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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


Interim Budget but No Major Interim Relief

February 18, 2014 2351 Views 0 comment Print

Hard pressed by the compulsions of political ethics, the UPA -2 Government could not present the full fledged budget for the next fiscal 2014-15. However, an interim budget (Vote on Account) has been presented to seek approval for expenditure for next four months i.e., upto 30th June, 2014

Notification Exempting Services related to ‘Rice’ and Services provided by cord blood banks

February 17, 2014 7756 Views 0 comment Print

Addition to Mega Exemption Notification – 2A. Services provided by cord blood banks by way of preservation of stem cells or any other service in relation to such preservation. 40. Services by way of loading, unloading, packing, storage or warehousing of rice

Rice- No Service Tax on Transportation, Loading, unloading, packing, warehousing and Milling of paddy into rice

February 17, 2014 14616 Views 2 comments Print

Services Related to Transportation of rice by a rail or a vessel or by goods transport agency, services related to Loading, unloading, packing, storage and warehousing of rice and services for Milling of paddy into rice are exempt from service tax.

Interim Budget 2014 – Amendment in Service Tax

February 17, 2014 9671 Views 0 comment Print

Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Tax Research Unit D.O.F. No. 334/03 /2014-TRU , Dated February 17, 2014. Subject: Union Budget 2014(Interim): changes in Service Tax – reg. In the Interim Union Budget, in Service Tax, two amendments have been made in notification number 25/2012-ST dated June 20, 2012: 1.1 Handling, storage […]

Rice is not an agricultural product – Service Tax on storage of rice

February 14, 2014 11509 Views 0 comment Print

I write to bring to your attention an invidious, discriminatory and completely unjust situation that has arisen as a result of an extremely insensitive and regressive interpretation of certain provisions of the Service Tax legislation, which has made the services like storage and handling associated with Rice liable to levy of Service Tax.

New Scope of Governmental Authority under Service Tax

February 14, 2014 6401 Views 0 comment Print

 Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal In Service Tax, ‘Governmental Authority’ assumes significance as certain specified services provided by it and received by it are exempt or not liable to levy of Service Tax. Though the term ‘governmental authority’ comprises of two words – ‘governmental’ (derived from government) and ‘authority’ we have a specific definition of governmental authority […]

Charging section and meaning of service (Fast track quick revision service tax part 2)

February 13, 2014 15551 Views 0 comment Print

Charging section u/s 66B. Charging section is heart of every taxation act. Section 4 in income tax act. Section 3 in Excise. Section 12 in Customs, Section 6 in CST. Section 66B in service tax. Anybody who is interested in understanding and studying taxation subject should start with charging section.

Constitution of India and Service Tax (Fast track Part 1)

February 10, 2014 4321 Views 0 comment Print

 Kaushal Agrawal The Video below explains how the Central Govt derived power from Constitution of India to enact a law to levy tax on services. It also explains 6 categories of transactions called deemed sales which are now subjected to sales tax and not service tax. This video is useful for CA, CS, CMA, B […]

Recovery before expiry of statutory period for filing appeal is breach of statutory provisions – HC

February 8, 2014 5561 Views 0 comment Print

The impugned communications dated 22 January 2014 and 23 January 2014 issued by Respondent no.3 Assistant Commissioner of Service Tax insisting that the Petitioner should pay the amounts adjudicated upon by order dated 27 December 2013 is contrary to the provisions

No service tax on sub-brokers on services provided to member of commodity exchange during Sep 04 and June 2012

February 3, 2014 1439 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax Required to be Paid on Services Provided by An Authorised Person or Sub-Brokers to the Member of a Commodity Exchange in Respect of Such Taxable Service on which the Service Tax was not Being Levied During the Period Commencing from The 10th Day of September 2004 and Ending with the 30th Day of June 2012 in Accordance with the Prevalent Practice – Notification No. 03/2014-Service Tax , New Delhi, 3rd February, 2014

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