is invalid in taxing its respective aspect even when same activity being getting taxed twice under two different laws.

CBEC report on case pending adjudication & in Call Books

March 22, 2016 1804 Views 0 comment Print

(i) 19496 cases pending adjudication beyond one year, as on 1st January, 2016, in Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, whereas adjudication should not be perang for more than 1 year. (ii) 58991 cases are pending in Call Book, in Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax.

Service Tax Assessees To File Annual Return

March 21, 2016 77233 Views 10 comments Print

Service tax assessees will be required to file Annual Return in addition to the half yearly returns presently filed by them. This has been done by amending Rule 7 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 which will be applicable with effect from 01.04.2016. This article is an attempt to analyse the probable consequences of the amendment.

Domain name service along with other services is bundled service

March 20, 2016 3169 Views 0 comment Print

Marketing and promotion services: Applicant proposes to engage in promotion and marketing of GoDaddy US services in India. This would essentially include increasing the awareness of services provided by GoDaddy US and establishment of the brand GoDaddy in India.

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