Follow Us:

Service Tax

Service Tax India: Read the latest service tax notification, challan, news & updates, circulars, act, rules, articles & forms on Taxguru.in. ST1 ST2 ST3 payment challan budget amendments, place of provision, point of taxation.

Latest Articles


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 60 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


No Service tax on making truck tanks fit to be filled with LPG for further transportation by HPCL

July 2, 2018 1350 Views 0 comment Print

It is to be understood that the appellants are not basically an agency involved with the testing and certification. In fact, it is abundantly clear that they are performing certain activities which make the truck tanks fit to be filled with LPG for further transportation.

Input Credit on Motor Repair Services cannot be denied to Insurance Company merely for bill in Vehicle Owner Name

July 2, 2018 2640 Views 0 comment Print

The present appeal challenges the OIO No. 104/2011 dated 31.03.2011. The appellant is providing services of „General Insurance business. The dispute covers the period 2004-05 to 2007-08. During the disputed period, the appellants availed Cenvat credit of the service tax paid on repairs and maintenance of the vehicles by the „Authorized Service Stations‟ (ASS in short)

Logic of Illegality- Case Analysis: Commissioner of Service Tax v. Bhayana Builders

June 30, 2018 17943 Views 2 comments Print

The question before the Court was whether the value of goods and materials supplied free of cost by the service recipient was to be included in the computation of gross amount charged for the valuation of taxable service?

No Service Tax under GTA Services on transportation of Cars by Car dealer to Customers

June 29, 2018 1698 Views 0 comment Print

The appeals are directed against the Order in Original No. 20/2013 dated 11.03.2013 as well as Order-in-Original No.66/2013 dated 07.11.2013. The appellant is a dealer of M/s. Maruti Udyog Ltd. (in short hereinafter called as “MUL”) in respect of the cars manufactured by MUL

No Service Tax on Commercial Construction Service by an Individual prior to 01.05.2006

June 24, 2018 699 Views 0 comment Print

The present appeal challenges the Order-in-Appeal No.8/2010 dated 24.02.2010. The demand covered the period 2004-05 to 2006-07. The appellant was engaged in providing Construction Service and Commercial or Industrial Construction service

Renting of Immovable Property: Service tax not Leviable on One-Time Non-Refundable Deposit

June 23, 2018 1932 Views 0 comment Print

Kagal Nagar Parishad Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Mumbai) Revenue sought to tax the one time premium deposit, which is not refundable under the head of renting of immovable property service considering the same as rent. We find that there is a separate charge for the rent, which alone is taxable, the onetime premium […]

Service Tax cannot be levied on incentive to encourage use of franking machines

June 20, 2018 3480 Views 0 comment Print

Coming to the controversy on rebate received from the postal department, it cannot be treated as a commission or an amount received for promoting the postal services. Such incentives are given by the postal authority to encourage use of franking machines, especially where the volumes are above a certain threshold level.

Discount extended by broadcasters cannot be included for charging service tax

June 19, 2018 1095 Views 0 comment Print

15% discount extended by the broadcasters cannot be included for the purpose of charging service tax under the category of advertising agency from the clients.

Service Tax not leviable on Participation in promotion of brand name under BAS

June 18, 2018 1233 Views 0 comment Print

Narmada Drinks Pvt. Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Delhi) It is well known that the bottlers receive concentrate from the brand owners such as M/s Coca Cola, manufacture aerated products there from and sell the same. Para 6.2 of the relevant show cause notice alleges that the amounts have been received from the brand […]

No Service Tax on training and coaching in various foreign languages

June 8, 2018 4365 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of Central Excise Vs Consistent Software Technologies (I) Pvt. Ltd. (CESTAT Mumbai) In the present case the respondent is engaged in imparting the training and coaching in various foreign languages i.e. French, German, Japanese, Spanish etc. which they claimed as a vocational training and covered under Notification No.9/2003-ST and 24/2004-ST. The very identical issue […]

Search Post by Date
July 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031