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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 669 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 468 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 552 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 1443 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 951 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 1443 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 75486 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 3066 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 2157 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 2109 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Grants Cum-Tax Benefit as Service Tax Was Not Collected Separately: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : The CESTAT Chennai held that where service tax was not separately recovered from recipients, the gross receipts must be treated as...

May 28, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Dismisses Delayed Service Tax Challenge Filed After Four Years

Service Tax : The High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a service tax order due to an inordinate delay of nearly four years. The Cour...

May 28, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Remands Service Tax Case Due to Failure to File Grounds of Appeal in ST-4 Form

Service Tax : The Mumbai CESTAT remanded a service tax dispute after finding that the appellant failed to include grounds of appeal in the presc...

May 25, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Refund Claim Cannot Be Rejected Without Examining Double Service Tax Payment and Credit Eligibility

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi set aside the refund rejection order after finding that issues relating to double payment of service tax and CENVAT c...

May 25, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

Srvice tax exemption cannot be denied for late EXP-1 & EXP-2 form filing

Service Tax : CESTAT ruled that the Department failed to consider ST-3 returns and service tax already discharged by the assessee. The Tribunal ...

May 24, 2026 135 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 936 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 798 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 2136 Views 0 comment Print


Service Tax on Software Activation Charges in Telecom System

July 17, 2023 645 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the landmark CESTAT Ahmedabad order on whether service tax is applicable to software activation charges under Business Auxiliary Service in the case of Avaya Global Connect Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST

Adda Fee cannot be equated to ‘Business Support Service’

July 17, 2023 1266 Views 0 comment Print

The recent ruling by CESTAT on Chandigarh Transport Corporation Vs Commissioner of Central Excise has declared that the collection of Adda fee by transport corporations as part of statutory functions does not amount to “Business Auxiliary Service” (BAS).

CENVAT Credit Permissible Even Without Registration Under Rule 5

July 17, 2023 1284 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about CESTAT’s recent ruling in the Aricent Technologies case, which validates the grant of CENVAT credit even when service-exporting premises are not registered under Rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules.

Penalties & interest cannot be imposed Retrospectively on Service Tax

July 16, 2023 3081 Views 0 comment Print

ead the full text of the CESTAT Chennai order in the case of Commissioner, Namakkal Municipality Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise. The case deals with the imposition of penalties and interest on service tax retrospectively. The CESTAT Chennai sets aside the interest and penalties, citing the retrospective amendment and the principle of non-ex post facto penalties.

Refund for Mistakenly Paid Duty cannot be denied if claimed within time Prescribed (Section 11B)

July 16, 2023 1038 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that refund of duty paid under mistake of law cannot be denied when the refund claim is filed within the time prescribed under section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944.

Unjustified Reconciliation Statement Rejection: CESTAT Orders Re-adjudication

July 16, 2023 396 Views 0 comment Print

In a dispute involving Jagat Janani Services and the Commissioner of Central Excise, CESTAT Kolkata has ordered re-adjudication after the original adjudicating authority rejected a reconciliation statement without adequate reasoning.

Collection of toll cannot be considered as provision of Business Auxiliary Service to NHAI

July 15, 2023 1119 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chandigarh held that collection of toll by the assessee would not be considered as Business Auxiliary Service provided to NHAI as the assessee is not rendering any service which is incidental or auxiliary on behalf of NHAI and the NHAI is not undertaking any business activity.

Service tax exemption for services provided to SEZ unit cannot be denied for procedural requirement

July 15, 2023 3372 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that service provided to SEZ units are exempt from service tax vide notification no. 09/2009-ST dated 03.03.2009. Exemption benefit cannot be denied for procedural requirement.

CESTAT Remands Differential Service Tax Demand on Various Services

July 15, 2023 420 Views 0 comment Print

In a tax dispute involving Metro Engineers, the CESTAT Ahmedabad has ordered a remand for reevaluation of service tax demands. The case highlights issues of differential service tax on various services and the potential misuse of penalty provisions.

Service Tax Refund Cannot Be Rejected for Invoicing to Agent

July 15, 2023 657 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad, in case of Khushi Enterprise vs C.C.E. & S.T.-Daman, has upheld the right to a service tax refund on export of goods, emphasizing that an invoice to an agent is just as valid as an invoice to principal.

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