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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 705 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 483 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 576 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 1497 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 966 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 75531 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 3072 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 2181 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 2124 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Transportation of Newspapers Not Taxable as Cargo Handling as Road Transport Falls Under Negative List

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that transportation and distribution of newspapers by road constituted services covered under Section 66D(p) of ...

June 13, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Confirms Franchise Service Tax Liability Due to Lack of Evidence on Unreceived Payments

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi sustained the service tax demand after finding that the royalty amounts were based on receipts acknowledged by the ap...

June 13, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

Can Service Tax Be Levied on What a Company Pays Its Own Overseas Offices?

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that overseas liaison offices functioning merely as communication channels cannot be treated as separate service...

June 11, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

RCM on Freight Cannot Be Applied Blindly: CESTAT Explains Why Every Transporter Is Not a GTA

Service Tax : The ruling clarifies that consignment notes carry legal significance under the Finance Act and Service Tax Rules for determining G...

June 10, 2026 417 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Not Payable under Support Service as Railways Merely Licensed Advertisement Space

Service Tax : The Tribunal observed that payment of licence fees for exclusive use of demarcated spaces amounted to renting of immovable propert...

June 9, 2026 165 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 2004 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 954 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 819 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 867 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 2175 Views 0 comment Print


Budget 2011 – Service Tax – Alteration or expansion in the scope of existing services

March 1, 2011 4055 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment in following service vide budget 2011Life Insurance Service, Authorized Service Station, Commercial Training or Coaching Service, Club or Association Service, Business Support Service, Services by legal professionals ,

Budget 2011 – Service Tax – Proposed New Services

March 1, 2011 1649 Views 0 comment Print

The following two new services have been proposed:(i) Services by air-conditioned restaurants having license to serve liquor; and (ii) Short-term accommodation in hotels/inns/clubs/guest houses etc.

Notification No. 8/2011-Service Tax, Dated: 01.03.2011

March 1, 2011 1988 Views 0 comment Print

NOTIFICATION NO. 8/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable services as referred to in sub-clauses (zzn), (zzp) and (zzzp) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, provided to any person located in India, when the goods are transported from a place located outside India to a final destination which is also outside India, from the whole of service tax leviable thereon under section 66 of the Finance Act.

General Insurance Service – Service tax exemption to insurer providing insurance under a specified scheme

March 1, 2011 2905 Views 0 comment Print

NOTIFICATION NO. 7/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011. Service Tax : Section 65(105)(d) of the Finance Act, 1994 – General Insurance Service – Service tax exemption to insurer providing insurance under a specified scheme

Service tax exemption to works contract provided for construction of new residential complex, etc., under specified scheme

March 1, 2011 1997 Views 0 comment Print

NOTIFICATION NO. 6/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011. Service Tax : Section 65(105)(zzzza) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Works contract service – Service tax exemption to works contract provided for construction of new residential complex, etc., under specified scheme

Business Exhibition Services – Exemption to services rendered to exhibitor participating in an exhibition held outside India

March 1, 2011 2357 Views 0 comment Print

NOTIFICATION NO. 5/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011. Service Tax : Section 65(105)(zzo) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Business Exhibition Services – Exemption to services rendered to exhibitor participating in an exhibition held outside India

Notification for Revised rate of service Tax on Air Fare

March 1, 2011 687 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax : Section 65(zzzo) of the Finance Act, 1994 – Transport of passengers by air – Exemption from Service Tax to passengers travelling in economy class within India and to passengers embarking in India for an international journey in economy class – Amendment in Notification No. 26/2010-ST, dated 22-6-2010.NOTIFICATION NO. 4/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011

Service Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2011 – Amendment in rules 4A, 5A and 6

March 1, 2011 6331 Views 0 comment Print

NOTIFICATION NO. 3/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Finance Act), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Service Tax Rules, 1994, namely :—

Service Tax (Determination of Value) Amendment Rules, 2011 – Insertion of rule 2B

March 1, 2011 1131 Views 0 comment Print

NOTIFICATION NO. 2/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (aa) of sub-section (2) of section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006, namely :—

Service Tax- Works Contract (Composition Scheme for Payment of Service Tax) Amendment Rules, 2011 – Amendment in rule 3

March 1, 2011 6200 Views 0 comment Print

NOTIFICATION NO. 1/2011 – SERVICE TAX, DATED 1-3-2011. In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 93 and 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Works Contract (Composition Scheme for Payment of Service Tax) Rules, 2007, namely :—

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