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No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 591 Views 0 comment Print

Credit cannot be denied due to incorrect description of Service on invoices when Service Tax has been correctly paid

Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai, in Tata AIG case, rules credit can't be denied for incorrect service description on invoices when correct service t...

December 16, 2023 1101 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 1230 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1020 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Advance Club Membership Fees: CESTAT Ruling

Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...

November 2, 2023 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 1014 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 72444 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 2667 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 1737 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 1632 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Car Booking Cancellation Charges

Service Tax : CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on amounts received as booking cancellation charges, price difference & corporate discount,...

July 4, 2024 57 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax on foreign commission payable under RCM from 18.04.2006 

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that that service tax on commission paid to foreign commission agents is payable under reverse charge only ...

July 4, 2024 333 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Convenience fee & cancellation charges for services to Airlines under BAS

Service Tax : CESTAT quashes service tax demand against Yatra Online Pvt Ltd, ruling that convenience and cancellation fees are not connected to...

July 4, 2024 84 Views 0 comment Print

Attachment Order under Customs Act for Service Tax Recovery is invalid

Service Tax : Zest Buildtek Promotors Vs Deputy Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (Madras High Court)Issuance of attachment order under provi...

July 3, 2024 216 Views 0 comment Print

No Service tax on interest income from overdraft & cash credit facilities: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd vs Commr. of CGST (CESTAT Kolkata) where Kolkata CESTAT ruled that n...

June 30, 2024 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 1614 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 546 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 477 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 486 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 1251 Views 0 comment Print


Service Tax on AC Bar Restaurants & Accommodation Hotels Providing is Unconstitutional

July 3, 2013 4939 Views 0 comment Print

high court of kerala declares the levy of service tax on ac bar restaurants and on hotels providing short term accommodation as unconstitutional and beyond the legislative competence of the parliament

Implications of Service Tax on the Printing Industry

July 3, 2013 77849 Views 11 comments Print

CA Anuj Mehta WHETHER SERVICE TAX IS APPLICABLE ON PRINTED BOOKS BY PRINTING PRESS?    First we need to understand what is service? In the new regime, all services, other than services specified in the Negative List, provided or agreed to be provided in the ‘taxable territory’ by a person to another would be taxed. […]

Service Tax Exemption to SEZ Unit & Developer for authorised operations

July 1, 2013 27230 Views 4 comments Print

The SEZ Unit or the Developer shall get an approval by the Approval Committee of the list of the services as are required for the authorised operations (referred to as the specified services elsewhere in the notification) on which the SEZ Unit or Developer wish to claim exemption from service tax.

Service by Non- Profit Entity to its Members- Taxability in Service Tax

June 30, 2013 10625 Views 0 comment Print

S.N. 28 of the Exemption Notification no. 25 /2012 dated 20.6.2012 exempts services by unincorporated body or a non profit entity registered under any law to own members by way of reimbursement of charge or share of contribution. a. As a Trade Union b. For provision of exempted services c. For the common use of its member in a housing society or residential complex.

Service tax on Construction of dams & Canals for Sardar sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited

June 26, 2013 5869 Views 0 comment Print

Whether Construction of dams & Canals on tender and contracts issued by Sardar sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) is liable to service tax? First of all we have to look at the extract of 12th entry of Notification No. 25/2012(MEGA EXEMPTION) ST dated 20.06.2012, which states that benefit of mega exemption is available only  if […]

HC Uphelds Service tax on temporary transfer of copyright, film distribution, sale of rights to TV

June 26, 2013 5062 Views 0 comment Print

Variant modes of business transactions between the producer and distributor, distributor and sub-distributor or area distributor or exhibitor (theater owner) are not sale of goods to fall under Entry 54 List II or Entry 92A List I.

Cenvat credit cannot be denied on inputs used in a process not considered as manufacture

June 25, 2013 1859 Views 0 comment Print

We are sharing with you an important judgement of the Hon’ble Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal of Bangalore (the CESTAT) in the case of the CCE Vs. M/s Amar Roto Prints [2013-TIOL-926-CESTAT-BANG] on following issue: Issue: Whether Cenvat credit can be denied on inputs used in a process not considered as manufacture and […]

Brief Note of Renting of Immovable Property under Service Tax

June 23, 2013 239706 Views 86 comments Print

Renting of Immovable property has been taxed under the earlier tax regime vide Section 65 (105) (zzzz). Renting of immovable property has been brought into tax net vide Notification No. 23/2007-ST dated 01.06.2007. But After 1.7.2012, the transition involves shift from taxation of 119 service-specific descriptions to a new regime whereby all services will be taxed unless they are covered by any of the entries in the negative list or are otherwise exempted

Service Tax – Analysis of Negative List

June 19, 2013 15945 Views 10 comments Print

In terms of Section 66B of the Act, service tax will be leviable on all services provided in the taxable territory by a person to another for a consideration other than the services specified in the negative list. Due to Section 66B, the regime of service tax from taxable 119 services to 17 services under negative list. Meaning thereby that except these 17 Services, all Services will be taxable under Service tax. In all, there are seventeen heads of services that have been specified in the negative list.

Selling of Space to an Advertising Agency- Whether it will be covered in Negative List?

June 18, 2013 5912 Views 0 comment Print

Leviability of service tax has undergone a drastic change. From the list of 119 taxable services to a negative list and mega exemption has been introduced. With such a change from positive to negative list there are lots of issue which needs clarification. If no clarification is issued by CBEC it will lead to litigation.

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