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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 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 123 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 96 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 126 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 141 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


Notification No. 01/2004-ST, dated 04-02-2004

February 4, 2004 657 Views 0 comment Print

4th February, 2004 Notification No. 1/2004 – Service Tax             In exercise of the powers conferred by section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of […]

Circular No. 74/4 /2004-ST dated 23.01.2004

January 23, 2004 612 Views 0 comment Print

The Board has received representations seeking clarification with regard to leviability of Service Tax in respect of maintenance & repair of ATMs in terms of Notification no. 20/2003-ST dated 21.8.2003

Circular no. 73/3/2004-ST dated 05.01.2004

January 5, 2004 528 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to say that under Section 65 of Finance Act, 1944 and as brought out by Board”s letter no. F.B.43/7/97-TRU dated 11.7.97 there must exist a relationship of principal and an agent for bringing grain agent in the ambit of C & F agent of the farmer and in CBEC Circular no. 48/10/2002-ST dated 13.9.2002, it has been clarified that Adhatiya”s (Food grain agents) activity do not fall under the scope of Clearing and Forwarding Agents services and hence would not be liable for Service Tax under this category.

Circular No.72/2/2004-ST dated 02.01.2004

January 2, 2004 597 Views 0 comment Print

During the Open Houses and Seminars conducted all over India, lot of queries have been raised as to whether only single registrations is required for a service provider providing more than one taxable service and also whether a single return is acceptable in respect of more than one taxable service being provided by the service tax provider.

Circular No.71/1/2004-ST dated 02.01.2004

January 2, 2004 741 Views 0 comment Print

The attention is invited to the Central Board of Excise and Customs Circular No.52/1/2003 (F.No.137/9/2003-CX4 dated 11.3.2003) introducing e-filing of ST-3 returns of Service Tax from the month of April, 2003 in respect of 10 (ten) select class or group of service tax providers.

Circular No. 70/19/2003-ST dated 17.12.2003

December 17, 2003 783 Views 0 comment Print

An issue has been raised whether the organisations who are engaged in design, development are maintenance of Software and enter into Annual Maintenance contracts for maintenance of their software, are exempt from Service Tax or not.

Circular No 69/18/2003-ST dated 15.12.2003

December 15, 2003 585 Views 0 comment Print

Please refer to Circular No. 661/52/2002-CX Dated 11.09.2002 issued under File No. 137/8/2001-CX-4 on the subject mentioned above.

Circular No. 68/17/2003-ST dated 28.11.2003

November 28, 2003 771 Views 0 comment Print

An issue has been raised whether a firm/person who are undertaking activities of organising “Trade Fairs” and Exhibitions soliciting the participation from the trade and Industry and provides space or may in addition provide furniture, cabins, security, electricity, etc., and charge their customers accordingly fall within ambit of “Event Management” or not

Notification No. 21/2003-ST, dated 20-11-2003

November 20, 2003 2701 Views 0 comment Print

Nov 20, 2003 Notification No. 21/2003-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 93 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts the taxable services specified in sub-section (105) of section 65 of the said […]

Circular No 67/16/2003-ST dated 10.11.2003

November 10, 2003 648 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to say that a doubt has been raised regarding levy of Service Tax on ship repair during the dry docking by the person duly authorised in this behalf by port authorities. This involves removal of damaged parts and replacement by new parts. This may involve repairing the outside bottom area of a Ship/Vessel by supplying huge quantities of MS plates etc.

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