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No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 1602 Views 0 comment Print

Credit cannot be denied due to incorrect description of Service on invoices when Service Tax has been correctly paid

Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai, in Tata AIG case, rules credit can't be denied for incorrect service description on invoices when correct service t...

December 16, 2023 1386 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 1797 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1116 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Advance Club Membership Fees: CESTAT Ruling

Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...

November 2, 2023 1395 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 1140 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 73626 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 2769 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 1821 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 1734 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Quashing of SCN on One Demand Doesn’t Restrict Adjudication on Other Demands: Delhi HC

Service Tax : The Respondent was engaged in the business of fabrication and fixing of aluminium utensils. Respondent had availed CENVAT credit o...

February 20, 2025 36 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta HC quashes duplicate service tax demand for same period

Service Tax : The Calcutta High Court quashes a duplicate service tax demand for the same period in Arjun Chettri vs Union of India & Ors, order...

February 17, 2025 147 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Cannot Be Levied Solely Based on ITR Data: Bombay HC

Service Tax : Bombay High Court rules that service tax cannot be imposed solely on income tax return data. The department may issue a fresh noti...

February 11, 2025 8250 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Refund Claims Must Cite Notification & Provision: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad rules that refund claims must clearly specify the notification and legal provision under which they are sought. P...

February 11, 2025 99 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax payable only on service component in case of retreading tyres: Karnataka HC

Service Tax : Karnataka High Court held that in case of service of retreading tyres, service tax is payable only with respect to the service com...

February 11, 2025 60 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 1731 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 624 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 525 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 558 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 1452 Views 0 comment Print


Imposition of service tax on composite works contract prior to 1st July 2007 is untenable

July 19, 2023 795 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that imposition of service tax on composite works contract prior to 1st July 2007 i.e. prior to introduction of works contract service is unjustified and untenable in law.

Order confirming demand under ‘Cargo Handling Service’ which was not proposed in notice is unsustainable

July 19, 2023 642 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held that there was no proposal to demand service tax under ‘Cargo Handling Service’ in the Notice, however, in the impugned order the adjudicating authority classified the services under ‘Cargo Handling Service’. Hence, adjudicating authority has travelled beyond the scope of the Notice, which is legally not sustainable.

No Service tax on incentives received by travel agents from airlines or CRS companies

July 19, 2023 2277 Views 0 comment Print

HC held that Performance linked bonus (PLB) and Computer reservation service (CRS) fees received by airline agents are not subject to service tax under the category of ‘Business Auxiliary Services’ (BAS).

Department cannot invoke extended period without proving suppression of fact

July 19, 2023 1227 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that assessee had not suppressed any facts and thus, extended period of limitation cannot be invoked and willful suppression of facts is essential to invoke the extended period of limitation

Unsustainable Demand: Cenvat Credit Reversed on Exempted Services

July 19, 2023 747 Views 0 comment Print

An insightful analysis of the CESTAT Ahmedabad’s ruling in Magnam Netlink Pvt. Ltd. Vs C.C.E. & S.T case, emphasizing the legality of cenvat credit reversal on exempted services like “Trading”.

No Service Tax on Consulting Engineering Service for Road Construction in J&K

July 18, 2023 957 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that the service tax is not applicable to the services provided in the State of J&K irrespective of the service provider being from the said State or otherwise. Accordingly, service tax is not leviable on Consulting Engineering Services rendered to the clients for construction of road in the State of J&K.

Sharing service of corporate staff with group companies is covered within ‘manpower recruitment or supply agency’

July 18, 2023 582 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that the sharing services of their corporate staff with the group of companies is covered by the definition of ‘manpower recruitment or supply agency’ as defined in Section 65(105)(k) of FA, 1994 read with section 65(68) ibid.

Demand invoking extended period unsustained as notice issued after two years of departmental knowledge

July 18, 2023 1107 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that entire demand invoking extended period of limitation unsustainable as show cause notice was issued after more than two years of the facts coming to the knowledge of the department.

No Penalty When Service Tax Paid with Interest Pre-Issuance of SCN

July 17, 2023 2967 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the pivotal judgment of CESTAT in the case between National Power Engineering Company and the Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise, where no penalty was imposed after entire service tax and interest were paid before the issuance of the Show Cause Notice.

Composite contract of supply of goods and services is rightly classifiable under ‘Works Contract Services’

July 17, 2023 1257 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that work orders include the charge supply of goods and fixing and finishing of tiles/granite/marbles such composite contracts involving both supply of goods and services are rightly classifiable under ‘work contract services’.

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