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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 939 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


Notification No. 30/2005-ST, dated 10-08-2005

August 10, 2005 2376 Views 0 comment Print

Powers for the purpose of adjudging a penalty under Chapter V of the Finance Act Date: 10th August, 2005 Notification No. 30/2005-Service Tax GSR 527(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by section 83A of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby confers on the Central Excise […]

Circular No.80/1/2005- ST dated 10.08.2005

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Attention is invited to Board’s Circular No. 75/5/2004-ST dated 03.03.2004 which specifies that only Assistant Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise is empowered to issue a demand notice and adjudicate such notice under section 73 of the Finance Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act)

Notification No. 29/2005-ST, dated 15-07-2005

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Exempts the taxable service, referred to in sub-clause (zzn) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, provided to any person, by an aircraft operator, in relation to transport of export goods by aircraft, from the whole of the service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the said Finance Act Date: 15th […]

Notification No. 28/2005-ST, dated 07-06-2005

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Export of Services (Amendment) Rules, 2005 Date: 7th June, 2005 Notification No. 28/2005-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Export of Services Rules, 2005, namely :–    […]

Notification No. 27/2005-ST, dated 07-06-2005

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Service Tax (Registration of Special Category of Persons) Rules, 2005 Date: 7th June, 2005 Notification No. 27/2005-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2)  of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) […]

Notification No. 26/2005-ST, dated 07-06-2005

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Specifies the following person or class of persons who shall make an application for registration under the provisions of the sub-section (2) of section 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 Date: 7th June, 2005 Notification No. 26/2005-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 […]

Notification No. 25/2005-ST, dated 07-06-2005

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Exempts any taxable service provided to an individual by a service provider, where the said taxable services are received and consumed outside India, by such individual, not in the course or furtherance of commerce or industry or any other business Date: 7th June, 2005 Notification No. 25/2005-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by […]

Notification No. 24/2005-ST, dated 07-06-2005

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Amends notification No. 36/2004-Service Tax, dated the 31st December, 2004 Date: 7th June, 2005 Notification No. 24/2005-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 68 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, […]

Notification No. 23/2005-Service Tax dated 7th June, 2005

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7th June, 2005 Notification No. 23/2005-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Service Tax Rules, 1994, namely :–                1.     (1) These rules may be called […]

Notification No. 22/2005-ST, dated 07-06-2005

June 7, 2005 891 Views 0 comment Print

Exempts the taxable services specified in sub-clauses (h), (i), (j), (zn), (zr), (zza), (zzg), (zzi) and (zzl) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act provided by a non-resident person outside India and consumed outside India, in the course of sailing of a ship subject to certain conditions Date: 7th June, 2005 Notification […]

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