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Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...
Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...
Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...
Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...
Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...
Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...
Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...
Service Tax : Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...
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...
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...
Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that excavation, extraction, grading, and sorting of iron ore are mining-related activities taxable only und...
Service Tax : The Tribunal held that service tax cannot be demanded again when the service provider has already collected and deposited the tax....
Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that screening and grading of iron ore are mining-related activities covered under the taxable category of M...
Service Tax : The dispute concerned denial of 67% abatement on construction and works contract services involving supply of materials. CESTAT he...
Service Tax : The Tribunal held that Cenvat credit is available only in relation to taxable services and not for trading activities. The case wa...
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...
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-...
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...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...
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...
CESTAT Delhi held that Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) is not liable to pay service tax on their statutory activities performed in terms of ‘The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952’ (EPM & MP Act, 1952).
Supreme Court held that User Development Fee (UDF) is in the form of ‘tax or cess’ collected for financing the cost of future projects and is not a consideration for services provided by the assessee to the customer, visitors, passengers, vendors etc.
Karnataka High Court held that lessor is merely obliged to collect the service tax and remit it to the department. A lessee being the person who avails of service is liable to pay service tax to the lessor.
CESTAT Delhi held that the hostel service and education services are naturally bundled in the ordinary course of business and it is the education service that gives the essential character to such bundle. Accordingly, hostel service is not subjected to levy of service tax.
CESTAT Kolkata held that in absence of service receiver and service provider relationship, there is no service tax liability under reverse charge mechanism (RCM) for payment of service tax, vide notification 30/2012 ST (Sr. No. 9 of the table) dated 20.06. 2012 as amended.
CESTAT held that amount collected by selling study material is not a taxable service, hence, no service tax leviable on sale of coaching material.
SC held that neither is there any compulsion to levy development fee nor is collection conditional upon its deposit in government treasury.
Supreme Court held that ‘User Development Fee’ collected by Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd, Delhi International Airpirt Pvt Ltd and Hyderabad International Airport Pvt Ltd were not subject to Service Tax.
CESTAT held that, there should be mens rea to evade payment of service tax for demand of service tax and penalty beyond period of limitation.
Discover the CESTAT, Chennai ruling on Service Tax liability for liquidated damages. Explore the case of M/s. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and understand why recovery of damages is not considered a taxable service. Stay informed on GST implications with insights from circular no. 178/10/2022-GST.
