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No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 591 Views 0 comment Print

Credit cannot be denied due to incorrect description of Service on invoices when Service Tax has been correctly paid

Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai, in Tata AIG case, rules credit can't be denied for incorrect service description on invoices when correct service t...

December 16, 2023 1101 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 1230 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1020 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Advance Club Membership Fees: CESTAT Ruling

Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...

November 2, 2023 951 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 1014 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 72438 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 2667 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 1737 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 1632 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Car Booking Cancellation Charges

Service Tax : CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on amounts received as booking cancellation charges, price difference & corporate discount,...

July 4, 2024 54 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax on foreign commission payable under RCM from 18.04.2006 

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that that service tax on commission paid to foreign commission agents is payable under reverse charge only ...

July 4, 2024 327 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Convenience fee & cancellation charges for services to Airlines under BAS

Service Tax : CESTAT quashes service tax demand against Yatra Online Pvt Ltd, ruling that convenience and cancellation fees are not connected to...

July 4, 2024 81 Views 0 comment Print

Attachment Order under Customs Act for Service Tax Recovery is invalid

Service Tax : Zest Buildtek Promotors Vs Deputy Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (Madras High Court)Issuance of attachment order under provi...

July 3, 2024 216 Views 0 comment Print

No Service tax on interest income from overdraft & cash credit facilities: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd vs Commr. of CGST (CESTAT Kolkata) where Kolkata CESTAT ruled that n...

June 30, 2024 135 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 1614 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 546 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 477 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 486 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 1251 Views 0 comment Print


CBEC instruct officials to solve Grievances Published in Newspapers

March 11, 2016 1711 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to forward herewith a copy of OM No. 11019/4/2015 PG-C1 dated 11.02.2016 received from Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances on the above mentioned subject, for necessary action.

Sales commission Cenvat amendment: Prospective or retrospective?

March 11, 2016 11284 Views 2 comments Print

Assessee and Department have been involved in tug of war on cenvat credit on inputs, input services and capital goods. The assessee attempting to avail credit of every possible input / capital goods /input service by liberally interpreting their definitions and department denying the Cenvat credit by following the principle of literal interpretation. Cenvat Credit on sales commission has always been a sensitive issue since dawn.

Service Tax Impact on Freight Forwarders and Logistics Industry

March 11, 2016 44020 Views 3 comments Print

In case services of transportation of goods are availed from a domestic entity,service tax needs to be charged by the Indian shipping company, whereas such services being availed from any foreign entity would attract tax liability under the Reverse Charge Mechanism (‘RCM’). This amendment would come in effect from June 1, 2016 and its consequential effects are outlined below.

Union Budget 2016 Analysis For Layman & Tax Practitioners

March 11, 2016 31144 Views 4 comments Print

Rebate under section 87A is increased to Rs. 5,000/- from Rs. 2000/-. [This rebate is available to individual resident in India whose taxable income does not exceed five lakh rupees.] [Applicable from A. Y. 2017-18]

Krishi Kalyan Cess on all taxable services wef 01.06.2016

March 8, 2016 95539 Views 3 comments Print

Unlike Swachh Bhara Cess imposed w.e.f. June 15, 2015, which is not Cenvatable neither in the hands of service providers nor manufacturers, in terms of TRU F.No. 334/8/2016-TRU dated February 29, 2016 [Para 3.1], it is provided that Cenvat credit of Krishi Kalyan Cesspaid on input services shall be allowed to be used for payment of the proposed Cess on the service provided by a service provider.

CBEC Revises Service Tax Return Form- ST-3

March 8, 2016 11977 Views 0 comment Print

These rules may be called the Service Tax (Second Amendment) Rules, 2016. (a) in the Table “B1 FOR SERVICE PROVIDER”, after serial number B1.21 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

15 Steps taken by Govt. for welfare of indirect tax payers

March 8, 2016 3397 Views 0 comment Print

1. Establishment of 24X7 customs clearance facility in 17 airports and 18 seaports. 2. Customs Single Window Clearance Project for faster customs clearance. 3. Implementation of e-BRC (BRC-Bank Realization Certificate) module

Impact of service tax on Cab arrangements in a Hotel/ Restaurant

March 8, 2016 11575 Views 5 comments Print

Different options available to a Hotel for providing Cab services: Any Star Hotel and other establishment alike Hotel business may have an option to choose one of the following ways for providing cab services to their Guests.

Service tax on Ocean Freight – unsolved mystery

March 7, 2016 58666 Views 1 comment Print

The article deals with the spin offs with respect to one of the proposed amendments in Service tax by Finance Bill 2016 A. THE VALUATION ISSUE As we know it today, the activity of transportation of goods by an aircraft or a vessel from a place outside India up to the customs station of clearance […]

Amendments In Service Tax Through Finance Bill 2016

March 5, 2016 50455 Views 0 comment Print

In the definition of the term Service, sub-clause (ii)(a) of Explanation 2 is proposed to be amended to clarify that activity carried out by a lottery distributor or selling agents of the State Government under the provisions of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998, is leviable to service tax.

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