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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


Budget 2016: Notification for Changes in Service Tax Exemption

March 1, 2016 107113 Views 1 comment Print

9B. Services provided by the Indian Institutes of Management, as per the guidelines of the Central Government, to their students, by way of the following educational programmes, except Executive Development Programme

Budget 2016: Notification amending Abatement under Service Tax

March 1, 2016 59839 Views 0 comment Print

CBEC vide Notification No. 08/2016-Service Tax, Dated: March 01, 2016 has amended and rationalised the Abatement provisions provided in Notification No. 26/2012- Service Tax dated 20.06.2012, w.e.f. 01.04.2016 unless otherwise provided, as follows:

CESTAT Requests CBEC to issue appropriate Guideline to Quasi-Judicial Authorities

February 29, 2016 2509 Views 0 comment Print

Revenue has come in appeal before the Hon’ble Tribunal against the order passed by Learned Commissioner (Appeals) setting aside the assessment enhancing the declared value in respect of imported aluminium foil paper from China.

Budget 2016: Changes in Abatement under Service Tax

February 29, 2016 34309 Views 0 comment Print

The proposed rationalization in abatements shall come into effect from the 1st day of April, 2016. In cases where the tour operator is providing services solely of arranging or booking accommodation for any person in relation to a tour, abatement of 90% is available with specified conditions.

Is the Scheme of Dispute Resolution for Service Tax, useful?

February 29, 2016 6604 Views 1 comment Print

Our Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitely had provided for a scheme in name of The Indirect Tax Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2016 in the Finance Bill, 2016, presented before the house of people on 29/02/2016, for bringing down the disputes/litigation pending before Commissioner (Appeals).

Procedure for selection of Special Public Prosecutors for handling CBEC cases

February 29, 2016 9145 Views 2 comments Print

The concerned Chief Commissioner will assess the number of SPPs required for prosecution/criminal cases of CBEC in his Zone. While deciding the number of SPPs in the Zone, the requirement of cases of the DGRI/DGCEI will also be taken into consideration. In case there is more than one Chief Commissioner in a Zone, the Chief Commissioner of Customs, will be the nodal authority

Krishi Kalyan Cess- Service Tax Rate to be 15% from 01.06.2016

February 29, 2016 136213 Views 2 comments Print

#Budget 2016 Krishi Kalyan Cess is proposed to be levied with effect from 1st June, 2016 on any or all the taxable services at the rate of 0.5% on the value of such taxable services. Credit of Krishi Kalyan Cess paid on input services shall be allowed to be used for payment of the proposed Cess on the service provided by a service provider.

Budget 2016: Exhaustive analysis of Service Tax changes

February 29, 2016 109978 Views 1 comment Print

F. No. 334/8/2016-TRU Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (Tax Research Unit) *** Amitabh Kumar Joint Secretary (Tax Research Unit) Tel: 011-23093027; Fax: 011-23093037 E-mail: amitabh.kumar@nic.in D.O.F. No.334/8/2016-TRU   New Delhi, dated February29th, 2016   Dear Madam/Sir, Subject: Union Budget 2016 – Changes relating to Service Tax – reg. The Finance Minister […]

Automatic Service tax late payment interest calculator

February 28, 2016 452119 Views 11 comments Print

As we all know that with effect from 01.10.2014 rate of interest on delayed payment of service Tax has been revised based on delay and Turnover in Payment of service tax vide Notification No. 12/2014 dated 11.07.2014. To make the calculation of Interest on delayed payment of Service Tax Easy we have created a Calculator in Excel by which Readers can calculate Interest on delayed Service Tax Payment.

Service tax on services provided by Govt. or Local Authority w.e.f. 1-4-2016 & issues

February 26, 2016 10567 Views 0 comment Print

Presently, in terms of Section 66D(a)(iv) of the Finance Act, 1994 read with Rule 2(1)(d) of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, only ‘support services’ provided by Government or a Local authority to a Business Entity are liable to Service tax under Reverse Charge except (1) renting of immovable property

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