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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 816 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 2169 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 975 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 843 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


Haj and Mansarovar pilgrimage gets Service Tax exemption

August 20, 2014 10569 Views 0 comment Print

The Government exempts vide Notification No. 17/2014 – Service Tax dated 20.08.2014 Services by Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Limited and the Haj Committee in respect of a religious pilgrimage facilitated by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India, under bilateral arrangement.

Service Tax – Finance Act, 2014 makes Advertisements Costly

August 18, 2014 5570 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Bill, 2014 received assent from Hon’ble President on 6th of August 2014. The main impact of this budget leads to make the advertisements costly. As per Section 66D(g) selling of space for advertisements in print media is only falls under Negative List. The definition of “print media”as per Section 65B(39a) states as follows:

Lease Rent Not Liable to Service Tax if Vat Is Charged

August 18, 2014 64727 Views 8 comments Print

A. PERCEPTIVE OF TERMING IT AS SALE Article 366(29A)(c) of Constitution: Such delivery of goods on hire purchase or any system of payment on installment shall be deemed as “Sale of Goods” 2. Power to levy tax on sales is vested to State Governments under Entry 54 of List II and thus VAT has been […]

Cenvat Credit on GTA Service- A dilemma solved

August 16, 2014 61305 Views 15 comments Print

Goods Transport Agency (GTA) service is a misconception since its inception. The light of mess ignites more with its coverage under reverse charge mechanism. As per the provisions applicable for GTA Service, This service is covered under Reverse Charge Mechanism; therefore, the service tax liability is to be paid by the service recipient that being […]

The lament assessee asks “Kya yehi hai ache din?”

August 15, 2014 1752 Views 0 comment Print

The most awaited 2014-2015 Finance Budget was presented by Hon’ble Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on 10th of July 2014. The sugar-coated budget did not aim at bringing any major change due to the reason that there was short time span but still changes in various issues have been introduced. The budget was both a shock […]

Domain registration fees paid to ICANN not liable to service tax as 'franchisee service'

August 15, 2014 3132 Views 1 comment Print

Appellant is engaged in the activity of registration of website domain names i.e. appellant is a registrar. The appellant is also accredited by International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for certain top level domains.

Does DTAA Overrides Service Tax in India?

August 14, 2014 3966 Views 0 comment Print

 Import of Service The Import of Service means that the Service which is being provided by a Service Provider who is located in Non-Taxable territory and the service recipient is located in taxable territory. In such circumstances, the Service Receiver is liable to pay service tax as per Sr. No. 10 of Notification 30/2012-ST dated […]

Works Contract Service Notifications at Glance

August 12, 2014 21196 Views 0 comment Print

Pradeep Sharma Works Contract Service Notifications at Glance: S. No. Notification No. Particulars Effective from Effective Till Amended by Notification No.  1 12/2003 20/06/2003 This notification provide exemption from service tax on equal value of goods and material transferred to recipient (restriction from cenvat and duty credit paid on such goods) 01/07/2014 30/06/2012 35/2012  2 […]

Arrests of service provider for failing to remit Service Tax

August 11, 2014 738 Views 0 comment Print

Officers of the Commissionerate of Central Excise and Service Tax, Mangalore arrested the Managing Director of a private limited company providing storage and warehousing services at Karwar, for collecting the Service Tax of over Rs.60 lakhs from August 2011 to March 2014 and not remitting the same to the Government account.

Tour Operators: Cry Is Still On, Budget 2014 Partly Wiped Their Tears

August 9, 2014 3381 Views 0 comment Print

The budget 2014 has arrived and the Hon’ble Finance minister has bought in several, if not many, changes in the service tax regime. In his endeavour to put the indirect tax laws in road to GST, he has avoided major changes but for small. However, these small changes have somewhat failed to meet the expectations of few sectors.

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