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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


No penalty for Non-deposit of Service Tax under RCM due to Oversight

August 13, 2022 1875 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT find that there is no deliberate non-compliance and further the situation is wholly revenue neutral. Thus, there is no incentive for the appellant to evade payment of service tax under the RCM. Accordingly, CESTAT allow this appeal and set aside the penalty under Section 78.  

CESTAT recommends Contempt proceeding for issue of SCN after passing of final order

August 13, 2022 1437 Views 0 comment Print

Assistant Commissioner issued show cause notices after passing of final order by Tribunal, with respect to subject matter of refund, was wholly against provisions of law

Cenvat Credit on input services allowed if used in the course of furtherance of business

August 10, 2022 1362 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on refundable security deposit on the grounds that security deposit is refundable deposit and it cannot be included in the value of taxable service.

SVLDRS eligible if duty demand quantified on or before 30.06.2019

August 9, 2022 1062 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 17730 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 1284 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 1278 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 3036 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 5490 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 2172 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

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