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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


Work carried out on lump sum basis does not falls under supply of manpower services

September 10, 2013 10647 Views 0 comment Print

Under a contract with a cement company, the Assessee carried out activities of loading of cement bags into closed wagons, cleaning, sealing and riveting, etc., wagon door complete spillage recovery of total quantity, drawing of bags to stenciling floor, and wagon door opening/wagon cleaning – It was compensated for different items of work at separate rates prescribed in contract.

Service Tax Exemption to National Skill Development Corporation & others related to it

September 10, 2013 14289 Views 0 comment Print

9A. Any services provided by, _ (i) the National Skill Development Corporation set up by the Government of India; (ii) a Sector Skill Council approved by the National Skill Development Corporation; (iii) an assessment agency approved by the Sector Skill Council or the National Skill Development Corporation;

CENVAT Credit – BPO & KPO Industry

September 4, 2013 2709 Views 0 comment Print

The appellant claimed refund of input service tax credit which they did not utilize under Rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004. These refund claims were partly sanctioned and partly rejected.

Rebate / Refund in respect of service tax paid on input services

September 4, 2013 3440 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 12/2005-ST was issued on 19.04.2005. The notification stated that there will be granted rebate of the whole of the duty paid on excisable inputs or the whole of the service tax and cess paid on all taxable input services

Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES)

September 3, 2013 3206 Views 0 comment Print

CA Tarannum Khatri VCES means gift to taxpayers by finance minister. Voluntary pay your tax and get many benefits. Period: 1st October  2007 to 31st  December  2012 Eligibility: The person who has not received notice or order of determination u/s 72, 73 or 73A on or before 1st march 2013 is eligible under the scheme. […]

Too early to comment on Success of VCES : Govt.

August 31, 2013 501 Views 0 comment Print

Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme for Service Tax DefaultersThe Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES) has been brought into effect from 10.05.2013 to encourage voluntary compliance and broaden the service tax base by waiver of interest, penalty and any other consequences to a stop filer, non-filer or non-registrant or any other service provider who is […]

ST-3 Filing Due Date for Oct 12 to Mar 13 extended to 10th September, 2013

August 30, 2013 16222 Views 0 comment Print

CBEC extends the date of submission of the Form ST-3 for the period from 1st October 2012 to 31st March 2013, from 31st August, 2013 to 10th September, 2013 vide Order No. 4/2013-ST. Extension of time has been made due to difficulties faced by some assessees in uploading the offline utilities.

Implications of Service Tax on Printing Newspapers, journals & periodicals

August 29, 2013 14986 Views 5 comments Print

CA Anuj Mehta After reading my article on Implication of Service Tax on the Printing Industry. A common question which has been raised by the professionals & common public is that WHETHER SERVICE TAX IS APPLICABLE ON Printing Newspapers, journals & periodicals on behalf  of other person? And I feel that on this issue there […]

FAQ – Service Tax return (ST3) for Oct, 2012 – Mar, 2013

August 27, 2013 7885 Views 0 comment Print

FAQ FOR ST3 RETURN FOR THE PERIOD OCT, 2012 – MAR, 2013 I. GENERAL  The ST-3 Return for the period, Oct, 2012- Mar, 2013 is a quarterly or half-yearly? It is a half yearly return. Is there any change in the Format of ST3 return for the return period Oct, 2012 -March, 2013 when compared […]

Online version of Service Tax return (ST-3) for October’12 to March’13

August 27, 2013 1704 Views 0 comment Print

 The online version of the Service Tax return (ST-3) for the period October’12 to March’13 is now available for e-filing in ACES. Assessees can also use the offline utility by downloading the latest version from http://acesdownload.nic.in/ or from ‘DOWNLOADS’ Section of ACES website. Assessees whose ST 3 returns for the period October’12 to March’13 for […]

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