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No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 591 Views 0 comment Print

Credit cannot be denied due to incorrect description of Service on invoices when Service Tax has been correctly paid

Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai, in Tata AIG case, rules credit can't be denied for incorrect service description on invoices when correct service t...

December 16, 2023 1104 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 1230 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1020 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Advance Club Membership Fees: CESTAT Ruling

Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...

November 2, 2023 951 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 1014 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 72447 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 2667 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 1737 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 1632 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Car Booking Cancellation Charges

Service Tax : CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on amounts received as booking cancellation charges, price difference & corporate discount,...

July 4, 2024 57 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax on foreign commission payable under RCM from 18.04.2006 

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that that service tax on commission paid to foreign commission agents is payable under reverse charge only ...

July 4, 2024 336 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Convenience fee & cancellation charges for services to Airlines under BAS

Service Tax : CESTAT quashes service tax demand against Yatra Online Pvt Ltd, ruling that convenience and cancellation fees are not connected to...

July 4, 2024 87 Views 0 comment Print

Attachment Order under Customs Act for Service Tax Recovery is invalid

Service Tax : Zest Buildtek Promotors Vs Deputy Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (Madras High Court)Issuance of attachment order under provi...

July 3, 2024 216 Views 0 comment Print

No Service tax on interest income from overdraft & cash credit facilities: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd vs Commr. of CGST (CESTAT Kolkata) where Kolkata CESTAT ruled that n...

June 30, 2024 135 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 1614 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 549 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 477 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 486 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 1251 Views 0 comment Print


FAQs on e-filing of ST-3 returns – Entries of more than one challans paid in single month, Source Document, Amount Mismatch

November 24, 2011 20184 Views 0 comment Print

1. How to make entries of more than one challans paid in the single month? If the returns are filed through Excel Utilities, more than one challans are not allowed in single month? To avoid such restriction, in the column on month, more rows should be added to the extent number of challans are paid in the month. For example – If three challans are paid in month of April then entries should be as follows:

ST : Road constructed in a petrol pump to facilitate filling of fuel is not liable to service tax under category of ‘Commercial or industrial construction service’

November 22, 2011 2603 Views 0 comment Print

After carefully considering the submissions made by both the sides we find that it is an admitted fact by both the sides that the construction of road does not require payment of service tax. The Revenue’s only appeal is that construction of driveway cannot be equated with the construction of road in as much as such driveway was not for public utility purpose but the same was in connection with the petrol pump owned by the owner.

Services provided during Hindus' marriage ceremony not exempt from service tax

November 20, 2011 3018 Views 0 comment Print

The Hindus’ marriage ceremony is not a religious but a social function and various kinds of service providers, including those erecting tents for it, are not exempted from paying service tax, the Delhi High Court ruled today. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna gave this ruling dismissing a plea by All India Tent Dealers’ Welfare Organisation, contending they should be exempt from paying service tax for erecting tent for holding the marriage ceremony as it is primarily a religious function.

Rs. 20 crore service tax netted from Mumbai builders

November 20, 2011 655 Views 0 comment Print

The service tax department is conducting surveys on nine leading developers and has found that Rs50 crore worth of (service) tax has not been deposited with it despite the sum being collected from buyers. The amount is due since five months. Service tax has to be deposited with the department by the first week of […]

Revised Concept Paper on Taxation of Services based on Negative List

November 19, 2011 1965 Views 0 comment Print

The earlier Paper had given the definition of service to ‘mean anything which does not constitute supply of goods, money or immovable property’ A number of specific inclusions or exclusions were further elaborated. Suggestions have been made that the “service” should be confined to economic transactions or transactions for consideration

Section 83A – power of adjudication – Assignment of specified cases to commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi

November 19, 2011 2273 Views 0 comment Print

ORDER NO. 03/2011 – Service Tax, dated 10-8-2011- In exercise of the powers conferred by Notification No. 16/2007 – Service Tax, dated 19th April, 2007, Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby assigns to the Commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi the case specified in the following Table, for the purpose of adjudication.

All about Service Tax in Brief and Download Free E-Book updated up to 25.08.2011

November 16, 2011 17330 Views 0 comment Print

What is meant by Registration‖? Who should apply for registration under Service Tax law? In terms of Section 69 of the Finance Act,1994 (Chapter V) read with rule 4 of the Service Tax Rules,1994 – Every person who has provided a taxable service of value exceeding Rs. 9 lakhs, in the preceding financial year, is required to register with the Central Excise or Service Tax office having jurisdiction over the premises or office of such service provider.

Procedure for rectification when assessee filed ST3 return mistakenly for future period instead of current period

November 16, 2011 10782 Views 0 comment Print

Instances have been reported by some field formations to this Directorate-General that some assesses had indvertently filed ST3 Returns online in ACES for a future period. As a result, when they tried filling the returns for the same period, when it was due, the system did not accept it as the returns for that period were already in the database.

Regarding Mandatory E filing of ST3/ST3A Return by Every Assessee

November 16, 2011 9827 Views 0 comment Print

A service tax assessee can file return electronically by accessing ACES Web Portal www.aces.gov.in. The said website has hosted LMS (Learning Management System) on the home page. The broad features are given below:-

Service Tax – Procedure & documents required for Centralized registrations

November 16, 2011 35114 Views 0 comment Print

The existing procedure and documents required to be filed along with application for Centralized Registration has been reviewed. In order to simplify the procedure and to follow the uniform practice in all the Divisions, a new procedure has been devised. The salient features of the new procedure are given below:

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