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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 816 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 537 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 624 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 1617 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 1035 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 1467 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 75702 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 3114 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 2220 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 2169 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Audit Detection, Non-Filing of Returns Alone Don’t Prove Tax Evasion: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding the extended limitation period was not invocable as suppression with inte...

July 18, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Set Top Boxes Allowed as Inputs to Dish TV: CESTAT Allahabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Allahabad set aside interest demand, holding set top boxes qualified as inputs and full CENVAT credit was admissible on rec...

July 17, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Imported Dredger Allowed as Input Under Rule 2(k): CESTAT Hyderabad

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...

July 17, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Performance Bank Guarantee Invocation Quashed for Unrelated Earlier Contract Claim: Calcutta HC

Service Tax : Calcutta HC quashed invocation of a performance bank guarantee for recovery under an earlier contract and directed refund of the g...

July 17, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand on Government Works Contracts Set Aside on Limitation: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax :  CESTAT Kolkata set aside Service Tax demand, interest and penalty, holding issues in favour of the appellant on exemption or lim...

July 17, 2026 90 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 2040 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 975 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 843 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 897 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 2238 Views 0 comment Print


Only Air-Conditioned or Air-Heated Restaurants to Pay Service Tax

June 10, 2015 5991 Views 0 comment Print

Clarification Issued in the Matter of Service Tax; Only Air-Conditioned or Air-Heated Restaurants to Pay Service Tax; Restaurants, Eating-Joints or Messes Which Do Not Have the Facility of Air-Conditioning Or Central Air-Heating in Any Part of the Establishment are Exempt from Service Tax. At present, Service Tax is chargeable on services provided by restaurants, eating-joints […]

Service Tax on Private Railway Sidings

June 8, 2015 18593 Views 4 comments Print

In present trend, a large number of business entities for their mega projects are procuring land for setting up their plants or factories as well as for laying railway tracks for developing of their own railway sidings within factory premises and connecting the same from a nearby railway station for ensuring smooth transportation of fuels, raw materials, finished goods or by products etc.

Marketing and support services to foreign companies in relation to Indian sales of foreign companies is Export of Services prior to October 1, 2014

June 4, 2015 1474 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka held that an Order which has been passed on a concession given by the Commissioner cannot be challenged by the Commissioner himself. Further, the argument of intermediary service when not raised before AAR cannot be raised first time in Writ petition,especially, when the same is a ground relatable to facts

Tribunal cannot adopt a different approach and order pre-deposit in other matters involving same issue when in earlier matters pre-deposit was waived

June 4, 2015 883 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the Hon’ble Tribunal directed Swift Talk (the Appellant) to deposit Rs. 3 Lakhs as pre-deposit for hearing the case on merit by the Ld. Commissioner (Appeals).The Appellant argued that the Hon’ble Tribunal has adopted discriminatory approach in respect of same controversy and vide its earlier decisions in case of other dealers

Refund claim cannot be rejected merely on ground of mentioning wrong Notification number and without issuing SCN

June 4, 2015 2143 Views 0 comment Print

In instant case, Monarch Catalyst (P) Ltd. (the Appellant) was engaged in export of goods and for that purpose availing services of certain commission agents located abroad(Impugned services) on which Service tax paid under Reverse Charge. Accordingly the Appellant filed the refund claim under Notification No. 18/2009-ST dated July 7, 2009.

Service Tax Rates chart from 01/06/2015

June 4, 2015 663726 Views 133 comments Print

Normal Service tax rate with effect from 1st June 2015 is 14%. However applicable rate is different for many services which may be subject to fulfillment of some conditions. This is mainly due to material value or non-service element included in total value of these services.

Service Tax Penalty norms encouraging voluntary compliance

June 4, 2015 1445 Views 0 comment Print

He said, the second significant change is in respect of penalty provisions vide Sections 73, 76 and 78. These provisions have been rationalised and harmonized to encourage voluntary payments. In case of voluntary payments along with interest, the quantum of penalties have been rationalized by reducing the percentage of penalty depending upon the stage of litigation i.e. prior to issuance of show cause notice, after issuance of show cause notice but before adjudication or after adjudication.

Clarification on rate of service tax on restaurant service

June 3, 2015 37981 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 184/3/2015-ST Dated the 3rd June, 2015 It is further clarified that exemption from service tax still continues to services provided in relation to serving of food or beverages by a restaurant, eating joint or a mess, other than those having the facility of air-conditioning or central air-heating in any part of the establishment, at any time during the year.

An analysis of POT Rule, 2011 and section-67A of Service Tax

June 1, 2015 5626 Views 0 comment Print

It has been In the discussion /article published in Tax-Guru giving rise a conflict In section-67A and POT Rule-2011.Both are considered a bone of contention to determine Service tax liability while Service tax rate are changed.

Service tax on long term lease of Immovable property inconsistent with other laws

May 31, 2015 29986 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax payable on long term lease of Immovable property under Renting of Immovable Property – not in sync with Service tax Act, Accounting Standard, Bombay Stamp Act & Income Tax Act

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