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Commercial Training and Coaching: Meaning & Taxability

Can Higher Education Courses be equated to ‘training and coaching’ in tax parlance? Taxing education sector has always been a tricky issue. For the first time in 2003, under Service Tax regime, service tax was imposed on ‘commercial training and coaching’ service. The term which was used in charging provision of ta...

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No Service Tax on Site Formation & Clearance Services provided as Self-Service before Sale of Land

Hallmark Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) - 

Hallmark Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) During the adjudication proceedings appellants have contended that the said activities were undertaken before sale of land took place, hence the service was a self-service and there is no service provider and service recipient relationship and t...

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Service rendered by ‘lead generator’ is not that of an ‘insurance agent

Commissioner of Service Tax Vs M/s Reliance Life Insurance Co. Ltd (CESTAT Mumbai) - 

CESTAT held that service rendered by ‘lead generator’ is not that of an ‘insurance agent’ and, consequently, the commission paid by respondent to such entities are not liable to be included in the assessable value of the respondent for discharge of tax liability under Finance Act, 1994....

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Letting Out of Port Premises cannot be classified as ‘Port Service

M/s. Kandla Port Trust Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST (CESTAT Ahmedabad) - 

M/s. Kandla Port Trust Vs CCE&ST (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Letting Out of Port Premises Cannot Be Classified As ‘Port Service’ and Cenvat Credit on Telephone At Residential Premises Of Officers Allowed Since Port Operates 24*7. SERVICE TAX ON TOLL COLLECTION AND ENTRY FEE – Assessee relied on Circular no. 354/27/2012-TRU dated 22.02.20...

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No service tax on training under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

Notification No. 1/2019-Service Tax [G.S.R. 179(E)] -  (06/03/2019) - 

Central Government hereby directs that service tax  on the services provided by training providers (project implementation agencies) under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) under the Ministry of Rural Development by way of offering skill or vocational training courses certified by the National Council for Vocatio...

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Service Tax Under BAS not payable on re-rubberisation of old rollers

Rajit Jain-succeesor And Legal Heir Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Allahabad) - 

Rajit Jain-succeesor And Legal Heir Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Allahabad) 1. The appellant is in appeal. 2. Brief facts of the case are that appellants are engaged in re-rubberisation of old, worn out rubberised rollers of various industries. The customers send them their used rollers at random and re-rubberisation comprises remov...

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CESTAT upheld Disallowance of credit on rent-a-cab service to Wipro

Wipro Enterprises Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise Chennai Outer (CESTAT Chennai) - 

Wipro Enterprises Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise Chennai Outer (CESTAT Chennai) The appellant is aggrieved by the disallowance of credit on rent-a-cab service. 2. On behalf of the appellant, Shri R. Rajesh, Head – Taxation of the appellant-company appeared and argued the matter. He submitted that the appellant is engaged in...

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Service Tax Payable on Sale / Registration of post /pre paid SIM

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Vs CCE, Bhopal (CESTAT Delhi) - 

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Vs CCE, Bhopal (CESTAT Delhi) The sales tax authorities have themselves conceded the position before the High Court that no assessment of sales tax would be made on the sale value of the SIM Card supplied by the appellant to their customers irrespective of the fact whether they have filed returns […]...

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No service tax liability where parties buying & selling properties on principal to principal basis

Premium Real Estate Developers Vs C.S.T. Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) - 

Service tax cannot be imposed under the category Real Estate Service in absence of any defined consideration for the alleged service as both the parties were buying and selling property on principal to principal basis rather than as an agent and the principle....

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Service tax not payable on amount received towards mobilization advance of contract from Indian Navy

Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Hyderabad) - 

Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Hyderabad) As far as the amounts received by the appellant from the Indian Navy for the purpose of upgrading their facilities at the shipyard are concerned, they are not linked to the present contract and hence can only be termed mobilization advances not linked to any [&he...

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Latest Service Tax News India

Service tax in India is the tax which is collected by the government from service providers for providing services. The person liable to pay service tax could be a service provider or the recipient of service or any person responsible for providing services. Generally, the service tax is required to be paid on all the services except for those provided in the negative list. All the service providers together with the union and state government providers and private sector service providers too are liable for paying service tax. Services Tax Act and Service Tax Rules together with the Finance Act, 2016 has provided an increase in service tax from 12.36% to 14%. This revised service tax rate would comprise of Education Cess and Secondary and Higher Education Cess.

At Taxguru, we provide all the latest service tax notifications and service tax circulars. We bring you all the recent developments and updates to the Service Tax Act and the Service Tax Rules. From a change in the service tax rates to any change in the format service tax challan or any other service tax notification, we provide a comprehensive and detailed approach to service tax in India. You can view and download all the service tax circulars free of cost. We keep on updating our portal regularly so that we keep you posted on all the recent service tax notifications and updates.

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