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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


Refund cannot be denied on account of procedural lapse

July 23, 2021 5931 Views 0 comment Print

Appellant availed credit on the Service tax paid and applied for refund under Rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 (CENVAT Credit Rules) for the period July, 2013 to September, 2013.

No Service Tax on Interest earned on gold loans

July 22, 2021 2154 Views 0 comment Print

Indian Overseas Bank Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) Interest earned on gold loans is taxable and does not fall within negative list as Section 66D(n) of the Act excludes interest earned only on monetary Loans and advances, but not to lending of Gold. Revenue is of the opinion that only if […]

Assessee eligible to take re-credit of credit which was not required to be reversed

July 20, 2021 795 Views 0 comment Print

Central Warehousing Corporation Vs Commissioner of Central Taxes (CESTAT Chennai) The issue is with regard to the re-credit availed by the appellants on 29.03.2014 for an amount of Rs.20,83,773/-. As explained by the learned counsel for the appellants, the said re-credit is not adjustment of the excess reversal of proportionate credit in terms of Rule […]

HC quashes ST order & remitted back to file of Commissioner for hearing

July 13, 2021 501 Views 0 comment Print

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TANGEDCO) Vs Principal Commissioner (Madras High Court) The present Writ Petition is filed challenging the Order-in Original passed by the respondent on 15.09.2018. 2. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner has not submitted their explanation or defence statement and requested time […]

Preferential Location Charges taxable at same rate as that of Construction of Residential Complex Service

July 11, 2021 1743 Views 0 comment Print

Shreno Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Preferential Location Charges were correctly subjected to Service Tax at same rate as that of Construction of Residential Complex Service by the Appellant and the differential demand of Service Tax alongwith interest and penalty therefore must be quashed and set aside. The Appellant also becomes entitled to […]

Cenvat credit refund cannot be rejected for inadvertent Mistake

July 11, 2021 1170 Views 0 comment Print

Convance Clinical Development Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner Of Central Tax (CESTAT Bangalore) it is not in dispute that the appellant is an exporter and does not have any domestic services at all. Appellant availed input services for the purpose of rendering output service exporting to his foreign company for which he pays service tax and […]

Department cannot freeze Bank account of assessee if Appeal has been filed with mandatory pre deposit

July 11, 2021 24609 Views 0 comment Print

When Appeal is filed with pre deposit, then the department cannot initiate recovery proceedings and cannot attach bank account of the assessee in view of Circular No 984/08/2014-CX dated 16th September, 2014

When no service has been rendered, service tax cannot be levied

July 9, 2021 4557 Views 0 comment Print

Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Delhi) Amount received by the appellant in terms of Machine Availability clause, from the service provider with reference to maintenance of WTG due to shortcoming in said service is merely an amount to safeguard the loss of appellant. The said amount cannot be called as consideration […]

Retrospective exemption & refund of service tax – Tax paid utilising Cenvat credit also refundable

July 5, 2021 4557 Views 0 comment Print

Shanti Construction Co Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Retrospective exemption & refund of service tax – Tax paid utilising Cenvat credit also refundable We find that as per the facts before us there is no dispute that the tender was opened on 28.01.2015 and the appellant was declared successful bidder thereafter no separate contract/ […]

CESTAT directs original authority to decide refund claim after considering submission of Appellant

July 4, 2021 519 Views 0 comment Print

EYGBS (India) LLP Vs Commissioner of Central Tax (CESTAT Banglore) CESTAT find that the impugned order has rejected the refund claims on the grounds that the appellant has violated the condition at para 3(III)(a), 3(III)(d) and Rule 5 of SEZ Notification No.12/2013-ST dt. 01/07/2013. Further, I find that the appellant has SEZ units as well […]

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