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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 99 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 90 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 135 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 87 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


Construction of Canals/Pipelines for Government Use Not Exigible to Service Tax

January 16, 2025 882 Views 0 comment Print

Construction of canals/ pipelines/ conduits to support irrigation, water supply or for sewerage disposal, when provided to the Government, could not be exigible to service tax. Once tax was not payable in law, there was no authority for the department to retain such an amount.

Mandap Keeper Services Not Taxable as Support Services: CESTAT Ahmedabad

January 11, 2025 552 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad rules that Mandap Keeper Services by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation are non-taxable, covered under the negative list, and not support services.

Service tax leviable on service of looking after socio-economic and welfare matters of ex-serviceman

January 8, 2025 444 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that services of looking after socio-economic and welfare matters of ex-serviceman by the charitable society is leviable to service tax. Accordingly, appeal dismissed the service tax leviable on the same.

In-flight Food & Beverages supply to airlines not qualifies as ‘Outdoor Catering Services: SC

January 7, 2025 2385 Views 1 comment Print

Supreme Court affirms that supplying food to airlines is a sale of goods, not outdoor catering, clarifying service tax applicability. Appeal dismissed due to delay.

Pre-Deposit via Electronic Cash Ledger for Service Tax Valid: Bombay HC

January 4, 2025 891 Views 0 comment Print

The Bombay High Court ruled on the validity of pre-deposits made through electronic cash ledgers under Section 83 of the Finance Act, 1994. Key legal issues resolved.

Book entry/manner of book keeping cannot lead to demand of service tax

January 1, 2025 990 Views 0 comment Print

Book entry/manner of book keeping cannot lead to demand of service tax; (ii) recoupment/booking of costs between two divisions of the same company cannot amount to provision of service as there is no service provider and no service receiver;

Cenvat Rule 7 amended WEF 01.04.2016 making pro tata distinction mandatory

January 1, 2025 426 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai dismisses the Department’s appeal, allowing Oerlikon to claim CENVAT credit at Pune. The ruling emphasizes revenue neutrality and pre-2016 Rule 7 provisions.

Bombay HC Directs SVLDRS-4 Issuance Despite Payment Delay

January 1, 2025 807 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC directs SVLDRS-4 issuance to Cradle Runways Pvt. Ltd. despite a one-day payment delay under the SVLDR Scheme, citing technical reasons and procedural fairness.

Referral services to foreign universities amounts to “export of service’

January 1, 2025 1923 Views 0 comment Print

Enbee Education Centre Private Limited Vs Commissioner of C.E. & S.T.-Vadodara-I (CESTAT Ahmedabad) The services provided amount to “export of service” under Rule 2 read with Rule 3(2) of the Place of Provision of Service Rules We share the recent order passed by the Hon’ble CESTAT Ahmedabad. The appellant is providing services to foreign universities. […]

Service Tax Demand under Section 73: Normal Period Rule, Extended Period Exception

January 1, 2025 1689 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai rules extended limitation cannot apply for service tax demand on sub-contractors due to conflicting decisions, emphasizing procedural norms.

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