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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 75714 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


CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Deposit Insurance Premium to Bank

Service Tax : CESTAT Chandigarh allowed CENVAT credit on DICGC insurance premium, following the Larger Bench ruling that it is an input service ...

July 21, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

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 66 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 78 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


News Broadcasters Association demanded exemptions from service tax

June 13, 2009 1857 Views 0 comment Print

News Broadcasters Association has demanded exemptions in service tax, fringe benefit tax and hike in government advertisement rates as part of its pre-budget proposals. The proposals have been submitted before the finance ministry.

Services covered under BAS can not be classified as C&F Agent Service

May 29, 2009 1167 Views 0 comment Print

The activity of marketing agents was brought under the tax net with effect from 1-7-03 when BAS was introduced; same services could not be classifiable under C&F Agent Service for any previous period as the scope of C&F Agent service was not modified when BAS was introduced in the Finance Act, 1994.

Refund of service tax paid on in relation to the authorised operations in SEZ

May 22, 2009 1545 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 114/08/2009-ST Dated: May 20, 2009. F.No.354/163/2006-TRU Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, (Tax Research Unit),Room No.153, North Block, New Delhi, Subject:   Refund of service tax paid on taxable services taxable services which are provided in relation to the authorised operations in a Special Economic Zone – Reg.              Notification No.9/2009-Service Tax, dated 3.3.2009 was issued to provide refund of […]

Notification on Service Tax Exemption to taxable services consumed within Special Economic Zones

May 21, 2009 2180 Views 0 comment Print

Through Notification No. 9/2009 – ST dated March 3, 2009, the Central Government had provided for an exemption from service tax by way of refund in respect of taxable services in relation to authorized operations that are received by a developer of or a unit in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The same has now been amended by a Notification1 (‘subject Notification’) to restore the exemption in respect of services consumed within the SEZ, without following the refund route.

Notification No. 15/2009 – Service Tax, dated 20-05-2009

May 20, 2009 4457 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 15/2009-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.9/2009-Service Tax, dated the 3rd March, 2009 which was published in the Gazette of India,

Notification No. 14/2009 – Service Tax, dated 15-05-2009

May 15, 2009 546 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 14/2009-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(1A) of section 86 of the Finance Act,1994(32 of 1994), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No.19/2007-Service Tax, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,

Notification No. 13/2009 – Service Tax, dated 15-05-2009

May 15, 2009 624 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 13/2009-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(1A) of section 86 of the Finance Act,1994(32 of 1994), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No.18/2007-Service Tax, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,

SC dismissed service tax demand of over Rs 2200 Crore from Lottery Agents

May 6, 2009 471 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court today has dismissed the appeal of Union of India against the  judgement  in case of Martin Lottery Agencies Ltd. earlier given by  Sikkim High CourtAs a result of dismissal of appeal filed by the Government; the show cause notices demanding service tax of over Rs 2200 Crore from Lottery Agents are liable to […]

Shocking-95% Appeals By Deptt. Quashed By CESTAT – Bangalore

May 5, 2009 849 Views 0 comment Print

 Believe it, 90 per cent of the appeals filed by the Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Department of our nation against assessees, who had received a favourable order at the lower level, have been dismissed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), South Zonal Bench, Bangalore during the year 2008. Out […]

Service tax credit cannot be taken when service tax has not been shown to have been paid by service provider

May 4, 2009 6404 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax credit cannot be taken when service tax has not been shown to have been paid by service provider; once it is found that Cenvat credit was irregularly availed by the assessee and by implication to that extent the service tax on the output service was short paid, it has to be recovered under Rule 14 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.

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