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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


Compensation Received In Exchange For Technical Know-How Is Not Exigible Under Engineering Consultancy.

February 14, 2009 607 Views 0 comment Print

A transaction in intellectual property (IP) along with the right to manufacture the licensed product is totally different from the technical assistance rendered by an engineer or a firm of engineers; when IP services are brought under the tax net without altering the scope of “Consulting Engineer Service” the new impost covers an activity hitherto not exigible to service tax under the head Consulting Engineer.

Service Tax Evasion on 40 Crore Deals Detected at Surat

February 12, 2009 405 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax evasion on deals of Rs 40 crore sale involving an industrial security service agency was detected during a raid by Suratservice tax officials on Monday. According to officials, who refused to divulge the agency’s name, the raids were conducted after reports of illegal transactions at the official premises of this agency came in. […]

Service Tax Returns Preparer Scheme

February 5, 2009 2977 Views 0 comment Print

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (ii) ] MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (Central Board of Excise and Customs) New Delhi, the 3rd February,2009 Notification No. 7/2009-ST G.S.R. …. (E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 71 of the Finance Act, […]

Service tax on sale of new houses to go

February 5, 2009 507 Views 0 comment Print

Finally some good news for buyers of residential property as well as the slacking real estate mart. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has done away with service tax on sale of new residential units. A notification to this effect has been issued by CBEC on Thursday. This means that a house priced […]

Levy of service tax on educational institutions- regarding

January 31, 2009 7063 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 107/01/2009 – ST   New Delhi, dated 28th January 2009 F.No137/23/2007- CX.4 Government of India , Ministry of Finance , Department of Revenue , Central Board of Excise and Customs Subject: Levy of service tax on educational institutions- regarding Various educational institutions impart training and conduct courses in different fields. Many of these institutions […]

Service Tax Circular on applicability of service tax on activities carried out by builders / promoters / developers

January 31, 2009 6830 Views 0 comment Print

Construction of building complexes, having more than twelve residential units is subject to service tax under the category of „Construction of Complex Services.? In the past, various views have been expressed on the applicability of the service tax in cases where an agreement of sale is entered into between the builder and the buyer of a unit in a residential complex, as mentioned below

Notification No. 6/2009 – Service Tax, Dated: 30.01.2009

January 30, 2009 2193 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 6/2009 – Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) as made applicable to service tax by section 83 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby directs that the powers exercisable by the Central Board of Excise and Customs under the provisions of section 83

Imposition of service tax on Builders – regarding

January 29, 2009 12066 Views 1 comment Print

Circular No. 108/02/2009 – ST Dated 29th January 2009 Construction of residential complex was brought under service tax w.e.f.01.06.2005. Doubts have arisen regarding the applicability of service tax in a case where developer / builder/promoter enters into an agreement, with the ultimate owner for selling a dwelling unit in a residential complex at any stage of construction (or even prior to that) and who makes construction linked payment.

Dubai cancels 1,500 work permits & Visas daily

January 25, 2009 501 Views 0 comment Print

An average of 1,500 work permits and visas are being canceled in Dubai each day as companies lay off employees in the wake of the global financial crisis. The number is expected to rise in coming months as thousands of labor complaints currently logged at the Ministry of Labor get processed. Adding to that figure […]

Infosys gets notice to pay service tax of Rs 33 cr

January 25, 2009 612 Views 0 comment Print

We have issued showcause notice as the company has not paid service tax on the underwriting commission paid by Infosys towards American Depository Receipt (ADR) for the years 2003, 2005 and 2006, said a senior tax official from service tax department.

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