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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


PHD Workshop on Mega Exemption under Service Tax and Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 – Relevance in GST Regime

July 13, 2015 2163 Views 0 comment Print

Mega Exemption under Service Tax and Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 – Relevance in GST Regime  We are happy to inform that the Fourth Workshop under the series is being organised on the theme “Mega Exemption under Service Tax and Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 – Its relevance in GST Regime on Friday,  17 July, 2015 […]

Services of development of agricultural land for housing project not covered in agricultural services

July 11, 2015 2855 Views 1 comment Print

Tribunal held that the service provided by appellant was not in relation to agriculture. Further appellant’s claim that service provided by it are eligible for exemption under notification no. 17/2005-ST, dated 07.06.2005

Services covered under Reverse Charge Mechanism from 01.06.2015

July 11, 2015 13659 Views 7 comments Print

Shivani Mangla Services covered under Reverse Charge Mechanism from 01.06.2015 (with % and type of person) S.No. Description of service Service Provider Service Receiver 1 Insurance Agency Services Insurance Agent Any person carrying on insurance business NIL (0%) 100% (14%) 1A Recovery Agent Services Recovery Agent Banking co./ Financial inst./NBFC NIL (0%) 100% (14%) 1B […]

Packaging services cannot be considered to be availed directly or indirectly in maintaining/protection of Trade Mark

July 10, 2015 2361 Views 0 comment Print

As far as the invocation of extended period is concerned tribunal observed that improper credit taken which was detected by the department officers only. At no stage of appellant approached the department for any guidance that there was any confusion in admissibility of credit on the impugned services.

In case of covered matter Tribunal can waive Pre-Deposit condition: HC

July 9, 2015 1318 Views 0 comment Print

CCCE&S Vs. M/s TPSC (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Andhra Pradesh HC)- Contention of the learned Standing Counsel for the Department that the Tribunal ought not to have granted absolute waiver and also stay of recovery without imposing any condition, does not merit any consideration in the facts of the case.

Valuation Under Works Contract Service

July 8, 2015 164129 Views 10 comments Print

Primary Condition for classifying the service under works contract is that the contract shall involve transfer of property in goods in executing such contract which should be leviable to tax as sale of goods. The contract is for the purpose of carrying out construction, erection, commissioning, installation, completion, fitting out, improvement, repair, renovation, alteration of any movable or immovable property.

CBEC issues guidelines for detailed manual scrutiny of ST-3 Returns w.e.f. August 1, 2015

July 8, 2015 6675 Views 0 comment Print

CBEC vide Circular No. 113/07/2009-ST dated April 23, 2009 had laid down the procedure for carrying out detailed scrutiny of Service Tax Returns (ST-3 Returns) and had circulated a Return Scrutiny Manual for Service tax.

Manual Scrutiny of Service Tax Returns vis-à-vis ITR Form 4/5/6 and 26AS w.e.f. 01.08.2015

July 8, 2015 3447 Views 0 comment Print

With the introduction of POT Rules, 2011 and advent of Negative list based comprehensive taxation of services in 2012, Service Tax Wing, CBEC unveiled the revised procedures for scrutiny of returns that must be followed by the Revenue with effect from 1st August, 2015 vide Circular No. 185/4/2015-ST,Dated: July 07, 2015.

Recent Changes In Service Tax Appellate Provisions

July 7, 2015 12780 Views 0 comment Print

Amendments shall have the following effect w.e.f. 14.05.2015– (1) The remedy of appeal to Tribunal u/s 86 is not available in every case as it has now been provided subject to the saving clause ‘save as otherwise provided herein’. The provisos added provide that saving. Thus, scope of section 86 has been curtailed. (2) Any appeal against the order of Commissioner (Appeal) in relation to matters concerning rebate of Service Tax (e.g. exports) shall be governed in terms of section 35EE of Central Excise Act, 1944.

Updated Partial/ Full Reverse Charge mechanism Chart

July 7, 2015 485077 Views 36 comments Print

In 2012, Govt. of India has changed the overall taxation of Service tax and that time they had presented a different taxation method to levy service tax on services which was negative List Based taxation method. All the services except services provide in Negative List and Exempted Services are taxable in India.

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