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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 651 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 447 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 540 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 1416 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 939 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 1434 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 75459 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 3051 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 2154 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 2103 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Technology Transfer Under India-Russia Defence Agreement Not Taxable as Consultancy Service: CESTAT Hyderabad

Service Tax : Tribunal ruled that payments made for transfer of technology, technical documents, and manufacturing assistance under an inter-gov...

May 22, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Air Ticket Booking Alone Not Taxable as ‘Tour Operator’ Service: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that mere trading in air tickets did not amount to taxable “Tour Operator” service. The Tribunal ruled tha...

May 22, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand Set Aside for reliance on Form 26AS & TDS Data Without Proper Examination

Service Tax : The Karnataka High Court set aside a service tax order after observing that the authority failed to properly examine exemption cla...

May 22, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Grants SEZ Service Tax Exemption as Place of Rendering Service Is Irrelevant

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that services provided to SEZ units for authorised operations remain exempt from service tax even if part of t...

May 22, 2026 174 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Sets Aside ₹5.31 Crore Service Tax Demand on SEZ Sub-Contractor Due to SEZ Exemption

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that services rendered by a sub-contractor for authorized operations within an SEZ are eligible for exemptio...

May 21, 2026 189 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 924 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 792 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 2124 Views 0 comment Print


Notification No. 43/97-Service Tax, Dated: 05.11.1997

November 5, 1997 766 Views 0 comment Print

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 the taxable service provided by a goods transport operator from the levy of service tax on taxable service rendered by such operator to a customer in relation to carriage of goods by road, where the freight for such carriage is paid or is liable to be paid by any person or his agent, other than.

Notification No. 42/97-Service Tax, Dated: 05.11.1997

November 5, 1997 616 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub- section (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.

Notification No. 41/97-Service Tax, Dated: 05.11.1997

November 5, 1997 1105 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Finance Act, 1997 (26 of 1997), the Central Government hereby appoints the 16th day of November, 1997, as the date on which the service tax on taxable service specified in sub-clause (m) of clause (41) of section 65 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) shall come into force.

Trade Notice No. 69 CE (Service Tax) / 97 dated 29.08.1997

August 29, 1997 499 Views 0 comment Print

The Trade is hereby informed that 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 provided by a tour operator from so much of the service tax leviable on such operator, as is in excess of the amount of service tax calculated on forty per cent. Of the gross amount charged from any person by such operator for the services provided in relation to a tour, where the tour operator provides a package tour to any person and the bill issued for this purpose indicates that it is inclusive of charges for such a tour.

Trade Notice No. 70 CE (Service Tax)/97 Dated 29.08.1997

August 29, 1997 388 Views 0 comment Print

The Trade is hereby informed that 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 Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the Public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable service provided by a tour operator from so much of the service tax leviable on such operator, for the services provided in relation to a tour, if the tour operator is providing services solely of arranging or booking accommodation for any person in relation to a tour and the bill issued for this purpose indicates that it is towards charges for such accommodation.

Trade Notice No. 71 CE (Service Tax) / 97 Datd 29.08.1997

August 29, 1997 645 Views 0 comment Print

Attention of the Trade is invited to this Office Trade Notice No. 67 to 70 CE (Service Tax) / 97 dated 29.8.97 through which it has been informed about the imposition of Service Tax on the services rendered by Tour Operators w.e.f. 1st September, 1997 in terms of Notification 37 / 97 to 40 / 97-ST dated 22.8.97 – Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue

Trade Notice No. 68 CE (Service Tax) /97 Dated 29.08.1997

August 29, 1997 405 Views 0 comment Print

he Trade is hereby informed that in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (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

Notification No. 40/97-Service Tax, Dated: 22.08.1997

August 22, 1997 943 Views 0 comment Print

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 provided by a tour operator from so much of the service tax leviable on such operator, as is in excess of the amount of service tax calculated on ten per cent.

Notification No. 39/97-Service Tax, Dated: 22.08.1997

August 22, 1997 1111 Views 0 comment Print

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 provided by a tour operator from so much of the service tax leviable on such operator, as is in excess of the amount of service tax calculated on forty per cent. Of the gross amount charged from any person by such operator for the services provided in relation to a tour, where the tour operator provides a package tour to any person and the bill issued for this purpose indicates that it is inclusive of charges for such a tour.

Notification No. 38/97-Service Tax, Dated: 22.08.1997

August 22, 1997 520 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (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

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