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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...
Patna High Court held that order is liable to be set aside since authority has failed to determine liability within prescribed period of one year u/s. 73(4B)(b) of the Finance Act without any justifiable reasons. Accordingly, order set aside and demands quashed.
CESTAT Delhi held that service tax is not leviable when goods are given on hire along with effective control and possession thereof. Accordingly, demand on hire charges dropped as equipments are given on hire with right of possession and effective control.
Calcutta High Court stays ₹5.71 Cr service tax demand on construction firm, citing limitation period and exemption claim.
Calcutta High Court stays a ₹5.63 Cr service tax demand, addressing exemption claims and limitation period for show cause notices.
Calcutta High Court conditionally stays Rs. 76.28 lakh service tax demand on Babun Rakshit, citing jurisdictional challenge based on limitation period.
Tribunal sets aside service tax demand on Agarwal Traders for Vodafone dealer commissions, citing prior rulings on trading activity and avoiding double taxation.
CESTAT Chennai rules on service tax liability for TASMAC’s bar license fees, affirming statutory function post-March 2013 and citing judicial precedents.
Based on these observations the contentions of the appellant in their reply dated 22.6.2020 that 100% service tax payment is made by service receiver, was opined contrary to the above observations.
CESTAT Allahabad held that booking cancellation charges, is in nature of compensation, are not consideration for service and hence no service tax chargeable on the same. Accordingly, demand on booking cancellation charges not sustained.
Chennai CESTAT rules bar licence/permit fees collected by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd. are not liable for service tax from March 29, 2013, as they constitute statutory functions.
