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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 held that construction and maintenance services for Police Academy and Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation were n...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside service tax demands on construction of educational institutions, Government buildings and highway medians...
Service Tax : Chhattisgarh HC upheld CESTATs order restricting service tax demand to the normal period under Section 73(1), finding the dispute ...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi allowed the appeal and held that meeting fees paid to whole-time directors are not liable to service tax under the Re...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi upheld reversal of proportionate CENVAT credit on common input services used for taxable services and investment in s...
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...
Kerala High Court has vide its order dated 16.06.2011 granted interim stay against any coercive steps of recovery of service tax or against any proceedings for imposing penalty for a period of two months on Restaurant and short term accommodation service.
Shroff United Chemicals Limited. versus The Union of India – The Bombay high court last week described the denial of interest on refund of service tax by the deputy commissioner as ‘specious’ in the case, Shroff United Chemicals Ltd vs Union of India. It asked the revenue authorities to pay interest for the delayed refund. The firm, in anticipation of import of intellectual property services, had obtained service tax registration.
CCE, Trichy Vs. SBI, Kumbakonam (CESTAT Chennani) – The fourth proviso to the said Section 78 provides that the reduced penalty of 25% is available if the same is paid within 30 days of the Commissioner (Appeals) but this proviso applies in the case where the Commissioner (Appeals) enhances the penalty and not where he reduces the penalty. In this case, the Commissioner (Appeals) has reduced the penalty and hence the respondents cannot take advantage to the provision under the fourth proviso to Section 78.
Notification No.40/2011-Service Tax- DATED 14-06-2011 – Section 65(105)(zzzp) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of goods by rail service – Abatement provisions – Amendment in Notification No. 9/2010-ST, dated 27-2-2010 – Exemption extended till 1-1-2012. Notification No 09/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February 2010 provides abatement to transport of goods by rail. This notification was effective from 01.04.2010 and similar amendments were made and in the previous round, it was made effective from 1 st July 2011. Now it is effective from 01.01.2012.
Notification No.39/2011-Service Tax Section 65(105)(zzzp) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of goods by rail service – Exemption to transportation of specified commodities – Amendment in Notification No.8/2010-ST, dated 27-2-2010 – Exemption extended till 1-1-2012 – NOTIFICATION NO. 39/2011-ST., DATED 14-06-2011
Notification No. 38/2011-Service Tax – Notification No 07/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February 2010 Rescinds Notification No. 33/2009-S.T dated 01.09.2009 [which actually exempts transport of goods by rail and if this exemption is withdrawn, the service becomes taxable]. This notification was to be effective from 01.04.2010 and then extended to 01.07.2010, further extended to 01.01.2011, then to 01.04.2011 and then to 01.07.2011 and now further extended to 01.01.2012.
The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance vide notification no. 25/2006 dated 13 July 2006 had exempted the professionals ,viz., CS, CWA ,CA from taxable services provided by them in their professional capacity to a client relating to representation services before any statutory authority in the course of proceedings initiated under any law for the time being in force. Accordingly, PCS were exempted not to charge service tax on representation services before RoC, RD, CLB, MCA, etc.
The government was put on the Wall of Shame at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association in Singapore, along with the European Union Parliament and the governments of the UK, Germany and Austria, for imposing high taxes on air travel.
In just recent past i.e. 01.07.2010 Service tax on Health Services (Section 65(105)(zzzo) of Finance Act, 1994) was introduced and without any doubt it was caught by all uncertainty and mystery. Taxable health services meant – any service provided or to be provided by any hospital, nursing home or multi-specialty clinic,- (i) to an employee of any business entity, in relation to health check-up or preventive care, where the payment for such check-up or preventive care is made by such business entity directly to such hospital, nursing home or multi-specialty clinic; or
Reliance in this connection can be placed on the decision of Hon’ble Delhi High Court in case of Suresh Kumar Bansal vs UOI [W.P.(C) 2235/2011] wherein levy of Service Tax on the value of flats sold during construction stage has been held unconstitutional, if such value includes the value of Land.
