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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 75702 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


Why we Need Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) In India?

November 27, 2015 4184 Views 0 comment Print

In today’s scenario, all are discussing about Swachh Bharat Mission which was launched by Prime minister, Narendra Modi with the aim to improve the sanitation in rural and urbn areas so that the overll quality of life improves. Since its launch govt. has made substantial expenditure on the programme. With the objective to finance and Promote Swachh Bharat initiatives, the central Government has decided to impose an additional cess called the SWACHH BHARAT CESS (SBC).

Levy of service tax on Seed Testing with effect from 01.07.2012

November 26, 2015 1951 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No.189/8/2015-Service Tax It has come to the notice of the Board that certain field formations have taken a view that all activities incidental to seed testing are leviable to service tax and only the activity in so far it relates to actual testing has been exempted in the Negative List.

Swachh Bharat Cess-Cleaning India or Cleaning Pockets!!

November 21, 2015 8079 Views 1 comment Print

This new levy of ‘Swachh Bharat Cess’ (SBC) has been revealed by the government by way of issuance of various service tax notifications, circular and FAQs and this new levy is to have effect from 15.11.2015. This article is an attempt to analyse the statutory provisions of this new levy, ‘SBC’.

Swachh Bharat Cess –Tax Provisions and Salient Features

November 21, 2015 7311 Views 0 comment Print

When Finance Act, 2015 was enacted, rate of Service Tax was enhanced from 12% to 14% and both education cesses subsumed in the enhanced rate of Service Tax. Alongwith, a new cess called Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) was legislated but its levy was deferred due to political reasons.

Workshop on Swachh Bharat Cess and Cenvat Credits

November 20, 2015 1098 Views 0 comment Print

We are happy to inform that the eighth Workshop in the above series is being organised on the Theme Swachh Bharat Cess and Cenvat Credits under Excise and Service Tax and their relevance in GST on Thursday, 26 November, 2015 from 09:30 am till 01:20 pm at PHD House, New Delhi. The Workshop will be followed by lunch

Swachh Bharat Cess – Ready Reckoner

November 19, 2015 67362 Views 44 comments Print

Will SBC be leviable on exempted services and services in the negative list The Central Government vide notification No 22/2015-ST dated 6th November 2015, has notifiedthat SBC shall be applicable on all taxable services except services which are either fully exempt from service tax under any notification issued under section 93(1) of the Finance Act, 1994 or are otherwise not leviable to service tax under section 66B of the Finance Act, 1994.

Whether Levy of SBC is challengeable? Yes, it seems to be

November 19, 2015 2249 Views 0 comment Print

To finance and promote Swachh Bharat initiatives, an enabling provision was incorporated in the Finance Act, 2015 (hereinafter referred as the Act) vide Chapter VI to empower the Central Government to impose a Swachh Bharat Cess (hereinafter referred as SBC) on all or any of the taxable services at a rate of 2% on the […]

Swachh Bharat Cess – CENVAT Credit against GST or Not

November 18, 2015 50839 Views 1 comment Print

Swachh Bharat Cess has been imposed on the value of all taxable services with effect from 15.11.2015 (vide Notification No. 21/2015-ST dated 06.11.2015). The said levy has been imposed by the Central Government by exercising its power under Section 119 of the Finance Act, 2015, which specifically indicates that SB Cess shall be levied and collected, as Service tax .

Swachh Bharat Cess – Not Cenvatable But Refundable

November 18, 2015 33734 Views 11 comments Print

I think the word Cess included in the name has created lot of fog in the minds of the tax payer as to whetherSwachh Bharat Cess should be applied on service tax value or on the value of services. To remove the doubts of tax payers, the CBEC came with a FAQ, a couple of days back giving clarity with good examples for all the pattern of payments.

Practical Aspects of Swachh Bharat Cess on Service Provider & Service Receiver

November 18, 2015 23803 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Act, 2015 has empowered the Central Government to impose Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) upto 2% on value of taxable service. Recently Central Government vide Notification No.21/2015-Service Tax, dated 6th November, 2015 has imposed SBC at the rate of 0.5% on all the taxable services w.e.f 15th November, 2015.

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