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Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...
Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...
Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...
Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...
Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...
Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...
Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...
Service Tax : Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...
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...
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...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding the extended limitation period was not invocable as suppression with inte...
Service Tax : CESTAT Allahabad set aside interest demand, holding set top boxes qualified as inputs and full CENVAT credit was admissible on rec...
Service Tax : CESTAT Hyderabad allowed CENVAT credit on an imported dredger as input under Rule 2(k), set aside the credit demand and disposed o...
Service Tax : Calcutta HC quashed invocation of a performance bank guarantee for recovery under an earlier contract and directed refund of the g...
Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata set aside Service Tax demand, interest and penalty, holding issues in favour of the appellant on exemption or lim...
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...
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-...
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...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...
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...
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 […]
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.
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
With budget session being round the corner and it being susceptible to both national and international scrutiny, the need for streamlining adjudication machinery for Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax matters has become extremely important. Tax litigations are a natural consequence of growing economy. However, complexities of taxation laws and the sheer determination of the revenue department to maximize collections have resulted in multifarious but avoidable litigations all across the country.
Various e-commerce companies including the likes of Uber, Makemytrip, Zo Rooms etc are engaged in commercial transactions over the Internet. Customers transact in millions of rupees on these e-platforms where goods (i.e., merchandise) and services (i.e. digital products including travel, tickets, hotels etc) are conveniently bought and sold.
Principles of natural justice are those rules which have been laid down by the Courts as being the minimum protection of the rights of the individual against the arbitrary procedure that may be adopted by a judicial, quasi-judicial and administrative authority while making an order affecting those rights.
The facts leading to the filing of the writ petition is that the petitioner provides labour in the construction of buildings to various builders under a works contract. It is alleged that under the agreement the petitioner is liable to pay service tax w.e.f. 01.07.2012.
HC held that Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES) was in the nature of an Amnesty Scheme and, therefore, its provisions have to be strictly interpreted. Infact, the scheme was a settlement between the assessee and the department and from the terms of the settlement neither party can be permitted to retract.
It was held that it is a common knowledge that any insurance company is required to have chairs and tables to render services to their clients. The said tables and chairs are used for rendering services of general insurance, accordingly CENVAT credit availed on such furniture & fittings is allowed.
1st April 2016 onwards- Through Notification no. 6/2016-ST dated 18.2.2016, Central Government appoints 1.4.2016 as the date from which the provisions of Section 107(1) of Finance Act, 2015 shall come into effect.
