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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


Calcutta HC Stays ₹5.63 Cr Service Tax Demand Over Exemption & Limitation Dispute

June 12, 2025 438 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court stays a ₹5.63 Cr service tax demand, addressing exemption claims and limitation period for show cause notices.

Calcutta HC Stays Service Tax Demand on Limitation

June 12, 2025 345 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court conditionally stays Rs. 76.28 lakh service tax demand on Babun Rakshit, citing jurisdictional challenge based on limitation period.

No Service Tax on Discounts, Commissions & Incentives from Vodafone to sim-card dealer

June 9, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal sets aside service tax demand on Agarwal Traders for Vodafone dealer commissions, citing prior rulings on trading activity and avoiding double taxation.

CESTAT Quashes Service Tax on TASMAC Bar Licenses

June 8, 2025 618 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai rules on service tax liability for TASMAC’s bar license fees, affirming statutory function post-March 2013 and citing judicial precedents.

Service tax discharged by recipient under Reverse Charge cannot be again demanded from provider

June 6, 2025 795 Views 0 comment Print

Based on these observations the contentions of the appellant in their reply dated 22.6.2020 that 100% service tax payment is made by service receiver, was opined contrary to the above observations.

Service tax not leviable on booking cancellation charges: CESTAT Allahabad

June 5, 2025 567 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allahabad held that booking cancellation charges, is in nature of compensation, are not consideration for service and hence no service tax chargeable on the same. Accordingly, demand on booking cancellation charges not sustained.

Bar Licence / Permit Fee Not Liable To Service Tax

June 4, 2025 798 Views 0 comment Print

Chennai CESTAT rules bar licence/permit fees collected by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd. are not liable for service tax from March 29, 2013, as they constitute statutory functions.

Service tax refund applied contrary to Section 102(3): CESTAT upholds rejection as time-Barred

June 3, 2025 678 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee’s application, which was filed on 9-2-2017, was rejected by the Assistant Commissioner and later by the Commissioner (Appeals) on the grounds that it was submitted beyond the six-month deadline stipulated under Section 102(3) of the Act.

CESTAT Upholds Rambagh Palace Cenvat Credit Claim

May 29, 2025 393 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Delhi has ruled in favor of Rambagh Palace Hotel Pvt. Ltd., allowing full Cenvat credit on management consultancy services, citing judicial precedents.

Providing Bunker and Water Supply Onboard Not Taxable Under Service Tax

May 29, 2025 921 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai rules Shipping Corporation of India not liable for service tax on bunker and water charges provided during vessel delivery, clarifying it as a supply of goods, not service.

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