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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


Grant of reward to informers & Government servants – Review of Policy, Procedure & Guidelines

April 16, 2004 6642 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to refer to Ministry’s letter of even number dated the 20th June, 2001 (Annex) on the above subject and to state that the policy/procedure/guidelines in respect of grant of reward to Informers and Government servants contained in the said letter stand modified to the extent indicated below :-

Corrigendum to Notification No. 04/2004-ST, dated 31-03-2004

April 12, 2004 591 Views 0 comment Print

In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance( Department of Revenue) No. 4/2004-Service Tax, dated the 31st March,2004 , published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 31st March,2004, with G.S.R.248(E), dated the 31st March,2004, at pages 1 to 3

Notification No. 4/2004 – Service Tax Dated- 31st March, 2004

March 31, 2004 3654 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 4/2004 – Service Tax Dated-  31st March, 2004         In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 ( 32 of 1994)  and    in supersession of the notification  of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs ( Department of […]

Circular No. 78/08/2004-ST dated 23.03.2004

March 23, 2004 933 Views 0 comment Print

Representation have been received in the Board with regard to levy of service tax on the activities undertaken by the television serial producers

Notification No. 3/2004-Service Tax, Dated: 11.03.2004

March 11, 2004 1141 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of powers conferred by clause (b) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 19944 (1 of 1944) and rule 3 of the Service Tax Rules, 1944, read with clause (4) section 65 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints the officers mentioned in the column (2) of the Table below as Central Excise Officers and invests them with all the powers to be exercised by them throughout the territory of India as are exercisable by the Central Excise Officer of the corresponding rank as specified in the column (3) of the said Table, such powers being the powers being the powers of a Central Excise Officer conferred under Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) and the Service Tax Rules, 1994 regarding any taxable service.

Circular No. 77/07/2004-ST dated 10.03.2004

March 10, 2004 636 Views 0 comment Print

An issue has been raised seeking clarification on the ambiguity in the provisions of Rule 3(5) of the Service Tax Credit Rules, 2002 which reads that ‘in case the service provider, opts not to maintain separate accounts of input service meant for consumption in relation to rendering of such output service which are chargeable to service tax as well as exempted services or non-taxable services, he shall be allowed to utilize service tax credit for payment of service tax on any output service only to the extent of an amount not exceeding thirty five percent of the amount of service tax payable on such output service

Circular No.76/6/2004-ST dated 03.03.2004

March 3, 2004 957 Views 0 comment Print

The Board has received representation from PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry with regard to general difficulties being faced by Service Tax assessees.

Circular No. 75/5/2004-ST dated 03.03.2004

March 3, 2004 1848 Views 0 comment Print

Any orders passed by Addl. Commissioners/Joint Commissioners can neither be revised (u/s 84) nor can it be appealed before any appellate authority (u/s 85 and u/s 86). Therefore, in order to avoid problems of appeals against the orders passed by Joint Commissioners /Additional Commissioners/ Commissioners of Central Excise, an amendment was carried out in section 73 of the Finance Act, 1994 on 16.7.2001, which limited the authority to ACs /DCs of Central Excise for issuing the Show Cause Notices for short levy of service tax and also determination of such short levy by way of adjudication

Regarding Audit of Service Tax Assessees – Circular No. 775/8/2004-CX

February 18, 2004 2340 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 775/8/2004-CX 17th  February, 2004. F.No. 206/03/2003-CX.6 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise & Customs  Subject : Audit of Service Tax Assessees   – regarding.               Attention is invited to Board’s Circular No.19/13/96 dated 21.11.96 wherein instructions were issued relating to visit of Central Excise officers […]

Notification No. 02/2004-ST, dated 05-02-2004

February 5, 2004 858 Views 0 comment Print

5th February, 2004 Notification No. 2/2004 – Service Tax             In exercise of the powers conferred by section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts taxable service (other than service in relation to a package […]

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