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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 687 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 471 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 558 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 1449 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 957 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 1455 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 75495 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 3069 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 2169 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 2109 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Service Tax Demand Quashed as Iron Ore Excavation and Grading Held to Be Mining Service

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that excavation, extraction, grading, and sorting of iron ore are mining-related activities taxable only und...

June 2, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Sets Aside Sponsorship Service Tax Demand as Tax Was Already Paid by Service Provider

Service Tax : The Tribunal held that service tax cannot be demanded again when the service provider has already collected and deposited the tax....

June 2, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand Set Aside as Screening & Grading of Iron Ore was Mining Service not BAS

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that screening and grading of iron ore are mining-related activities covered under the taxable category of M...

June 2, 2026 120 Views 0 comment Print

67% Abatement Cannot Be Denied Merely Because It Was Not Claimed in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax : The dispute concerned denial of 67% abatement on construction and works contract services involving supply of materials. CESTAT he...

June 1, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print

Cenvat Credit Reversal Upheld as Trading Activity Was Not a Taxable Service: CESTAT Bangalore

Service Tax : The Tribunal held that Cenvat credit is available only in relation to taxable services and not for trading activities. The case wa...

June 1, 2026 84 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 1974 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 948 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 798 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 855 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 2136 Views 0 comment Print


Exclude Order Receipt Date When Calculating Appeal Filing Limitation: CESTAT Mumbai

March 8, 2025 816 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai set aside a service tax demand on Mumbai Port Trust, holding the appeal filed within the prescribed time. Case remanded for merits evaluation.

Logistics Services in Mining Areas are Ancillary services, Not Mining services

March 5, 2025 678 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held coal transportation within mines by BLA Infra-GKMWPL JV taxable under transportation, not mining services. Service tax demand overturned.

Tax appeals stand abated upon NCLT approval of a resolution plan under IBC

March 5, 2025 657 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai ruled on Orchid Chemicals’ appeal, citing insolvency resolution precedents. The appeal was abated following NCLT approval. Read the full summary.

Invocation of limitation period without wilful attempt to evade payment of duty invalid

March 1, 2025 1548 Views 0 comment Print

The appellant is engaged in manufacturing of excisable goods falling under chapter 84 and are availing Cenvat credit of duty and tax paid on inputs and input services and are also registered u/s. 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 for discharging their service tax liability.

Sales tax leviable on transfer of Set Top Boxes to subscribers: Karnataka HC

February 26, 2025 558 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that transfer of Set Top Boxes to subscribers amounts to sale within the definition of section 2(29)(d) of the Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 and hence sales tax leviable on the same.

Service Tax on Rent: Co-Owners with Separate Agreements Not AOP

February 26, 2025 867 Views 0 comment Print

 CESTAT Ahmedabad ruled that co-owners of rented property are not an AOP, and their individual rental income below ₹10 lakh is exempt from service tax.

KLE Society’s Services to University of Sains Malaysia Qualify as ‘Export of Services’

February 21, 2025 432 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Bangalore rules KLE Society’s services to Malaysian university qualify as export of services, overturning a substantial service tax demand. The tribunal cited precedent cases like Vodafone Idea and Verizon Communication, emphasizing the recipient’s location and foreign currency payments.

Service tax not leviable on distributor of lottery tickets: SC

February 21, 2025 921 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that activity of lottery distributor doesn’t constitute a service and hence imposition of service tax on distributor of lottery tickets not justifiable. Accordingly, the appeals are dismissed.

Quashing of SCN on One Demand Doesn’t Restrict Adjudication on Other Demands: Delhi HC

February 20, 2025 510 Views 0 comment Print

The Respondent was engaged in the business of fabrication and fixing of aluminium utensils. Respondent had availed CENVAT credit on inputs and input services as per their ST-3 returns for the period 10.09.2004 to 31.03.2007

Calcutta HC quashes duplicate service tax demand for same period

February 17, 2025 771 Views 0 comment Print

The Calcutta High Court quashes a duplicate service tax demand for the same period in Arjun Chettri vs Union of India & Ors, ordering the unfreezing of bank accounts.

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