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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


Service Tax Levy not leviable based on mere Agreement for service when no payment received

January 10, 2022 3051 Views 0 comment Print

Adithya Builders and Developers Vs Commissioner of Central Tax (CESTAT Bangalore) In a major relief to the Adithya Builders and Developers, the Banglore Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that Service Tax Levy depends on services rendered, not on basis of agreements where no payment received by service provider. The […]

Indiscriminate Issue of SCN by CGST dept Surat to textile processors under Service Tax Law- HC issues Notice

January 6, 2022 2061 Views 0 comment Print

South Gujarat Textile Processors Association Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court) 1. The draft amendment, as prayed for, is allowed. The necessary incorporation shall be carried out at the earliest. 2. We have heard Mr. S.S. Iyer, the learned counsel appearing for the writ applicants and Mr. Lodha, the learned standing counsel appearing for […]

How to File Self-Employment Tax in the UK?

January 6, 2022 1722 Views 0 comment Print

Independent work is quite difficult, and it involves a lot of liability. You should care for your workers, handle your cash, settle your assessments, and present your government forms. Whether or not independently employed, people are needed to pay personal assessment paying little heed to their type of revenue. Nonetheless, independently operated workers often neglect […]

Manufacturing at factory of service recipient on per container basis is not a Manpower Recruitment Service

January 4, 2022 1146 Views 0 comment Print

Jayesh C Patel Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) There is no dispute in the fact that the appellants have entered into the contract for undertaking the manufacturing of Plastic Jars and containers in the factory of the Service recipient. The charges for the job is on per container basis, the appellants are not collecting […]

Electricity charges reimbursed on actual basis are not includable in gross value of renting of immovable property service

January 1, 2022 2592 Views 0 comment Print

It can be seen that the electricity charges which is reimbursed on actual basis in terms of the contract is not includible in the gross value of service provided by the appellant to Gujarat Gas Company Limited.

Right to avail ITC cannot be denied on service tax paid after introduction of GST

December 29, 2021 5022 Views 0 comment Print

Circor Flow Technologies India Private Ltd. Vs Principal Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, (CESTAT Chennai) Section 142 (3) of GST Act provides how to deal with claims of refund of service tax of tax and duty / credit under the erstwhile It is stated that therein that such claims have to be disposed in […]

No penalty if no material to prove suppression of facts to Evade Service Tax

December 29, 2021 3810 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of CGST & Excise Vs Asian Hotel (East) Limited (CESTAT Kolkata) In this case, I find that the contention of the appellant that he bona fidely believed that he is not liable to pay service tax but during the audit, the audit party informed him that he is liable to pay service tax, then […]

Substantial benefit provided in Notifications cannot be denied for procedural lapses

December 29, 2021 11511 Views 0 comment Print

In present facts of the case, while dismissing appeal of the Revenue, the Hon’ble CESTAT observed that substantial benefit provided by Notifications can’t be denied on procedural lapse.

Refund of Transitional credit can be claimed by Reversal of Cenvat Credit

December 18, 2021 1971 Views 0 comment Print

Lightspeed India Partners Advisors LLP Vs Commissioner Central Tax (Appeals) (CESTAT Delhi) Since the GST regime has done away with the ST 3 return, there remain no provision in GST system to reflect the refund claim in the CENVAT credit balance. The only option was to show its reversal in the Books of accounts. Such […]

Madras HC directs issue of Form SVLDRS-4 as revenue accepts mistake in Tax calculation

December 12, 2021 3765 Views 0 comment Print

HC directed the Revenue Department to issue a discharge certificate in FORM SVLDRS-4 either manually or electronically for the payment made by the assessee under the Sabka Vishwas Legacy Disputes Resolution Scheme, 2019 (SVLDR Scheme) as no tax dues are pending.

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