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Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...
Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...
Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...
Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...
Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...
Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...
Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...
Service Tax : Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...
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...
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...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding the extended limitation period was not invocable as suppression with inte...
Service Tax : CESTAT Allahabad set aside interest demand, holding set top boxes qualified as inputs and full CENVAT credit was admissible on rec...
Service Tax : CESTAT Hyderabad allowed CENVAT credit on an imported dredger as input under Rule 2(k), set aside the credit demand and disposed o...
Service Tax : Calcutta HC quashed invocation of a performance bank guarantee for recovery under an earlier contract and directed refund of the g...
Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata set aside Service Tax demand, interest and penalty, holding issues in favour of the appellant on exemption or lim...
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...
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-...
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...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...
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...
CESTAT Chennai rules against service tax demand on Eastman Exports, clarifying no service recipient relation for foreign agent and bank deductions in export proceeds.
Delhi High Court held that appeal under section 35G of the Central Excise Act before High Court is not maintainable whenever issues of determining taxability are involved. Accordingly, present appeal is rejected.
Bombay High Court directs reconsideration of a Sabka Vishwas Scheme declaration, ruling that admitted service tax liability before the cut-off date constitutes quantification.
CESTAT Hyderabad held that bookings made after receipt of completion certificate is not liable for service tax as the transaction is mere sale of the immovable property. Accordingly, service tax demand to that extent is liable to be set aside.
Himachal Pradesh High Court held that date of making payment under Sabka Vishwas [Legacy Dispute Resolution] Scheme [SVLDR Scheme] extended due to COVID pandemic since denying benefit of SVLDR Scheme would be contrary to the object of the scheme.
Assessee invoiced the client department for a consolidated sum towards the amounts charged by the empanelled agencies, service tax on their services and 10% or 15% as its service charges and service tax on its service charges.
CESTAT Kolkata held that payment received towards Licensing Fee from mobile towers cannot be considered as ‘rent’ to fall within the definition of ‘renting of immovable property’. Accordingly, service tax demand to that extent set aside.
CESTAT Hyderabad held that service tax demand on the service of Multi System Operator provided to cable TV operator is sustainable. Further, since there was suppression of facts to evade payment of service tax, extended period of limitation is duly invoked.
The appellant appears to have given a discount on the gross value of the exports which was reflected in the invoice raised by the appellant as well and hence, appellant received 97% of the gross value of the export in its bank account (Bank of Maharashtra).
The appellant is engaged in providing construction of commercial or industrial building services. It claims to have discharged service tax on this service. It is also in receipt of legal and professional services, and works contract service which are chargeable to service tax under reverse charge mechanism.
