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No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 591 Views 0 comment Print

Credit cannot be denied due to incorrect description of Service on invoices when Service Tax has been correctly paid

Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai, in Tata AIG case, rules credit can't be denied for incorrect service description on invoices when correct service t...

December 16, 2023 1104 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 1230 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1020 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Advance Club Membership Fees: CESTAT Ruling

Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...

November 2, 2023 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 1014 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 72444 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 2667 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 1737 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 1632 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Car Booking Cancellation Charges

Service Tax : CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on amounts received as booking cancellation charges, price difference & corporate discount,...

July 4, 2024 57 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax on foreign commission payable under RCM from 18.04.2006 

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that that service tax on commission paid to foreign commission agents is payable under reverse charge only ...

July 4, 2024 333 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Convenience fee & cancellation charges for services to Airlines under BAS

Service Tax : CESTAT quashes service tax demand against Yatra Online Pvt Ltd, ruling that convenience and cancellation fees are not connected to...

July 4, 2024 84 Views 0 comment Print

Attachment Order under Customs Act for Service Tax Recovery is invalid

Service Tax : Zest Buildtek Promotors Vs Deputy Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (Madras High Court)Issuance of attachment order under provi...

July 3, 2024 216 Views 0 comment Print

No Service tax on interest income from overdraft & cash credit facilities: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd vs Commr. of CGST (CESTAT Kolkata) where Kolkata CESTAT ruled that n...

June 30, 2024 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 1614 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 549 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 477 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 486 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 1251 Views 0 comment Print


SEZ unit and developers requires sanction of Unit Approval Committee for availing service tax refund

May 20, 2011 5165 Views 0 comment Print

The government today vide circular no. Circular No.142/11/2011 – ST dated 18th May 2011, said that SEZ unit and developers would require the sanction of Unit Approval Committee for availing benefits of service tax refund. Besides, developers and units would also have to furnish original invoices for claiming benefits, the Department of Revenue said in a circular.

Andhra Pradesh High Court stays Service Tax On Lawyers

May 19, 2011 1935 Views 1 comment Print

Pursuant to a Writ Petition challenging the imposition of service tax on lawyers and the prayer seeking interim relief by way of ‘restraining the Respondents from giving effect to directly or indirectly or acting upon the impugned provisions or collecting any service tax on the assistance provided as an officer of the Court by an advocate’,

Clarification on Service Tax Refund to SEZ – Circular No. 142/11/2011-ST

May 19, 2011 2666 Views 5 comments Print

Circular No.142/11/2011 – ST , Dated – 18th May 2011 In the notification, there is no difference in treatment of service tax paid under section 66 and section 66A of Finance Act, 1994. Where refund arises, Table – A, in Form A-2 can be used for making a refund claim.

Taxability of Legal Services

May 19, 2011 2608 Views 5 comments Print

Finance Act, 2010 has expanded the scope of service tax of legal consultancy services w.e.f. 1st May, 2011 . It may be noted that representational services provided to individuals will continue to be exempt form levy of service tax. Also services provided by individuals to other individual shall remain outside the scope of taxable services. As a latest update, Delhi High Court has granted an interim stay on 29.4.2011 on levy of service tax individual lawyers rendering services to business entities on a Writ Petition No 2792 filed by Delhi based lawyers till next date of hearing ,ie, 23rd May, 2011. This may just be the beginning of long legal battle. Gauhati high court has also granted interim stay.

Clarifications on prosecution provisions under Service tax laws

May 18, 2011 4199 Views 0 comment Print

Prosecution provisions (for specified offences) were a part of Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994 (the Act) introduced in 1994. However, with expansion of Service tax laws in 1998, these provisions were deleted. Budget 2011 (with effect from 8 April 2011) re-introduced prosecution provisions for offences like rendition of services without raising invoices, availment of Cenvat credit without receipt of inputs/ input services, etc. Non-issuance of invoice 9 (Section 89 (1) (a) of the Act) Availing and utilising Cenvat Credit without receipt of service (Section 89 (1) (b) of the Act)

How to get Service Tax Registration Number Online?

May 16, 2011 156964 Views 80 comments Print

According to Section 69, every person liable to make payment of service tax or any other person notified by the central govt through a notification is required to get the registration under the service tax act .

Harbhajan Singh receives notice for not paying service tax on his income

May 15, 2011 1544 Views 0 comment Print

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been sent a notice by the central excise and taxation department for not the paying service tax on his income. According to the officials of central excise and taxation department here, Harbhajan has not paid the service tax on his income in the first and second seasons of IPL.

Service Tax – CBEC’s instructions on applicability of provisions of Export of Services Rules, 2005 in certain situations – Circular No. 141/10/2011-TRU, Dated 13-05-2011

May 15, 2011 3956 Views 0 comment Print

CIRCULAR NO. 141/10/2011-TRU, DATED 13-5-2011 – Circular No.111/05/2009-ST was issued on 24th February, 2009 on the applicability of the provisions of the Export of Services Rules, 2005 in certain situations. It had clarified on the expression “used outside India” in Rule 3(2)(a) of the Export of Services Rules, 2005 as prevalent at that time. The condition specified in Rule 3(2)(a) has since been omitted vide Notification 06/2010-ST, dated 27-2-2010. In the context of the stated Circular an issue has been raised, whether for the period prior to 28-2-2010 the requirement that the service should be “used outside India” invariably means the location of the recipient?

Service tax Circular on prosecution for specified offences

May 12, 2011 3479 Views 0 comment Print

With the enactment of Finance Act, 2011 (No.8 of 2011), Section 89 which provides for prosecution of specified offences involving service tax, becomes a part of Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994. Prosecution provision was introduced this year, in Chapter V of Finance Act, 1994, as part of a compliance philosophy involving rationalization of penal provisions. Encouraging voluntary compliance and introduction of penalties based on the gravity of offences are some important principles which guide the changes made this year, in the penal provisions governing service tax.

No service tax on hotel food sent up to rooms

May 11, 2011 2502 Views 0 comment Print

Food served in hotel rooms from their air conditioned restaurants with liquor licences will not attract service tax, the revenue department today said. When the food is served in the room, service tax cannot be charged under the restaurant service as the service is not provided in the premises of the air-conditioned restaurant with a licence to serve liquor, a Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) circular said.

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