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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


No Service Tax on Construction of Educational Institutions Up to 1 July 2012: CESTAT Chennai

June 18, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai dismissed the Revenue’s appeal after holding that the earlier Tribunal decision had already ruled that service tax on works contract services for construction of educational institutions during the disputed period was unsustainable. The Tribunal found no basis to revive the demand by reclassifying the institutions.

Jharkhand HC Directs Refund Determination as CESTAT Order Required Implementation

June 18, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print

The Jharkhand High Court directed the authority to implement the CESTAT order and determine whether a refund with interest or tax with interest was payable. The exercise must be completed within three months after hearing the petitioner, if necessary.

GTA Service Tax Demand Quashed as Consignment Notes Were Issued by Principal Contractor

June 17, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that a subcontractor arranging transportation on behalf of a principal contractor was not the person liable to pay freight under GTA provisions. The demand was set aside as the principal contractor had already discharged service tax, making the levy unsustainable.

CESTAT Chennai Sets Aside Excise Appeal Rejection as Pre-Deposit Exceeded Requirement

June 17, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai: Appeal Cannot Be Dismissed for Non-Compliance of Pre-Deposit When Mandatory Deposit Was Already Made; Matter Remanded on Merits

CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand as Tea Estate Lease Was Composite Agricultural Arrangement

June 15, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT ruled that labour deployment and use of machinery under the lease arrangement were inseparable from plantation operations. In the absence of independent consideration, separate tax demands were unsustainable.

Consignment Sales Cannot Be Treated as Inter-State Sales Based on Pre-Agreement Evidence

June 15, 2026 675 Views 0 comment Print

Karthik Papers Limited Vs Commercial Tax Officer (CESTAT Delhi) The appeal was filed by Shree Karthik Papers Limited against the portion of the order dated 16.09.2014 passed by the Tamil Nadu Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal (Additional Bench), Coimbatore, which restored the assessment on a turnover of ₹1,51,28,219 as inter-State sales and restored penalty of ₹25,64,365. […]

Karnataka HC Sets Aside Ex Parte Service Tax Order for Absence of Hearing Opportunity

June 15, 2026 237 Views 0 comment Print

The High Court quashed an Order-in-Original after finding that the petitioner alleged lack of notice and denial of hearing. It restored the proceedings for fresh consideration on merits.

Karnataka HC Sets Aside Ex Parte Service Tax Order as No Opportunity of Hearing Was Granted

June 14, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

The Karnataka High Court quashed a service tax order passed under the Finance Act, 1994 after finding that the petitioner alleged lack of notice and denial of an opportunity to respond. The matter was remitted for fresh adjudication on merits.

No Service Tax on Foreign Bank Charges Under RCM: CESTAT Chennai

June 14, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that once an identical dispute involving the same assessee had been settled by a coordinate Bench, there was no basis to uphold the subsequent demand. The appeal was allowed with consequential relief.

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

June 13, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that transportation and distribution of newspapers by road constituted services covered under Section 66D(p) of the Finance Act. The Tribunal ruled that incidental loading and unloading activities did not alter the essential character of the service.

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