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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


Post Budget 2011 Amendments / Changes in Service Tax

April 3, 2011 5272 Views 0 comment Print

The Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 notified through Budget Notification No. 18/2011 ST dated 1st March, 2011 led to a number of issues which the Government assured would be looked into. Some relief has been extended and many of the areas of difficulty have been addressed. The important point is that the rules are applicable from 1.4.2011 itself unless the service provider opts to continue with the old system for 3 months. In that case there may be some accounting issues and requirement to maintain the parallel records.

CA, CS, ICWA, Legal Professionals exempted from collecting service tax on accrual basis

April 2, 2011 4642 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Finance has today issued the above Notification amending Point of taxation Rules, 2011. Rules 7 has been substituted by a new Rule whereby, point of taxation in respect specified service providers which includes Chartered Accountants (individuals or proprietary firms or partnership firms) will be the date on which payment is received.

Service Tax – Clarifications on amendments in Point of Taxation Rules, 2011

April 1, 2011 7318 Views 0 comment Print

As you are aware, the Point of Taxation Rules (PTR) were formulated vide Notification No.18/2011-ST dated 01.03.2011. Based on the feedback, certain amendments are being carried out in these rules vide Notification No. 25/2011-ST dated 31.03.2011. The highlights of the changes are discussed in the following paragraphs. 2. While the rules shall come into force from 01.04.2011, an option has been given in rule 9 to pay tax on payment basis, as at present, till 30.06.2011. 3. Rule 3 has been amended to provide that the point of taxation shall be as follows: (a) Date of invoice or payment, whichever is earlier, if the invoice is issued within the prescribed period of 14 days from the date of completion of the provision of service.

Service tax on forex transactions cannot exceed Rs 5,000 – Govt

April 1, 2011 1925 Views 0 comment Print

The government has capped service tax on foreign exchange transactions at Rs 5,000, which is seen as a bid to pacify market players, who feared a significant drop in the country’s forex volumes due to high levies on such transactions. As per a notification, tax for foreign exchange transactions will be calculated “at the rate of 0.1 per cent of the gross amount of currency exchanged for an amount up to Rs 1,00,000, subject to the minimum amount of Rs 25”.

Amendment in the notification no. 19/2009-Service Tax, dated the 7th July, 2009 vide Notification No. 27/2011 – Service Tax

April 1, 2011 7092 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No 27/2011–Service Tax -By Notification No. 19/2009 dated 07.07.2009, service provided by one scheduled bank to another scheduled bank in relation to interbank transactions of purchase and sale of foreign currency, was exempted. Now this exemption is available to any bank, including a bank located outside India, or money changer.

Amendment in the Service Tax Rules, 1994 vide Notification No. 26/2011 – Service Tax

April 1, 2011 6253 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 26/2011–Service Tax- In case of continuous supply of service, every person providing such taxable service shall issue an invoice, bill or challan, as the case may be, within fourteen days of the date when each event specified in the contract, which requires the service receiver to make any payment to service provider, is completed

Amendment in Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 vide Notification No. 25/2011–ST

April 1, 2011 27452 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 25/2011–Service Tax – Provided that services for which provision is completed on or before 30th day of June, 2011 or where the invoices are issued upto the 30th day of June, 2011, the point of taxation shall, at the option of the taxpayer, be the date on which the payment is received or made as the case may be.”.

Amendment in the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006 vide Notification No. 24/2011 – Service Tax

April 1, 2011 4155 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No.24/2011 – Service Tax – Determination of value of service in relation to money changing : for the words “reference rate for that currency for that day”, the words “reference rate for that currency at that time” shall be substituted.

Amendment in the Taxation of Services (Provided from Outside India and Received in India) Rules, 2006 vide Notification No. 23/2011 – Service Tax

April 1, 2011 966 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No.23/2011 – Service Tax – These rules may be called the Taxation of Services (Provided from Outside India and Received in India) Amendment Rules, 2011. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2011. 2. In the Taxation of Services (Provided from Outside India and Received in India) Rules, 2006, in rule 3, in clause (ii), in the second proviso, the brackets and letters “(zzh)” shall be omitted.

Amendments in the Export of Services Rules, 2005 vide Notification No. 22/2011 – Service Tax

April 1, 2011 2973 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 22/2011 – Service Tax – the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Export of Services Rules, 2005, namely :- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Export of Services (Second Amendment) Rules, 2011. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2011. 2. In the Export of Services Rules, 2005, in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), in clause (ii), in the second proviso, the brackets and letters “(zzh)” shall be omitted.

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