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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 108 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


HC quashes order rejecting Form SVLDRS-1 proving opportunity hearing

January 14, 2022 657 Views 0 comment Print

Sunil Jay Prakash Singh Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) A perusal of the Order passed by the Respondent No.5 indicates that the applications were rejected without affording any opportunity of being heard. The question, as to, whether the tax liabilities are already quantified or not as on 30th June 2019 itself is a […]

No Service Tax payable in absence of clauses pertaining to Consideration in Contract

January 13, 2022 2877 Views 0 comment Print

B.G. Exploration & Production India Ltd. Vs Commissioner of CGST (CESTAT Mumbai) Conclusion: In present facts of the case, the Hon’ble Tribunal observed that allowed appeals on the ground that consideration cannot be deciphered out from any clauses of the Contract and without consideration Service Tax cannot be demanded. Facts: The issue involved in these […]

Section 142 CGST Act provides for refund in cash for any adjustment regarding refund of duty or liability

January 11, 2022 2595 Views 0 comment Print

Banswara Syntex Ltd. Commissioner of Central Goods & Service Tax,(CESTAT Delhi) The appellant applied or refund of the pre-deposit amount of Rs.75,63,721/-, which was allowed vide order-in-original dated 3.9.2015. However, refund of Rs.33,69,417/- was allowed in cash and balance amount of Rs.41,94,304/- allowed by way of cenvat credit. Order of Commissioner (Appeals)/(Audit) dated 9.3.2018 is […]

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

January 10, 2022 3111 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 2112 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 1755 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 1161 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 2703 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 5085 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 3834 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 […]

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