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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 1593 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 1782 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 73623 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


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 120 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 8169 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 93 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 54 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax is not chargeable on reimbursement of expenses: SC

Service Tax : Supreme Court upholds CESTAT's decision, ruling no service tax is applicable on reimbursement of expenses, as no service element e...

February 1, 2025 1410 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


No Service Tax liability when construction of flat is for personal use of service recipient

May 11, 2023 1107 Views 0 comment Print

Projects executed prior to June 01, 2007, which were in the nature of composite works contract, could not be brought within the fold of commercial or industrial construction service or CC services and for the period post June 01, 2007, the liability to pay Service Tax could be fastened under CC services only if the activities were in the nature of service simpliciter.

Service tax not payable on assisting registration of vehicles with RTO

May 10, 2023 1269 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that assisting the registration of the vehicles with the Regional Transport Office (RTO) tax cannot be considered a declared service under section 66E(e) of the Finance Act, 1994. Accordingly, demand of the service tax set aside.

Deposit insurance activity of DICGC falls within ambit of ‘General Insurance Business’

May 10, 2023 1113 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that the deposit insurance activity of Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation, Mumbai (DICGC) falls within the ambit of section 65(105)(d) of the Finance Act, 1994 and is chargeable to Service Tax under “General Insurance Business”.

Appointment of CAA in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd.

May 9, 2023 1731 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd. vide Order No. 08/2023-Services Tax Dated: 9th May, 2023. F.No. CBIC-110267/42/2023-CX-VIII SECTION-CBEC Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs CX & ST wing New Delhi Order No. 08/2023-Services Tax | […]

Profit on ocean freight charges not leviable to service tax

May 9, 2023 3306 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that profit on ocean freight charges cannot be termed as consideration for service and hence service tax is not leviable on the same.

Designing & Execution of Stalls on Customer’s Request is Work Contract not Interior Decorator service

May 9, 2023 1101 Views 0 comment Print

Praveg Communications India Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST (CESTAT Ahmedabad) In the present case, the appellant’s activity being of setting-up of stalls for exhibition or events cannot be considered to be classified under Interior Decorator’s service for the reason that there is neither any element of beautification of space nor any provision […]

Hotel not liable to pay service tax on complementary services of conference hall

May 8, 2023 873 Views 0 comment Print

No service tax on Mandap Keeper Service in respect of corporate booking of rooms where conference hall is provided as a complementary service.

No service tax payable on construction of flat which is for personal use of service recipient

May 6, 2023 1092 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that there is no Service Tax liability as and when the construction of flat is for the personal use of the service recipient.

Service tax not leviable on purchase of land from landowners and re-sale to Real Estate Developers

May 6, 2023 6438 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that purchase of land from landowners and re-sale of the same to Real Estate Developers doesn’t fall under the category of ‘Real Estate Agency Service’ and hence not liable to service tax.

Supplying of labour is not classifiable under ‘Cargo Handling Service’

May 6, 2023 372 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that supplying labour doesn’t qualify as ‘Cargo Handling Services’. The goods do not become cargo as any movement of goods within the factory does not make it a cargo.

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