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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 117 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 54 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 57 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


Mobilization advance is not an advance towards provision of services

December 19, 2020 8115 Views 0 comment Print

Gammon India Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAT Mumbai) Mobilization advance is not an advance towards the provision of service and in the nature of loan facility. The ‘mobilization advance’ is adjusted against the final payment due and is not linked to the work but as a pledge of the contract between the appellant […]

CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on Commission received from foreign companies

December 17, 2020 1941 Views 0 comment Print

Sara Sae P Ltd. Vs Commissioner, Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The first issue is regarding the levy of service tax on the commission received from foreign companies has recently been decided against the Revenue by this Bench in M/s Involute Engineering Pvt. Ltd.5, both with regard to the period prior to […]

CESTAT explains levy of Service tax on licence fee paid to SAP AG, Germany

December 15, 2020 1293 Views 0 comment Print

SAP India Pvt. Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Bangalore) By the impugned orders in the above appeals, the respondent has confirmed the demand of service tax on the licence fee paid to SAP AG, Germany, for grant of non-exclusive licence to use, market and sub­license the software, third party database and third-party software […]

Service Tax Refund cannot be denied on hyper-technical ground

December 14, 2020 1848 Views 0 comment Print

Kronos Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of CGST (Appeals) (CESTAT Allahabad) Appellant had taken a categorical stand that the debit was made on 05.03.2014, i.e. prior to filing of the refund claim. The Revenue is not disputing the said debit entry but is adopting a hyper technical view that such debit entry was reflected […]

CESTAT allowed Interest on service Tax amount already deposited to ‘Sourav Ganguly’

December 14, 2020 1431 Views 0 comment Print

Sourav Ganguly Vs Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAT Kolkata) It transpires from the records that after the passing of the order dated November 12, 2012 by the Commissioner, the appellant deposited the confirmed demand of Rs. 1,51,66,500/- on February 26, 2014 and subsequently also deposited an amount of Rs. 50 lacs on March 21/26, 2014 […]

Service tax on commission received in convertible foreign currency

December 14, 2020 8172 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee had no liability to pay service tax on the commission received in convertible foreign currency as the only requirement after the amendment in rule 3 (2) of the Export Service Rules 2005 was that the service recipient should be situated outside India and consideration should be received in foreign currency which both are satisfied. 

Service Tax on salary paid to ‘secondee’, to parent company under RCM

December 10, 2020 1305 Views 0 comment Print

M/s  Nektar Therapeutics (India) Pvt Ltd vs Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Hyderabad) The short issue, therefore, arising for our consideration is whether the reimbursement of salary paid to the ‘secondee’, to the parent company, Nektar USA amounted consideration for provision of manpower recruitment and supply agency services, within the meaning […]

No Service Tax on commission from foreign companies in convertible foreign exchange

December 8, 2020 3330 Views 0 comment Print

Wintech Taparia Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Delhi) The appellant has not contended that it is not rendering a service under the category BAS. What is, however, contended by the appellant is that the services rendered by the appellant qualify as export of service under the 2005 Rules and, therefore, the appellant would not […]

Cenvat Credit admissible on advertisement services

November 25, 2020 2124 Views 0 comment Print

Kandhari Beverages P Ltd Vs C.C.E. (CESTAT Chandigarh) In the case before High Court, the advertisement expenses were incurred by Coca Cola India and High Court had held that expenses towards advertisement services are part of the cost incurred for production of the finished product, and hence these services are to be treated as input […]

No service tax on internet based trading software licensing prior to 16.05.2008

November 24, 2020 786 Views 0 comment Print

Religare Technova Global Solutions Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAT Bangalore) Conclusion: Since the activities undertaken by assessee were covered under the Information Technology Services as taxable under Section 65(105)(zzzze) with effect from May 16, 2008  and prior to 16-5-2008, even the services rendered by assessee was excluded from the scope of consulting engineer’s […]

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