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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


From Today Air Travel will cost you Rs. 103 Extra

July 1, 2010 621 Views 0 comment Print

Effective July 1, 2010, the Government of India has levied a Service Tax that will be applicable on domestic air travel. Kindly note, the applicable Service Tax will be INR 103 per passenger, per sector inclusive of cess.

No service tax on commercial or industrial construction service provided wholly within the airport

June 30, 2010 1326 Views 0 comment Print

From July 1 this year, no service tax will be levied on taxable service of commercial or industrial construction provided wholly within the airport. Similarly, the taxable service of commercial or industrial construction, when provided within the port or other ports for construction, repair, alteration and renovation of wharves, quays, docks, stages, jetties, piers and railways, will also not be levied a service tax from the beginning of July.

Accounting Codes for the new taxable services introduced vide the Finance (No. 14) Act, 2010- Service Tax Circular No. 124/6/2010-TRU, dated 29-6-2010

June 30, 2010 1164 Views 0 comment Print

Accounting Codes for the taxable services introduced vide the Finance (No. 14) Act, 2010.Circular No. 124/6/2010-TRU, dated 29-6-2010. Heads of Account under the Major Head “0044-Service Tax” in respect of the new taxable services have been allotted by the Office of the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts, CBEC.

Exempts certain services when provided wholly within the port or other port or airport- Notification No. 41/2010 – Service Tax

June 29, 2010 990 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 41/2010 – Service Tax, New Delhi, the 28th June, 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 wholly within the port or other port or airport, namely,-

Amends Notification No.1/2006-Service Tax, dated 1st March, 2006-Notification No. 40/2010-Service Tax

June 29, 2010 1341 Views 0 comment Print

hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 1/2006-Service Tax, dated the 1st March, 2006, G.S.R. 115(E), dated the 1 st March, 2006, with effect from the 1st day of July, 2010, namely:-

Amends Service Tax Rules, 1994-Notification No. 39/2010 – Service Tax

June 29, 2010 1470 Views 0 comment Print

“Provided that in case the provider of taxable service is aircraft operator providing the service of air transport of passenger, an invoice, a bill or as the case may be, challan shall include ticket in any form by whatever name called and whether or not containing registration number of the service provider, classification of the service received and address of the service receiver but containing other information in such documents as required under this sub-rule.”.

Exempts certain taxable service of commercial or industrial construction – Notification No. 38/2010-Service Tax

June 29, 2010 1038 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 38/2010-Service Tax- Central Government hereby exempts the taxable service of commercial or industrial construction referred to in sub-clause (zzq) of clause 105 of section 65 of the Finance Act, when provided wholly within the port or other port, for construction, repair, alteration and renovation of wharves, quays, docks, stages, jetties, piers and railways, from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act.

Notification No. 38/2010-Service Tax dated 28th June, 2010

June 28, 2010 963 Views 0 comment Print

exempts the taxable service of commercial or industrial construction referred to in sub-clause (zzq) of clause 105 of section 65 of the Finance Act, when provided wholly within the port or other port, for construction, repair, alteration and renovation of wharves, quays, docks, stages, jetties, piers and railways, from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act.

Notification No. 37/2010-Service Tax, Dated-28th June, 2010

June 28, 2010 1080 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 37/2010-Service Tax Service provided by airports authority or any other person in any airport in respect of the export of said goods.

Regarding exemption to certain taxable services-Notification No. 36/2010 – Service Tax

June 28, 2010 3817 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 36/2010 – Service Tax exempts the taxable services specified in clause (A) of section 76 of the Finance Act, 2010 (14 of 2010) other than services referred to in clause (zzc) and (zzzz) of sub-section (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act from so much of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act as is in excess of the service tax calculated on a value which is equivalent to the amount of advance payment received before the said appointed date.

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