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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 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


Corrigendum to Notification No.40/2010-ST, dated 28-6-2010

July 2, 2010 402 Views 0 comment Print

Abatement Provisions – Specified activities rendered in port/other port/airport – Corrigendum to Notification No.40/2010-ST, dated 28-6-2010 In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 40/2010-Service Tax dated the 28th June, 2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 561(E), dated the 28th June, 2010,

Service Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2010 – Amendment in rule 4A – Corrigendum to Notification No. 39/2010-ST, dated 28-6-2010

July 2, 2010 498 Views 0 comment Print

Corrigendum, dated 30-6-2010.In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 39/2010-Service Tax, dated the 28th June, 2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 560(E), dated the 28th June, 2010,

Transport of goods by road – Amendment in Notification No. 13/2008-ST, dated 1-3-2008- Notification No. 43/2010–Service Tax, dated 30-6-2010

July 2, 2010 1510 Views 0 comment Print

Transport of goods by road – Amendment in Notification No. 13/2008-ST, dated 1-3-2008. Notification No. 43/2010–Service Tax, dated 30-6-2010. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the Notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance.

Tussle between SEBI and IRDA not deterred investors from investing in ULIP

July 2, 2010 516 Views 0 comment Print

The controversy surrounding the regulation of unit-linked insurance policies (Ulips) has failed to deter investors from holding on to their products or even getting new ones. At least the service tax collections from the product during April-May this fiscal bears testimony to the Ulip’s undeniable popularity. Service tax collections during the April-May is almost double the amount realised during the same period last year.

Issuance of service tax notifications after enactment of Finance Act, 2010

July 2, 2010 3385 Views 0 comment Print

Letter D.O.F.No.334/03/2010-TRU Vide Finance Act, 2010, eight new services were added to the list of taxable services while the scopes of nine existing services were modified. As these changes become effective from 01.07.2010, activities that are covered under taxable service categories due to above additions or modifications, would start attract service tax from this date.

Tribunal directed JetLite to pay Rs 100 crore as a pre-deposit on a service tax dispute

July 2, 2010 828 Views 0 comment Print

The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has directed JetLite (formerly Sahara Airlines Ltd) to pay Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) as a pre-deposit on a service tax dispute, pending final settlement.Of the amount, Rs 64 crore (Rs 640 million) is towards service tax arrears and the rest is penalty for non-payment. The amount in dispute, of alleged service tax arrears, is Rs 128 crore (Rs 1.28 billion). It is a tax demand based on the operations of the earlier Air Sahara, before its takeover by Jet.

Service tax department issues 32 show cause notices to IPL franchises

July 1, 2010 675 Views 0 comment Print

After the income tax (I-T) department raising a demand of over Rs 600 crore from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the service tax department, another arm of the finance ministry, has slapped as many as 32 show cause notices on Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises for alleged duty evasion to the tune of nearly Rs 64 crore.

Recent High Court decisions on service tax on “Renting of Immovable Property” services

July 1, 2010 945 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon?ble Delhi High Court in case of Home Solution Retail India Ltd. Vs. Union of India and Others (2009- TIOL-196-HC-DEL-ST) had held that renting per se is not a taxable service under the provisions of Section 65(105)(zzzz) of the Finance Act, 1994 („Act?). The Court also held that service tax is a tax on value addition provided by the service provider in the course of renting and insofar as mere renting of immovable property for use in the course of business or commerce is concerned, no value addition is discernible.

Reversal of Cenvat Credit of service tax in case of trading activities

July 1, 2010 7629 Views 0 comment Print

Orion Appliances Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the „appellant?) was engaged in providing maintenance and repair and commissioning and installation services. The appellant was also engaged in trading activities. The appellant availed CENVAT credit of service tax paid on various input services including advertising, security, courier, telephone and banking services which were used in provision of taxable output services as well as for trading activities.

CESTAT Larger Bench decision on levy of service tax in case of turnkey contracts

July 1, 2010 1692 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon?ble CESTAT, Delhi held in case of Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd Vs CCE, Vadodara (‘Daelim’) (2003-TIOL­1 10-CESTAT-DEL) that a works contract cannot be vivisected and a part of it cannot be subjected to service tax. In the case of CCE, Raipur Vs M/s BSBK Pvt. Ltd (2009 (13) STR 26) it was observed by the Hon?ble CESTAT, Delhi that the conclusion in the Daelim case, prima facie, is not in accordance with the law.

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