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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 V/S Bollywood: An Insight into Advent of Taxability on Bollywood

December 31, 2013 4683 Views 0 comment Print

Adv. Neerav Mainkar Bollywood celebrities today are always in the fear of tax raids!. Ninety per cent of celebrities do not pay Service Tax because they don’t know they are liable to pay. There is a lack in educating Bollywood.They are in need of guidance, especially now, when they are the target of frequent raids.

Service Tax Offices Open on 28.12.2013 & 29.12.2013

December 28, 2013 1749 Views 0 comment Print

December 27,2013 In terms of Section 107(1) of the Finance Act, 2013, the last date for filing declaration under Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme is on or before 31.12.2013. In order to enable trade & industry to file declarations well in time before 31.12.2013, and also to avoid last minute rush, all the offices handling Service […]

Few days left for Service Tax Amnesty Scheme (VCES)

December 27, 2013 3373 Views 0 comment Print

The countdown for Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme, 2013 (“VCES” or “the Scheme”) has begun and the last date is December 31, 2013. The Government has made a fair and generous offer, a one-time offer that is not likely to come your way for at least a couple of decades. Important highlights of VCES: […]

Regarding Exemption under Focus Market Scheme (FMS) on Export of Meat and Meat Products, Cotton and Cotton Yarn

December 26, 2013 882 Views 0 comment Print

(a) in the first proviso, after serial number (xv) and the entry relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely,- (xvi) Export of Meat and Meat Products; (xvii) Export of Cotton; (xviii) Export of Cotton Yarn; (xix) Export which are subject to Minimum Export Price or Export Duty

Reverse Charge Mechanisam (RCM) – Understanding Service Tax Law Nuances

December 26, 2013 111485 Views 35 comments Print

Reverse Charge Mechanism – Normally, service tax is payable by person who provides the service. Section 68(2) makes provision for reverse charge i.e. making person receiving the service liable to pay tax. Authority for reverse charge u/s 68(2) of Finance Act, 1994

Over 300 times increase in service tax revenue in two decades

December 26, 2013 1631 Views 0 comment Print

Revenue from service tax has grown by over 300 times in past two decades. According to provisional figures the revenue from service tax touched about 1.32 lakh crore rupees in 2012-13, compared to 407 crore rupees earned in 1994-95, when service tax was introduced.

Free Supplies Does Not Constitutes Non Monetary Consideration under Service tax

December 25, 2013 3444 Views 0 comment Print

Free supplies provided by service recipient to service provider for use in provision of service shall not be considered in the ambit of gross amount charged as contained in notification 15/2004 including the explanation thereto as introduced by Notification No. 4/2005-ST.

Eligibility of Cenvat Credit on Input Service Debit Notes

December 25, 2013 3551 Views 0 comment Print

Cenvat Credit is always subjected to many queries, restrictions and ambiguities regarding its eligibility on both the legal and documentary (physical) end. In such a Scenario it becomes essential to understand the conceptual framework before establishing the eligibility of Proper Cenvat Document.

SSI Exemption Vs. Co- Owners of Immovable Property

December 24, 2013 6349 Views 0 comment Print

There are many cases coming for consideration regarding eligibility of SSI exemption to all co-owners of immovable property individually. The department is of the view that all co-owners fall under the definition of Person under Section 65B (37) and acting as association of persons

Handbook on Service Tax VCES, 2013

December 24, 2013 3790 Views 0 comment Print

Further, the Committee, continuing with its efforts to update the members and also to partner the Government in its initiative, has come out with Handbook on Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encourage Scheme, 2013. The Handbook has been hosted on Indirect Taxes Committee page of ICAI website and can be downloaded from http://220.227.161.86/31675idtc-STVCES-2013.pdf.

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