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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 687 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 471 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 561 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 1449 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 957 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 1455 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 75495 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 3069 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 2169 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


Service Tax Demand Quashed as Iron Ore Excavation and Grading Held to Be Mining Service

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that excavation, extraction, grading, and sorting of iron ore are mining-related activities taxable only und...

June 2, 2026 123 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Sets Aside Sponsorship Service Tax Demand as Tax Was Already Paid by Service Provider

Service Tax : The Tribunal held that service tax cannot be demanded again when the service provider has already collected and deposited the tax....

June 2, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand Set Aside as Screening & Grading of Iron Ore was Mining Service not BAS

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that screening and grading of iron ore are mining-related activities covered under the taxable category of M...

June 2, 2026 126 Views 0 comment Print

67% Abatement Cannot Be Denied Merely Because It Was Not Claimed in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax : The dispute concerned denial of 67% abatement on construction and works contract services involving supply of materials. CESTAT he...

June 1, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

Cenvat Credit Reversal Upheld as Trading Activity Was Not a Taxable Service: CESTAT Bangalore

Service Tax : The Tribunal held that Cenvat credit is available only in relation to taxable services and not for trading activities. The case wa...

June 1, 2026 87 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 948 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 855 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


SVLDRS eligible if duty demand quantified on or before 30.06.2019

August 9, 2022 1032 Views 0 comment Print

Held that in cases under audit, SVLDRS is eligible if the duty demand is quantified on or before 30th June 2019. As the draft of Minutes of the Managing Committee prepared by June 2019, amount of duty quantified before 30th June 2019. Accordingly, SVLDRS eligible.

Service Tax: Suppression of Facts: Extended Period of Limitation Can Be Invoked For Assessment/Penalty Proceedings

August 8, 2022 17661 Views 0 comment Print

On 1.4.2007, the assessee took centralised registration and thereafter, the payment was not made until the show cause notice was issued. So the contention of the respondent bank that there was no suppression nor any mis-statement cannot be accepted. Section 73 of the Act gives extended period of limitation if there is suppression or misstatement or fraud or collusion.

Cenvat credit on input services received in SEZ unit available

August 8, 2022 1218 Views 0 comment Print

Held that option is available to the appellant to claim cenvat credit on service tax paid on input services received in its SEZ units instead of claiming benefit of exemption notification.

Rejection of refund on flimsy grounds would defeat purpose of rebate schemes

August 8, 2022 1257 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that rejection of refund claimed by exporter on flimsy grounds would defeat the purpose of rebate scheme and traps the exporters under unnecessary litigations.

Service tax on works contract is leviable only from 1st June 2007

August 5, 2022 3000 Views 0 comment Print

Held that service tax on works contract is leviable only from 1st June 2007. Prior to that there was no concept of works contract under the Finance Act, 1994.

Service tax demand based on TDS/ 26AS is unsustainable in law

August 5, 2022 5445 Views 0 comment Print

Held that demand of services tax on the basis of TDS /26AS statements/ 3CD Statements are not sustainable.

Allegation of amount collected as service tax should be supported by corroborative evidence

August 4, 2022 2094 Views 0 comment Print

Held that revenue alleged that the assessee has collected service tax payment. However, revenue failed to support the allegation with any corroborative evidence. Demand of service tax unsustainable

Cenvat credit eligible on input services used for construction of property which is further let out

August 3, 2022 3261 Views 0 comment Print

Held that we are inclined to allow the Cenvat Credit of input services for construction of immovable property, which is further let out to various customers.

CESTAT condones 1354 days delay in Appeal filing due to Mental Insanity

July 31, 2022 906 Views 0 comment Print

Rosa Impex Private Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST (CESTAT Mumbai) In acceptance of the death of Managing Director and brain haemorrhage of the present Director of the Appellant Company as legal disability due to mental insanity, etc. delay in filing the appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals) is condoned at this end by invoking the principle […]

SVLDRS declaration cannot be rejected without giving a personal hearing to Applicant

July 27, 2022 960 Views 0 comment Print

Petitioner challenged rejection of declaration filed under ‘Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme Rules, 2019’ by passing a very cryptic order without spelling out reason

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