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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 813 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 537 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 624 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 1617 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 1032 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 1467 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 75699 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 3114 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 2220 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 2166 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Audit Detection, Non-Filing of Returns Alone Don’t Prove Tax Evasion: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding the extended limitation period was not invocable as suppression with inte...

July 18, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Set Top Boxes Allowed as Inputs to Dish TV: CESTAT Allahabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Allahabad set aside interest demand, holding set top boxes qualified as inputs and full CENVAT credit was admissible on rec...

July 17, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Imported Dredger Allowed as Input Under Rule 2(k): CESTAT Hyderabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Hyderabad allowed CENVAT credit on an imported dredger as input under Rule 2(k), set aside the credit demand and disposed o...

July 17, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Performance Bank Guarantee Invocation Quashed for Unrelated Earlier Contract Claim: Calcutta HC

Service Tax : Calcutta HC quashed invocation of a performance bank guarantee for recovery under an earlier contract and directed refund of the g...

July 17, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand on Government Works Contracts Set Aside on Limitation: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax :  CESTAT Kolkata set aside Service Tax demand, interest and penalty, holding issues in favour of the appellant on exemption or lim...

July 17, 2026 90 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 2040 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 972 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 840 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 897 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 2238 Views 0 comment Print


CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand as No Suppression or Intent to Evade Established

June 28, 2026 285 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Kolkata held that the Revenue failed to establish suppression of facts or intent to evade Service Tax during a period of legal uncertainty over the taxability of renting immovable property. It consequently set aside the entire demand as time-barred.

Police Housing Construction Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT Chennai

June 27, 2026 144 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that construction of police quarters for the Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation is excluded from service tax. It set aside the tax demands after following earlier Tribunal decisions on the same issue.

CESTAT Cancels Service Tax Demand as Police Quarters Construction Falls Under Exclusion Category

June 27, 2026 120 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that construction of residential quarters for the Tamil Nadu Police is not liable to service tax as it falls within the exclusion category. The Tribunal set aside the demand, interest, and penalties by following settled precedents.

CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax as Construction Was of Individual Houses, Not Residential Complex

June 27, 2026 120 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that construction of individual houses for Tsunami-affected people does not fall under ‘Construction of Complex Service. The service tax demand was therefore set aside.

Service Tax Demand Quashed as Form 26AS Alone Cannot Establish Tax Liability

June 27, 2026 576 Views 0 comment Print

The Gauhati High Court held that the extended limitation under Section 73 cannot be invoked without specific findings of fraud, suppression, or wilful intent. The Court set aside the service tax demand, interest, and penalty for lack of statutory compliance.

No Service Tax on Jammu & Kashmir Package Tours entirely operated within the State prior to 1-7-2012

June 26, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

Package tours commencing, operating and concluding entirely within the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period October 2005 to September 2010 were outside the scope of levy under Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994. Accordingly, the service tax demand confirmed for the normal period was set aside.

No Service Tax on construction of individual houses for tsunami-affected persons

June 25, 2026 267 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Chennai held that construction of individual houses for tsunami-affected persons does not fall within the definition of a residential complex and is therefore not liable to service tax. The Tribunal set aside the demand after following its earlier decisions on similar rehabilitation projects.

No service tax on maintenance of minimum balance as consideration for Banking Services

June 24, 2026 174 Views 0 comment Print

Non-maintenance of minimum balance by customers did not generate taxable consideration and, therefore, no service tax/GST, interest or penalty could be levied. Revenue was also bound by its earlier acceptance of an identical adjudication order in favour of another bank.

CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit as Tippers Were Put to Use After Becoming Eligible Capital Goods

June 23, 2026 144 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held that CENVAT credit on tippers could not be denied merely because they were received before their inclusion as capital goods. Since the vehicles were registered and put to use after 22.06.2010, the credit was held admissible.

Service Tax Demand Quashed for Reliance Solely on Form 26AS Without Independent Verification

June 23, 2026 309 Views 0 comment Print

The Gauhati High Court held that a service tax demand based only on Form 26AS, without examining the nature of services or taxability, is unsustainable. The Court quashed the tax demand, interest, and penalties.

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