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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 1035 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 93 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 54 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


Service tax not leviable on provision as per GAAP for sharing expenditure of receipt of sponsorship services

July 4, 2023 819 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that the provisions made in the books of account by the appellant as per the GAAP towards sharing the expenditure on account of receipt of sponsorship services cannot be subjected to tax.

Claim of wrong availment of abatement doesn’t amount to mis-declaration so demand of normal period sustained

July 3, 2023 1428 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that claim of wrong availment of abatement via ST-3 returns doesn’t amount to mis-declaration. Hence, extended period of limitation cannot be invoked and demand for normal period sustained.

Abatement under Service Tax Requires Inclusion of Free Supply Material Cost

July 3, 2023 1803 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad rules that to avail abatement under Notification No. 01/2006-ST, the cost of material provided by the service recipient must be included in the gross value of construction service.

No Service Tax on BSNL Commission Included in Gross SIM Card Sale Price

July 3, 2023 1407 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad holds that no separate service tax can be levied on the commission received by the appellant from BSNL, when it’s included in the gross sale price of SIM cards. This verdict aligns with previous judgments favoring the assessee.

IPL Player’s Brand Promotion doesn’t Fall under Business Auxiliary Service

July 3, 2023 1065 Views 0 comment Print

A landmark judgement from CESTAT clarifies that brand promotion carried out by IPL player Pinal Rohit Shah for Mumbai Indians does not fall under the category of Business Auxiliary Service. Understand the case details, analysis and implications here.

Service tax exempt on packed goods, delivered for sterilization under N/N. 8/2005-ST

July 2, 2023 1152 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about the significant verdict of CESTAT Ahmedabad in Universal Medicap Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST case, offering critical insights on taxability and exemptions concerning the sterilization process in goods production.

Prior period demand not maintainable as ‘Information Technology Software Service’ effective from 16.05.2008

July 1, 2023 618 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that as ‘information technology software service’ was implemented w.e.f. 16.05.2008 the same cannot be held taxable prior to that date. Hence, demand for the period prior to 16.05.2008 is not maintainable.

Service Tax Demand under RCM: Transaction-wise, not Invoice-wise

June 30, 2023 3927 Views 0 comment Print

This article delves into the complexities of service tax demand under the reverse charge mechanism, emphasizing the importance of analyzing transactions individually. We examine a recent case involving M.P. Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Indore) Ltd and provide insights on the matter.

Services performed on principal-to-principal basis not classifiable as intermediary service

June 30, 2023 2328 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that as appellant is providing main service i.e. business support service on his own account and is not acting as an intermediary i.e. the services were performed by the appellant on a principal-to-principal basis and at arm’s length basis.

Renting of immovable property for hotel is excluded from the ambit of section 65(105)(zzzz)

June 30, 2023 2142 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that renting of immovable property for a hotel is expressly excluded from the ambit of the taxable service in Section 65(105)(zzzz) of the Finance Act, 1994. Accordingly, demand not sustainable.

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