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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 2015: Clarifications regarding increase in Service Tax Rate

March 3, 2015 64528 Views 0 comment Print

Articles Clarifies Doubts Regarding Applicability of Revised Rate of Service Tax of 14% and Applicability of Swachh Bharat Cess, Educational Cess and SHE Cess on the New Service Tax Rate of 14%. Articles also clear the doubts regarding 16% Service Tax Rate after applicability of Swachh Bharat Cess on Taxable Services. Amid huge expectations and […]

Grant Service Tax / Excise Registration within two days

March 3, 2015 8254 Views 0 comment Print

D.O. letter No. D.O.F. No. 201/24/2013-CX.6 dated 03.03.2015 by Adviser,CBEC, regarding timely disposal of registration applications to all Chief Commissioners of Excise and Service Tax / Commissioners of Service Tax to Grant Service Tax and Excise

Service Tax on Smile / Entertainment

March 3, 2015 2384 Views 0 comment Print

While thinking for the entertainment now the question arises, which field is out from the service tax net? For the entertainment or enjoyment what a person thinks to do, whether it is eating outside with family, going to amusement parks, traveling outside for holiday, going to enjoy any artistic performance or any other things, all the sources are now under the service tax net and it seems that government has put the taxes on the sources of smile of a person.

Changes in Reverse Charge Mechanism – Union Budget 2015

March 2, 2015 23407 Views 1 comment Print

Union Budget 2015 introduced several changes under Service Tax, particularly with regard to changes in exemptions, rationalising penal provisions, simplifying procedural aspects, clarifying disputed areas, Reverse charge, etc. This article highlights the important changes under Reverse charge mechanism.

Budget 2015- Detailed analysis of major Amendments in Service Tax

March 2, 2015 5188 Views 0 comment Print

A. CHANGES APPLICABLE WEF 1ST MARCH 2015 1. Services provided to Exporter by Agent Located outside India-Exemption on the services provided by Commission Agent located outside India to an exporter located in India through Notification 42/2012 dated 29/06/2012 is being rescinded. This exemption has become redundant on account of amendments made in the Place of […]

In place of arriving ‘ache din’ assessee misses ‘good old days’

March 2, 2015 789 Views 0 comment Print

The 2015-2016 Finance Budget is was presented by Hon’ble Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on 28th February 2015. This budget was show time for the NDA Government that whether the lucrative promises made by the Prime Minister in his election campaigns were just the mushrooming for gaining the votes or he actually aimed at bringing the reforms.

Budget Analysis 2015-16 : Service Tax

March 2, 2015 24180 Views 1 comment Print

Below Article covers recent amendment carried out and Proposed by Union Budget 2015-16 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 28.02.2015 in Lok Sabha. Articles covers amendment in six sections which are as follows

Budget 2015- All About Service Tax Proposals

March 1, 2015 81147 Views 0 comment Print

Ist Full Year Budget of New Government has been introduced in Parliament on 28th February, 2015. This Article intends to outline key amendments made in Service Tax. A. Changes effective from enactment of Finance Bill I. Rate of service tax Present rate: 12.36% (12% + 3% as Education Cess) Revised rate: Consolidated 14% (subsuming Education […]

Budget 2015- Significant changes in Excise & Service Tax

March 1, 2015 15080 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise: Rate- 1. Existing rate of 12% ad valorem will be @12.5% adv. from 01.03.2015 under the head CENVAT (Basic) duty. Levy of Primary Education Ccess and S&H Education Cess @ 2% and 1% respectively on the quantum of Cenvat (Basic) duty will be exempted from 01.03.2015. Other basic excise duty ad valorem with a few exceptions are not being changed.

Budget 2015- Simplification of Section 76 of Finance Act, 1994

March 1, 2015 29107 Views 0 comment Print

This article is an attempt to analyse the changes made in section 76 of the Finance Act which concerns with levy of penalty for non-payment or short payment of service tax for reasons other than fraud, collusion, wilful misstatement or suppression of facts with intend to evade payment of duty.

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