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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


Refund of service tax paid on in relation to the authorised operations in SEZ

May 22, 2009 1533 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 114/08/2009-ST Dated: May 20, 2009. F.No.354/163/2006-TRU Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, (Tax Research Unit),Room No.153, North Block, New Delhi, Subject:   Refund of service tax paid on taxable services taxable services which are provided in relation to the authorised operations in a Special Economic Zone – Reg.              Notification No.9/2009-Service Tax, dated 3.3.2009 was issued to provide refund of […]

Notification on Service Tax Exemption to taxable services consumed within Special Economic Zones

May 21, 2009 2168 Views 0 comment Print

Through Notification No. 9/2009 – ST dated March 3, 2009, the Central Government had provided for an exemption from service tax by way of refund in respect of taxable services in relation to authorized operations that are received by a developer of or a unit in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The same has now been amended by a Notification1 (‘subject Notification’) to restore the exemption in respect of services consumed within the SEZ, without following the refund route.

Notification No. 15/2009 – Service Tax, dated 20-05-2009

May 20, 2009 4397 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 15/2009-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.9/2009-Service Tax, dated the 3rd March, 2009 which was published in the Gazette of India,

Notification No. 14/2009 – Service Tax, dated 15-05-2009

May 15, 2009 528 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 14/2009-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(1A) of section 86 of the Finance Act,1994(32 of 1994), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No.19/2007-Service Tax, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,

Notification No. 13/2009 – Service Tax, dated 15-05-2009

May 15, 2009 612 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 13/2009-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section(1A) of section 86 of the Finance Act,1994(32 of 1994), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No.18/2007-Service Tax, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,

SC dismissed service tax demand of over Rs 2200 Crore from Lottery Agents

May 6, 2009 453 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court today has dismissed the appeal of Union of India against the  judgement  in case of Martin Lottery Agencies Ltd. earlier given by  Sikkim High CourtAs a result of dismissal of appeal filed by the Government; the show cause notices demanding service tax of over Rs 2200 Crore from Lottery Agents are liable to […]

Shocking-95% Appeals By Deptt. Quashed By CESTAT – Bangalore

May 5, 2009 837 Views 0 comment Print

 Believe it, 90 per cent of the appeals filed by the Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Department of our nation against assessees, who had received a favourable order at the lower level, have been dismissed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), South Zonal Bench, Bangalore during the year 2008. Out […]

Service tax credit cannot be taken when service tax has not been shown to have been paid by service provider

May 4, 2009 6377 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax credit cannot be taken when service tax has not been shown to have been paid by service provider; once it is found that Cenvat credit was irregularly availed by the assessee and by implication to that extent the service tax on the output service was short paid, it has to be recovered under Rule 14 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.

CBEC issued circular on Monitoring & disposal of pending appeals

April 30, 2009 1753 Views 0 comment Print

In supersession of the Circular No. 291/7/97-CX dated 20.1.1997 and considering the present pendency of disposal of appeals by Commissioner (Appeals), the norms of disposal of appeals by Commissioner (Appeals) has been reworked out.

Election Commission blocks service tax sops for SEZ units & Developers

April 27, 2009 885 Views 0 comment Print

Developers of special economic zones (SEZ) and units operating in them will have to wait until a new government is formed to get a keenly-awaited exemption on service tax payments for services availed inside the zones. The Election Commission (EC) has refused to allow the finance ministry to pass a notification allowing the exemption while elections are on because it could result in direct benefits […]

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