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Latest Articles


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


Reverse Charge Mechanism & Abatement Rate Chart

January 18, 2014 542737 Views 56 comments Print

We know that the rate of abatement and applicability of RCM (Reverse Charge Mechanism) play an important role while making payment of service tax to vendor and payment of service tax under RCM. In the article we have compiled all the provisions and notifications applicable for Abatement on service tax and Reverse charge mechanism.

Audit Under Service Tax Law

January 18, 2014 71243 Views 0 comment Print

Audit under service tax is covered by section 14AA of Central Excise Act, 1944 as applicable to service tax and section 72A inserted by the Finance Act, 2012 w.e.f. 28-5-2012. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has issued guidelines for audit of accounts of Service Tax assessees.

Download Free E-book on Service Tax updated till 14.01.2014

January 15, 2014 112422 Views 0 comment Print

Please find attached 8th Edition of the pdf book on Service Tax (incorporating changes upto 14th January 2014) . The book contains: – Amended legal provisions aongwith recent judicial precedences – Forewords by Shri V K Garg (Ex-Joint Secretary, TRU)

Service recipient is liable to pay Service Tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism

January 14, 2014 37897 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 15/2012 covers following kind of services under reverse charge along with the percentage of tax liability payable by service provider and service receiver respectively. We have divided the services covered by the Notification under five categories for ease of reference.

Clarifications with regard to levy of service tax on services provided by RWA to its own members

January 14, 2014 2559 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax on ‘club or association service’ which covers RWA, was introduced with effect from June 16, 2005 vide Section 65(105)(zzze) read with section 65(25a) [(25a) was later renumbered as (25aa)] of the Finance Act, 1994.

Specified Description of Services (Bundled Services)

January 12, 2014 7340 Views 3 comments Print

Literally, ‘bundle’ means a collection of things, or a quantity of material, tied or wrapped together; tie up or roll up a number of things together as though into a parcel. The word ‘bundle’ has been used for the first time in the Service Tax and it has been interchangeably used with the expression ‘specified descriptions of services’. What is meant by specified descriptions of services has not been defined or explained in the Act.

Regarding Exemption to Services by way of sponsorship of sporting events organised

January 10, 2014 9300 Views 0 comment Print

section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.25/2012-Service Tax, dated the 20th June, 2012, published in the Gazette of India

Levy of Service Tax on services provided by Resident Welfare Association (RWA)

January 10, 2014 13950 Views 6 comments Print

Notification No. 25/2012- ST dated 20.06.2012 clause no. 28(c ) provides for exemption to service by a RWA to its own members by way of reimbursement of charges or share of contribution up to five thousand rupees per month per member for sourcing of goods or services from a third person for the common use […]

VCES Scheme Successful? Seems to be be

January 7, 2014 3486 Views 0 comment Print

CA Sandeep Kanoi As per the Government Officials they have collected nearly 5500 Crores till 29.12.2013 under the Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme 2013 and it is  said by some official that final figure for VCES is in excess of Rs. 8000 Crore . As per CBEC Results Framework Document (RFD) for  2013-2014 the combined total […]

40000 VCES Application till 29.12.2013, No extension likely

December 31, 2013 3903 Views 0 comment Print

There has been an overwhelming response to the VCES . In the last four days, we have received over 16,000 applications involving Rs. 1500 crores of service tax dues. Upto 29-12-2013 we have received over 40,000 declarations involving over Rs 5500 crores.

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