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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 705 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 483 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 576 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 1497 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 969 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 1455 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 75531 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 3072 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 2181 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 2124 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Transportation of Newspapers Not Taxable as Cargo Handling as Road Transport Falls Under Negative List

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that transportation and distribution of newspapers by road constituted services covered under Section 66D(p) of ...

June 13, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Confirms Franchise Service Tax Liability Due to Lack of Evidence on Unreceived Payments

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi sustained the service tax demand after finding that the royalty amounts were based on receipts acknowledged by the ap...

June 13, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

Can Service Tax Be Levied on What a Company Pays Its Own Overseas Offices?

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that overseas liaison offices functioning merely as communication channels cannot be treated as separate service...

June 11, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

RCM on Freight Cannot Be Applied Blindly: CESTAT Explains Why Every Transporter Is Not a GTA

Service Tax : The ruling clarifies that consignment notes carry legal significance under the Finance Act and Service Tax Rules for determining G...

June 10, 2026 417 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Not Payable under Support Service as Railways Merely Licensed Advertisement Space

Service Tax : The Tribunal observed that payment of licence fees for exclusive use of demarcated spaces amounted to renting of immovable propert...

June 9, 2026 165 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 2004 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 954 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 819 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 867 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 2175 Views 0 comment Print


Notification No. 32/97-Service Tax, Dated: 25.07.1997

July 25, 1997 1000 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 an outdoor caterer from the service tax leviable on the gross amount charged from the client for services in relation to catering by such caterer if such caterer is located within the premises of any academic institution or medical establishment and is providing such services only within such premises.

Notification No. 31/97-Service Tax, Dated: 25.07.1997

July 25, 1997 847 Views 0 comment Print

Provided tat the said exemption shall apply only if the outdoor caterer providing catering services is located within the premises of any office, factory or similar establishments and is providing such services only within such premises.

Notification No. 30/97-Service Tax, Dated: 25.07.1997

July 25, 1997 994 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 an outdoor caterer from so much of the service tax liviable on such caterer, as is in excess of the amount of service tax calculated on fifty per cent. Of the gross amount charged from the client by such caterer for the services provided in relation to catering.

Notification No. 29/97-Service Tax, Dated: 25.07.1997

July 25, 1997 649 Views 0 comment Print

G.S.R.416(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by 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. 28/97-Service Tax, Dated: 25.07.1997

July 25, 1997 1162 Views 0 comment Print

G.S.R.416(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Finance Act, 1997 (26 of 1997), the Central Government hereby appointes the 1st day of August, 1997, as the date on which the service tax on taxable services specified in sub-clause (n) and (o) of clause (41) of section 65 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) shall come into force.

Service Tax Order No. 4/1/97 Dated 11.07.1997

July 11, 1997 642 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 3 of Service Tax rules, 1994, the Central Board Excise and Customs hereby makes the following amendment in Order No. 3/3/94 Service Tax Rules (3) dated the 11th October, 1994: in the opening paragraph, in the Table under the column titled “Assesse”, for the sub-clauses (vi) and (iv) against Serial No. 2 and 4 respectively, the following shall be substituted

Notification No. 27/97-Service Tax, Dated: 11.07.1997

July 11, 1997 1150 Views 0 comment Print

In relation to services provided by a clearing and forwarding agent, every person who engages a clearing and forwarding agent and by whom remuneration or commission (by whatever name called) is paid for such services to the said agent.

Notification No. 26/97-Service Tax, Dated: 11.07.1997

July 11, 1997 1918 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 July, 1997, as the date on which the service tax on taxable service specified in sub-clause (j) and (r) of clause (41) of section 65 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) shall come into force.

Trade Notice No. 7/97 (Service Tax) Dated 04.07.1997

July 4, 1997 729 Views 0 comment Print

Attention of the Trade/Public and all concerned, is invited to Section 88 of the Finance Act, 1997 which provides, interalia, for charging of service tax on the services rendered by Consulting Engineers and Manpower Recruitment Agency, Levy of Service Tax on these services will come into force from 7.7.97 vide Notification No. 23/97-Service Tax dt. 2.7.97 Notification No. 24/97-Service Tax dt. 2.7.97 has been issued to define the person responsible for collecting the Service Tax in relation to the services provided by the Consulting Engineers and Manpower Recruitment Agency

Trade Notice No. 50 CE ( Service Tax )/97 Dated 04.07.1997

July 4, 1997 669 Views 0 comment Print

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 to further amend the Service Tax Rules, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules ), mainly:- (i) These rules may be called the Service Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules,1997.

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