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Service Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that legal services provided by an advocate to a partnership firm of advocates are exempt under servic...
Service Tax : The Court held that booking speakers for an event does not amount to event management. Participation or facilitation alone cannot ...
Service Tax : Supreme Court reaffirms Service Tax applicability on export cargo handling services by Airports Authority of India under Airport S...
Service Tax : Under India’s earlier service tax regime, legal services initially enjoyed complete exemption from taxation. This position chang...
Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...
Service Tax : [Screening, Diagnosis & Management of Mucormycosis (black fungus)] Mucormycosis – if uncared for – may turn fatal ...
Service Tax : Chartered Accountants Association, Jalandhar has made a representation to FM regarding Misuse of Official Position by making rovin...
Service Tax : Officers of CGST Delhi North Commissionerate have arrested one Director of a Company for evasion of Service Tax. The Company had...
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...
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...
Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that excavation, extraction, grading, and sorting of iron ore are mining-related activities taxable only und...
Service Tax : The Tribunal held that service tax cannot be demanded again when the service provider has already collected and deposited the tax....
Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that screening and grading of iron ore are mining-related activities covered under the taxable category of M...
Service Tax : The dispute concerned denial of 67% abatement on construction and works contract services involving supply of materials. CESTAT he...
Service Tax : The Tribunal held that Cenvat credit is available only in relation to taxable services and not for trading activities. The case wa...
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...
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-...
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...
Service Tax : Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority (CAA) in respect of SCNs issued to M/s Subhash Earthmovers vide Order No. 05/2023-Ser...
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...
The Hon’ble CESTAT, New Delhi relied upon the decisions of Tribunal in the case of Manipal Advertising Services Pvt. Ltd. Vs. C.C.E., Mangalore [2009 (10) TMI 434 – CESTAT, BANGALORE] and Well Known Polyesters Ltd. Vs. C.C.E., Vapi [2011 (1) TMI 664 – CESTAT, AHMEDABAD]
The Hon’ble Authority for Advance Rulings held that in the instant case, the Applicant charge the amount to its employees for use of the vehicles, which is equivalent to the rent amount paid to the car leasing company i.e. no extra amount is charged from employee.
The Hon’ble CESTAT, New Delhi relying upon the judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Mafatlal Industries Ltd. Vs. Union of India [1997 (89) ELT 247 (SC)],held that rejecting the claim arbitrarily on the point of jurisdiction, is not correct
It is held that merely because assessee has not reverse credit attributable to provision of exempted services would not disentitle it to claim credit which is otherwise available in respect of input services used in provision of taxable services.
Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has urged the Finance Ministry to keep all services provided for agricultural produce outside service tax ambit. Services like warehouse management, security, laboratory testing and others that are essential to secure storage of agri-produce should be included in the negative list or in the list of exempted services, recommended The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in its pre-budget memorandum submitted to the FinMin.
In the case of J.P. Morgan Services India Private Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise(Service Tax), Mumbai, it was held that the benefit of export rebate cannot be denied even if the services are exported prior to the date when Export of Service Rules, 2005 are brought into the statute.
it was held that creation of cenvat documents and debiting duty without physical movement of goods and in turn took back the credit without receipt of any goods, is a clear violation of Central Excise Act and Rules and is liable to penalty.
Central Government had already introduced a system of tax collection at verifiable source rather than through an unverifiable source under Income Tax Act, 1961 as Tax Deduction at Source (TDS). The system was successful enough to contribute to the foundation of Reverse Charge Mechanism. Vide Finance Act, 1996 the Legislature sought to cast the tax net much wider.
Penalty is levied only when any Service tax has not been paid by reason of fraud, etc., hence, when assessee’s activity is held to be not liable to Service tax, question of imposition of penalty cannot arise- Jubilant Agri & Consumer Products Ltd. Vs. Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal [2015 (64) taxmann.com 35 (Allahabad)]
Refund is allowable where Service tax is paid twice by the Appellant due to clerical error and the same is proved by supporting documents- Tikaula Sugar Mills Ltd. Vs. CCE, Meerut-I [2015 (12) TMI 884 – CESTAT NEW DELHI]
