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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


Service Tax on Joint Development Agreements

October 22, 2014 49558 Views 9 comments Print

A. Whether the agreement between developer and land owners is in the nature of joint venture? B. If it is not a joint venture then whether the transaction of giving 400 units of flats in return of a land (i.e. a non – monetary consideration) amounts to service and whether the same is liable for service tax?

Services to Foreign Principals for marketing in India is an export of service

October 17, 2014 6088 Views 0 comment Print

We are sharing with you an important judgment of the Hon’ble CESTAT, Delhi in the case of Microsoft Corporation (I) (P) Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Service Tax, New Delhi [2014-TIOL-1964-CESTAT-DEL] on the following issue: Issue: Whether the services provided to principals situated outside India to market their products in India is an export of service […]

No penalty if there is mass unawareness about taxability of certain service

October 15, 2014 5056 Views 0 comment Print

We are sharing with you an important judgment of the Hon’ble Allahabad High Court in the case of H.M. Singh & Co. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax [2014 (49) taxmann.com 417(Allahabad)] on the following issue: Issue: Whether penalty could be levied under Section 77 and 78 of the Finance Act, 1994 […]

Service tax on services in relation to inward remittances from abroad

October 14, 2014 28210 Views 17 comments Print

Vide circular No. 163/14/2012–ST, dated 10th July, 2012, on the issue of levy of service tax on the activities involved in the inward remittance it was clarified that there is no service tax per se on the foreign exchange remitted to India from outside for the reason that money does not constitute a service and that conversion charges or fee levied for sending such money would also not be liable to service tax

Reverse Charge Mechanism For Individual/Proprietorship firm

October 14, 2014 58377 Views 10 comments Print

1. Freight paid/payable to Goods Transport Agency (GTA) 1.1    Does individual/proprietorship firm is liable to pay service an When tax under reverse charge? An Individual or a proprietorship firm is liable to take service tax registration and pay service tax under reverse charge only if:- i. It is registered as a dealer of excisable goods […]

Service Tax – Why irrelevant Payment code ‘1089’ not been removed?

October 9, 2014 9017 Views 0 comment Print

CA M. Lakshmanan While we go for e-payment of service tax we are given the codes for various services that existed till 1st July 2012 and additionally we are given an option to select ALL TAXABLE SERVICES – OTHER THAN IN THE NEGATIVE LIST (WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST JULY 2012 and the code given is 1089 whereas […]

No Penalty in absence of mens rea

October 7, 2014 4001 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Tribunal in absence of any discussion with regard to mala fide intention and mens rea set aside the OIO to the extent it related to imposition of penalty under Section 78 of the Finance Act.

In October Heat – Exponential Rise in Rate of Interest of Service Tax

October 7, 2014 9313 Views 0 comment Print

Krishna, October month’s heat has started. In this by increasing rate of interest of service tax from 1st October 2014 the department has increased heat of taxpayers. However from 1st October 2014 rate of interest has been increased by the department. Depending upon the period of delay rate of interest has been increased.

Partial Reverse Charge-Increase in Complicacies

October 1, 2014 13171 Views 0 comment Print

The date of 01.07.2012 was a critical date in service tax laws because from this date the service tax laws underwent gigantic change. The concept of Negative list and partial reverse charge was introduced for the first time to broaden the scope of service tax along with simplifying the service tax laws.

Service Tax Return (ST-3) utility available for April,14 – Sep,14

October 1, 2014 4196 Views 0 comment Print

 Service Tax Return (ST-3) for the period April,14 – September,14 is now available for e-filing by the assesses in both offline and online version. The last date of filing the ST-3 return for the said period is 25th October, 2014. However, to avoid congestion and inconvenience in the last minute, all assesses who wish to […]

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