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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 129 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 129 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


Simple analysis of proposed Service Tax amendments

March 5, 2016 7897 Views 1 comment Print

There was certain confusion regarding the taxability of various education programmes conducted by Indian Institute of Management as to whether such programmes qualify as a part of a curriculum for obtaining a qualification recognised by any law for the time being in force.

Service Tax – Is it a good option to settle case through Settlement Commission

March 5, 2016 11284 Views 1 comment Print

The concept of Settlement Commission is fairly new in service tax. It is only in the year 2012, that the benefit of settlement through settlement commission was extended to the service tax assesses, which was earlier available under Central Excise and Customs Act.

Watch Union Budget 2016 changes in Service Tax & Excise Duty

March 5, 2016 9739 Views 2 comments Print

The Hon’ble Finance Minister Shri. Arun Jaitley announced a host of changes in the Indirect tax structure in the Union Budget 2016-17 on February 29, 2016, that are expected to impact the Trade and Industry. Under Service tax, on one hand, the effective rate of Service tax would go up to 15% w.e.f June 1, 2016

Budget 2016: Cenvat credit benefit to Senior Advocates

March 5, 2016 8578 Views 0 comment Print

Through this amendment the government has charged service tax on service provided by senior advocates on forward basis (i.e. service tax will be charged by senior advocates to their clients). Hence, they can utilize their Cenvat Credit by output service tax.

Rate of Service Tax– Section 67A linked with POT Rules, 2011 to prevent disputes

March 4, 2016 9343 Views 0 comment Print

The Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 (in short POT Rules) was introduced w.e.f. 01-04-2011 to define and determine the point of taxation (in short POT) i.e. point in time when a service shall be deemed to have been provided. The twin objectives was to bring certainty regarding due date for payment of service tax (on accrual basis) and to determine the applicable rate of service tax as the one prevailing on the date of POT. While issuing the draft rules, the Central Government stated as under:

Analysis of Service Tax Changes made by Budget 2016

March 4, 2016 8641 Views 0 comment Print

Article Covers the Following Changes made by Finance Bill 2016 in Service Tax Provisions Related to:- Service Tax Rate, Chapter V Of Finance Act 1994 ( Service Tax Provisions), Service Tax Rules 1994, Exempted List Of Services, Point Of Taxation Rules 2011, Abatement Provisions, Reverse Charge Provision, Interest Rate For Delayed Payment Of Service Tax, Clarification Brought In ‘Information Technology Software’ W.R.T Levy Of Excise Duty Or Service Tax

TARC committee recommendation Status related to CBDT & CBEC

March 4, 2016 1741 Views 0 comment Print

Recommendation -Prefilled tax returns should be provided to all individuals. The taxpayer will have the option to accept the tax return as it is or modify it. In either event, the filing process would be completed with the submission of the tax return electronically.

Budget 2016: Download Free e-book on Service Tax

March 3, 2016 33109 Views 4 comments Print

Please find attached 10th Edition of our e-book (999 pages) on Service Tax. The e-book contains Budget 2016 changes alongwith amended legal provisions / recent judicial precedence.

Import of goods by vessel – Budget, 2016 made it expensive!!!

March 3, 2016 9406 Views 2 comments Print

Budget 2016 has been introduced and with it has come many amendments and changes in the law. One such change is with respect to the services by way of transportation of goods by an aircraft or a vessel. The amendments made in it are effective from 1.6.2016 and will impose additional fiscal burden on the importers importing goods via sea. This article demonstrates the existing scenario, amendments made and the implications thereof.

Budget 2016: Analysis of Key Service Tax Amendments

March 3, 2016 78718 Views 1 comment Print

INDIRECT TAXES – SERVICE TAX: The amendments proposed by the Finance Minister with respect to Service tax are discussed herein below. 1. Roll out of Goods and Services Tax (‘GST’): Like the last year, in his Speech this year, the Finance Minister has given reaffirmed commitment to ensure the passage of the Constitutional amendments to […]

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