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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


Sanction refund expeditiously keeping in mind the interest to be paid for delay

November 21, 2014 2229 Views 0 comment Print

Authorities to take expeditious steps to sanction the refund keeping in mind that interest is to be paid from the kitty of the general public – Order marked to the Finance Minister for consideration Vodafone (I) Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai-I [2014-TIOL-2263-CESTAT-MUM] In the instant case, the Stay application filed by the Revenue against […]

Whether security provided by government from terrorists liable to SERVICE TAX?

November 20, 2014 3619 Views 0 comment Print

Mcleod Russel (India) Limited having its registered office at 4, Mangoe Lane, Kolkata has tea plantations in the state of Assam and the area is highly volatile and acts of vandalism being carried out by terrorists.

List of Services fully exempt from service tax

November 20, 2014 222124 Views 52 comments Print

Discover the services fully exempt from service tax under Notification No. 25/2012 dated 20.06.2012. Explore the list of exemptions and criteria.

The Row over Constitutional Validity of Service Tax on Restaurant Services

November 18, 2014 3726 Views 0 comment Print

Constitutional validity of service tax levy on restaurant services has turned out to be one of the contentious issues. This issue has its origin somewhere in early 1980’s, when States proceeded to levy VAT on supply of food in hotels/restaurants treating it as sale.

Service tax in respect of same transaction cannot be demanded again for payment under different category

November 16, 2014 1026 Views 0 comment Print

Coca Cola India Pvt. Ltd.(the Appellant) entered into an Agreement with KPH Dream Cricket Pvt. Ltd. (KPH) for sponsoring the cricket team Kings XI Punjab. On the said contractual consideration, a Service tax of Rs. 37,08,000/- was collected by KPH from the Appellant

Reversal of Cenvat credit amount to non-availment of Cenvat credit -Assessee allowed to avail Abatement benefits

November 16, 2014 5001 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, Central Warehousing Corporation (the Appellant) was rendering both taxable as well as exempted services. The Appellant was availing Cenvat credit of the common input services and not maintaining separate records in respect of such input services consumed

Service tax on Restaurants & Hotels, States alone can impose Tax-Kerala HC

November 14, 2014 11593 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble High Court of Kerala in the case of Kerala Classified Hotels and Resorts Association and others Vs. Union of India and others [2013-TIOL-533-HC-KERALA-ST]held that levy of Service Tax on Restaurants and hotels is beyond legislative competence of Parliament.

Penalty not imposable when the Service tax liability was discharged along with interest before issuance of Show Cause Notice

November 14, 2014 3234 Views 0 comment Print

In terms of Section 73(3) of the Finance Act,when the Service tax liability was discharged along with interest before issuance of SCN, no penalty would be imposable on the Appellant.

No demand can be made against Assessee merely because Assessee admitted the same

November 14, 2014 1907 Views 0 comment Print

Article 265 of the Constitution of India mandates that no tax can be levied or collected except as provided by law. Accordingly, mere fact that the Assessee had made some payments and also made promise to make further payments cannot be used against our refusing to interfere with the impugned order.

Importance of Location in Service Tax

November 14, 2014 5654 Views 0 comment Print

The location of a service provider or receiver (as the case may be) is to be determined by applying the following steps sequentially —(a) where the service provider or receiver has obtained only one registration, whether centralized or otherwise, the premises for which such registration has been obtained;

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