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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


SCN cannot be issued to debtors until tax liability crystallise – HC

November 17, 2015 2233 Views 0 comment Print

The Petitioner is carrying on business of fabrication and erection of plants, structures etc. The Petitioner undertakes the projects on turn key basis as well as on work contract basis. The Petitioner has been registered as an assessee with the Service Tax Department since 2008.

Effective rate of Service tax from 15th November, 2015 is 14.50%

November 17, 2015 19644 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government has imposed a new levy in the name of Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC). (Notification No. 21/2015 – Service Tax dated 06th November,2015). Rate of SBC is 0.50% and it will be levied on the value of taxable services. Now the new rate of service tax plus SBC would be 14.50%. Kindly charge 14.50% on the invoices raised on or after 15th November, 2015.

Impact of imposition of Swachh Bharat Cess: Part 2

November 17, 2015 3168 Views 0 comment Print

This festive season, service sector has witnessed imposition of Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) in very hasty move by government. It was promised at the time of the budget that it would only be imposed on some services. Govt has gone back on its word. Further they have been left with very little time to prepare for this new tax. This owed to lack of clarity over various issues, holiday period and limited time between issuance of notification for levy and actual levy.

Penalties Section 76 & 78 of the Finance Act under Service Tax

November 16, 2015 174108 Views 20 comments Print

he main provision of penalty is covered under Section 76 & 78 of the Finance Act, 1994. These sections have been amended by Finance Bill, 2015 to rationalize the penalty. The amended provisions are compiled by me in following paragraph.

Accounting code for Swachh Bharat Cess payment

November 16, 2015 223265 Views 17 comments Print

Circular No. 188/7/2015-ST Accounting codes have also been allotted by the Office of the Controller General of Accounts for the new Minor Head 506-Swachh Bharat Cess and new Sub-heads as under:

19 Summarized points of FAQ on Swachh Bharat Cess

November 14, 2015 3994 Views 0 comment Print

1. SBC shall be levied and collected as service tax on all the taxable services at the rate of 0.5% of the value of taxable service. 2. The Central Government has appointed 15th day of November, 2015 as the date from which provisions of Swachh Bharat Cess will come into effect. 3. SBC is not leviable on services which are fully exempt from service tax or those covered under the negative list of services.

Industrial Canteens exempt From Service Tax

November 14, 2015 27306 Views 3 comments Print

This article is a short description about the taxability of the services provided by Industrial canteens maintained in a factory under the Factories Act,1948. It is to be analysed on the basis of :- 1. the Mega Exemption Notification No.25/2012 – ST dated 20.06.2012 and 2. the Amended Notification No. 14/2013-ST dated 22/10/2013. Under the […]

Time limit for taking CENVAT credit of Service Tax

November 14, 2015 30864 Views 0 comment Print

W.e.f. 01.09.2014, a time limit of six months from the date of the document was introduced to avail CENVAT credit on inputs and input services. This restriction was introduced by inserting 3rd proviso to Rule 4(1) of CCR-2004 vide Notification No. 21/2014 CE NT Dt. 11.07.2014. This time limit of six months has been enhanced to one year with effect from 01.03.2015, vide Notification 6/2015 CE NT Dt. 01.03.2015.

Clarifications on various aspects of Swachh Bharat Cess

November 14, 2015 4183 Views 0 comment Print

Recently, the Central Government vide Notification No. 21/2015-ST and 22/2015-ST, both dated November 6, 2015 had appointed November 15, 2015 as the date from which, Swachh Bharat Cess (SB Cess) at the rate of 0.5% on value of all taxable services shall be applicable. However, a sudden imposition of SB Cess created lot of confusions like to calculate value of taxable services under Abatement Notification, treatment of SB Cess on ongoing transactions, availability of Cenvat credit of SB Cess, etc.

CBEC issues guidelines for speedy disbursal of pending refund claims to exporters of services

November 14, 2015 2442 Views 0 comment Print

CBEC vide various Circulars/Instructions had laid down simplified procedures for sanction and disbursal of refund claims in the past under various notifications. Now, the Board has issued yet another circular in order to facilitate fast track sanction of refund of accumulated Cenvat credit to exporter of services vide Circular No. 187/6/2015-Service Tax dated November 10, 2015.

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