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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 561 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 2175 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 2112 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 147 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 111 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 138 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 144 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 90 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 2142 Views 0 comment Print


Circular No. 103/06/2008-ST dated 1st July, 2008

July 1, 2008 3483 Views 0 comment Print

Section 73C of the Finance Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) provides for provisional attachment of property for the purposes of protecting the interests of revenue during the pendency of any proceedings under section 73 or section 73A of the Act.

Notification No. 29/2008 – Service Tax, dated 26-06-2008

June 26, 2008 3013 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 29/2008 – Service Tax 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 service of supply of a goods carriage, without transferring right of possession and effective control of such goods carriage, referred to in sub-clause (zzzzj) of clause (105) of section 65 of the Finance Act, provided by any person to a goods

Service Tax – Sale of flats is no service and so no Service Tax is payable

June 23, 2008 2121 Views 0 comment Print

The petitioners, is a private limited company, engaged in the business of development and sale of immovable property, i.e., real estate, have impugned a notice, dated March 6, 2006 issued by respondent Superintendent of Central Excise, whereby the petitioner-company has been asked to get itself registered under section 69 of the Finance Act, 1994 inasmuch as the petitioner-company has been providing commercial or industrial construction service/construction of complex service.

Circular No. 102/5/2008-ST dated 04.06.2008

June 9, 2008 846 Views 0 comment Print

The Finance Ministry has come up with a dispute resolution scheme as a one-time measure for quick resolution of disputes involving small service tax amounts up to Rs 25,000. However, cases involving non-payment of service tax after having collected the same from clients/customers are not included in the scheme. This compounding scheme would be in operation from July 1 to September 30. It would also not apply to cases where the tax arrears includes service tax amount of over Rs 25,000.

Notification No. 28/2008 – Service Tax, dated 04-06-2008

June 4, 2008 609 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 28/2008-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred of section 101 of the Finance Act, 2008 (18 of 2008), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Dispute Resolution Scheme Rules, 2008. (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2008.

Notification No. 27/2008- Service Tax Dated-27.05.2008

May 27, 2008 2214 Views 0 comment Print

Services provided in relation to chit. – Chit means a transaction whether called chit, chit fund, chitty, kuri, or by any other name by or under which a person enters into an agreement with a specified number of persons that every one of them shall subscribe a certain sum of money

Notification No. 26/2008 – Service Tax, dated 21-05-2008

May 21, 2008 477 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 26 /2008-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 amendment in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No.19/2007-Service Tax, 2007, published in the Gazette of India,

Notification No. 25/2008 – Service Tax, dated 21-05-2008

May 21, 2008 585 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 25/2008-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1A) of section 86 of Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No.18/2007-Service Tax, 2007, published in the Gazette of India , Extraordinary, Part II , Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide No. G.S.R. 353(E), dated the 12th May,2007, namely:-

Industry chambers liable to pay service tax – CBEC

May 17, 2008 441 Views 0 comment Print

INDUSTRY and business chambers are liable to pay service tax. The Central Board of Excise and Customs on Thursday clarified that the trade associations falls within the scope for ‘clubs and association services’. The clarification comes close on the heels of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) getting a show cause notice from the service tax department for Rs 32 71 crore.

Service tax refund extended to 3 more export-based services

May 17, 2008 633 Views 0 comment Print

Exporters will now get tax refund on services provided in relation to sale and purchase of foreign currency under banking and other financial services as well as under foreign exchange broking services from May 16. Service tax refund is also available on the supply of tangible goods, where the right of possession and effective control is not transferred. This will be treated as export if the goods are located outside India during the period of their use by the recipient.

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