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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 825 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 1626 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 75711 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 2175 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No Extended Limitation Where Service Tax Liability Was Legally Debatable: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand as time-barred, holding the Department failed to establish wilful intent to evade ...

July 21, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Extended Limitation & Penalty Not Invocable in Interpretational Service Tax Disputes: SC

Service Tax : Supreme Court reversed the programme producer service demand, restricted the first show cause notice to the normal limitation peri...

July 21, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand on Common CENVAT Credit & Abatement Quashed: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding common input service credit admissible under Rule 6(5) despite abatement ...

July 21, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

Refund Allowed as Unjust Enrichment Not Established for Reversed CENVAT Credit: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi allowed refund of reversed CENVAT credit, holding unjust enrichment was not attracted as the service tax burden was n...

July 21, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

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 79 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 2250 Views 0 comment Print


service tax – If payment is made before adjudication, the quantum of penalty has to be restricted to 25%

December 21, 2010 1539 Views 0 comment Print

his appeal has been preferred by the revenue under Section 35G of the Cental Excise Act, 1944 (for short, the Act) against the order of the Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi dated 19.6.2009 (Annexure A-3) proposing to raise following substantial question of law

Notification No. 57/2010- Service Tax, Dated: 21.12.2010

December 21, 2010 472 Views 0 comment Print

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 makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance.

Notification No. 56/2010-Service Tax, Dated: 21.12.2010

December 21, 2010 465 Views 0 comment Print

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 makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.08/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(i), vide number G.S.R. 152 (E), dated the 27th February, 2010, namely.

Transport of goods by rail – exemption extended till March, 31 2011

December 21, 2010 483 Views 0 comment Print

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 makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.07/2010-Service Tax, dated the 27th February, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, Section 3, Sub-section(i), vide number G.S.R. 151 (E), dated the 27th February, 2010, namely.

Notification No. 54/2010-Service Tax, Dated: 21.12.2010

December 21, 2010 1946 Views 0 comment Print

Amends notification no. 24/2009 – management, maintenance and repair service – exemption extended to repair of roads, bridges, tunnels, dams, airports, railways and transport terminals- Notification No. 54/2010-ST

Packaged or canned software exempted from service tax, where duty of excise or duty of customs, as the case may be, has been paid

December 21, 2010 771 Views 0 comment Print

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 exempts the taxable service referred to in item (v) of sub-clause (zzzze) of clause (105) of section 65 of the said Finance Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘such service’), for packaged or canned software (hereinafter referred to as ‘said goods’) from the whole of service tax, subject to the condition that.

Notification No. 52/2010-Service Tax, Dated: 21.12.2010

December 21, 2010 534 Views 0 comment Print

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 rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 17/2010- Service Tax, dated 27th February, 2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, PartII, Section3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 161 (E), dated 27th February, 2010, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.

Rescinds notification no. 02/2010 – Exemption to software where duty of excise was paid- Notification No. 51/2010-ST dated -21-12-2010

December 21, 2010 525 Views 0 comment Print

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 rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 02/2010- Service Tax, dated 27th February, 2010.

Johnny and Service Tax Refund [Series- II] – Part 5- “Condition relating to Time Limit of One Year”

December 21, 2010 643 Views 0 comment Print

we in this article are unveiling the problems existing in the Service tax refund mechanism under various services as specified in the Notification No. 17/2009-ST (herein after referred to as Said Notification). For example CHA service, Port Service,

FAQ on Advance Ruling under Service Tax Act

December 20, 2010 5017 Views 0 comment Print

What is meant by advance ruling? Advance ruling means the determination, by the Authority, of a question of law or fact specified in the application regarding the liability to pay service tax in relation to service proposed to be provided, by the a

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