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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 819 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 540 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 624 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 1617 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 1035 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 1467 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 75705 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 3114 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 2220 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 2169 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No Service Tax on Construction of Police Buildings: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that construction and maintenance services for Police Academy and Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation were n...

July 19, 2026 49 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai Sets Aside Service Tax on Educational Institution Construction Contracts

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside service tax demands on construction of educational institutions, Government buildings and highway medians...

July 19, 2026 43 Views 0 comment Print

Extended Limitation Can’t Be Invoked for Bona Fide Service Tax Dispute: Chhattisgarh HC

Service Tax : Chhattisgarh HC upheld CESTATs order restricting service tax demand to the normal period under Section 73(1), finding the dispute ...

July 19, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Meeting Fees to Whole-Time Directors: CESTAT Delhi

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...

July 19, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Proportionate CENVAT Credit Reversal Required for Own Investment Activity: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi upheld reversal of proportionate CENVAT credit on common input services used for taxable services and investment in s...

July 19, 2026 66 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 2040 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 981 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 843 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 897 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 2238 Views 0 comment Print


Service tax on Port Services by Major Ports

March 27, 2011 2778 Views 0 comment Print

Port Services by Major Ports means any service provided or to be provided to any person’ by any other person’ in relation to port services in a port’ in any manner. . Exemption to specified services provided within a port (w.e.f.01.07.2010) : In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act’ 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act)’ the Central Government’ on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do’ hereby exempts the following services when provided within a port or an airport

Service Tax on Tour Operator’s Services

March 27, 2011 3491 Views 0 comment Print

Tour Operator’s Services means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a tour operator in relation to a tour. Tour Operator” means any person engaged in the business of planning, scheduling, organising or arranging tours (which may include arrangements for accommodation, sightseeing or other similar services) by any mode of transport, and includes any person engaged in the business of operating tours in a tourist vehicle or a contract carriage by whatever name called, covered by a permit, other than a stage carriage permit, granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988) or the rules made thereunder;

Service tax on Site Formation and Clearance, Excavation and Earthmoving and Demolition Services

March 27, 2011 4497 Views 1 comment Print

Site formation and clearance, excavation and earthmoving and demolition” includes,- (i) Drilling, boring and core extraction services for construction, geophysical, geological or similar purposes; or ii) Soil stabilization; or (iii) Horizontal drilling for the passage of cables or drain pipes; or (iv) Land reclamation work; or (v) Contaminated top soil stripping work; or (vi) Demolition and wrecking of building, structure or road, but does not include such services provided in relation to agriculture, irrigation, watershed development and drilling, digging, repairing, renovating or restoring of water sources or water bodies.

Service tax on Travel by Air Services

March 27, 2011 2697 Views 0 comment Print

Travel by Air Services means any service provided or to be provided to any passenger, by an aircraft operator, in relation to scheduled or non-scheduled air transport of such passenger embarking in India for domestic journey or international journey;

Service tax on Investment Management Service under ULIP

March 27, 2011 1551 Views 0 comment Print

Investment Management Service under ULIP means any service provided or to be provided to a policy holder, by an insurer carrying on life insurance business, in relation to management of investment, under unit linked insurance business, commonly known as Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) scheme.

Service tax on Scientific or Technical Consultancy Services

March 27, 2011 6932 Views 0 comment Print

“Scientific or technical consultancy” means any advice, consultancy, or scientific or technical assistance, rendered in any manner, either directly or indirectly, by a scientist or a technocrat, or any science or technology institution or organization, to any person, in one or more disciplines of science or technology. “Taxable service” means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a scientist or technocrat, or any science or technology institution or organization, in relation to scientific or technical consultancy.

Service tax on Packaging Services

March 27, 2011 1920 Views 0 comment Print

Packaging Services means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any other person, in relation to packaging activity. “packaging activity” means packaging of goods including pouch filling, bottling, labelling or imprinting of the package, but does not include any packaging activity that amounts to ‘manufacture’ within the meaning of clause (f) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944)

Service tax on Market Research Agency’s Services

March 26, 2011 1554 Views 0 comment Print

Market Research Agency’s Services means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a market research agency in relation to market research of any product, service or utility, in any manner. “Market research agency” means any person engaged in conducting market research in any manner, in relation to any product, service or utility, including all types of customized and syndicated research services.

Service tax – On-Line Information and Database Access and/Or Retrieval Services

March 26, 2011 1721 Views 0 comment Print

“On-line information and database access or retrieval” means providing data or information, retrievable or otherwise, to any person, in electric form through a computer network. “Taxable service” means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by any person, in relation to on-line information and database access or retrieval or both in electronic form through computer network, in any manner.

Service tax on Stock Broking Services

March 26, 2011 3107 Views 0 comment Print

Stock Broking Services means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a stock-broker in connection with the sale or purchase of securities listed on a recognized stock exchange. “Stock-broker” means a person, who has either made an application for registration or is registered as a stock broker, in accordance with the rules and regulations made under the Securities and Exchange Board of 1ndia Act, 1992 (15 of 1992).

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