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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 114 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 90 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. 06/2003-ST, dated 14-05-2003

May 14, 2003 654 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the power conferred by section 93 of the finance Act, 1994 (32 of 94) (herein after referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 59/98-ST, dated the 16th October, 1998, namely.

Notification No. 05/2003-ST, dated 14-05-2003

May 14, 2003 778 Views 0 comment Print

May 14, 2003 Notification No. 5/2003 – Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ee) 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 Credit Rules, 2002, except as respect things done or […]

Notification No. 04/2003-ST, dated 14-05-2003

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May 14, 2003 Notification No. 4/2003 – Service Tax 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), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, further to amend the Service Tax Rule, 1994, except as respect things done or […]

Circular No. 56/5/2003-ST dated 25.04.2003

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The Central Government has issued Notification no.2/2003 dated 1.3.2003 in the current year’s Budget rescinding the earlier Notification no. 6/99 Service Tax dated 9.4.99 which exempted taxable services from payment of service tax so long as payment for services rendered is received in convertible foreign exchange which is not repatriated outside India. Consequent to the issue of Notification no. 2/2003 cited above, service tax would be leviable on all taxable services consumed or rendered in India, irrespective of whether the payment thereof is received in foreign exchange or not

Circular No. 55/4/2003-ST dated 24.04.2003

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I am directed to invite your attention to notification No. 17/2002-ST dated 21.11.2002 granting exemption to taxable Services provided by a Service Provider to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Developer or to a unit located in SEZ for the development, operation and maintenance or setting up SEZ Units. For availing the exemption, the taxable services to be rendered by the Service Provider is proposed to be authorised by a committee headed by Chief Commissioner of Central Excise having jurisdiction over said Special Economic Zone

Circular No. 54 /3 /2003-ST dated 21.04.2003

April 21, 2003 421 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to say that doubts has been raised regarding the classification of the Internet Telephony Service, as to whether this service is covered under the category of ‘telephone service’ or ‘online information and database access and/or retrieval service’ and hence liable to pay Service Tax.

Circular No. 57/6/2003-ST dated 21.04.2003

April 21, 2003 493 Views 0 comment Print

ST Circular No. 57/6/2003 21st April,2003 F.No.137/19/2003 CX.4 Government of India  Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise & Customs Subject:- Irregular Levy of Service Tax by the service providers @8% after budget i.e. 1-3-2003- regarding  It has come to the notice of the Board that service providers have […]

Circular No. 53/2/2003-ST dated 27.03.2003

March 27, 2003 1030 Views 0 comment Print

Instances have come to the notice of Board with regard to difficulties being faced by the Field Formations/Service Providers in collecting/paying the service tax in amounts less than a rupee or in multiple thereof.

Circular No. 52/1/2003-ST dated 11.03.2003

March 11, 2003 669 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Excise and Customs is getting ready to facilitate electronic filing of ST-3 returns of Service Tax from the month of April, 2003. Initially, this facility will be extended to only select class or group of service tax providers.

Notification No. 3/2003-Service Tax Dated 1st March, 2003

March 1, 2003 654 Views 0 comment Print

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 India, in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance.

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