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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 1032 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 75699 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 78 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 51 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 48 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


Service Tax: SSI Limit to Be Calculated on Abated Value of Restaurant Services

September 6, 2025 675 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT rules that the 60% abatement on restaurant services must be excluded when calculating the small-scale industry exemption limit, reversing a tax demand.

Orissa HC Sets Aside Service Tax Order, Allows Petitioner to Present Exemption Claim

September 5, 2025 297 Views 0 comment Print

Orissa High Court has quashed an ex parte service tax demand, ruling that tax authority’s failure to consider petitioner’s arguments constituted a denial of a fair hearing.

Demurrage Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT Mumbai

September 5, 2025 789 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Mumbai ruled that demurrage charged by a shipping company is not a separate taxable service but is linked to the exempt service of goods transportation.

Tribunal directs Reconsideration of Service Tax on Construction Services Completed Before 2010

September 5, 2025 354 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Mumbai has remanded a service tax dispute back to the original authority for a new adjudication. The case centers on whether tax liability is determined by the date a service is completed or the date payment is received.

Service Tax under RCM Not Payable on Services for Business Winding-Up: CESTAT Mumbai

September 5, 2025 663 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai ruled Lehman Brothers India not liable for service tax on winding-up services, setting aside refund rejection and allowing appeals.

SC Transfers Service Tax on Royalty & DMFT Cases to Avoid Conflicting HC Rulings

September 4, 2025 1338 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court has transferred multiple high court petitions regarding the levy of service tax on royalty payments, consolidating them for a unified hearing with a pending case.

Affiliation Fees – No Service Tax Can Be Demanded: CESTAT Delhi

August 29, 2025 1032 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and penalties quashed.

Delay in Filing Service Tax Appeal No Bar, Matter Remanded with 25% Pre-Deposit

August 27, 2025 801 Views 0 comment Print

Court held writ petition maintainable despite appeal delay. Impugned service tax order treated as addendum to SCN. Fresh order to be passed if assessee deposits 25% of disputed tax within 30 days.

How to Claim TDS Refund for Google Ads in India

August 23, 2025 5658 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about the process of deducting and claiming TDS on Google Ads payments in India. Understand key rules, deadlines, and the steps to get ad credits.

Service tax not leviable when transaction is of trading in land: Delhi HC

August 23, 2025 654 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that when the transaction is one of trading in land and no specific remuneration is fixed in the deal for acquisition of land, the same would not be liable to service tax. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.

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