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Latest Articles


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 558 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 99 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 123 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 135 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.8/2002-Service Tax, dated 01-08-2002

August 1, 2002 3136 Views 0 comment Print

1st August, 2002 Notification No. 8/2002-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 149 of the Finance Act, 2002 (20 of 2002), the Central Government hereby appoints the 16th day August, 2002, as the date on which  the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994) shall be amended as provided in the said section […]

Circular No.45/8/2002-ST dated 30.07.2002

July 30, 2002 531 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to say that the monthly revenue figures of service tax are routinely required by the Board for taking policy decisions. A software for capturing the total service tax revenue from each Commissionerate for each month has been developed by Directorate of Systems and is installed at website – http.//sermon nic.in. This website can be of help only if all commissionerates post data on service tax regularly

Notification No. 7/2002-Service Tax, dated 08-05-2002

May 8, 2002 495 Views 0 comment Print

8th May,2002 Notification No. 7/2002 – 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 India in the […]

Notification No. 6/2002-Service Tax, dated 08-05-2002

May 8, 2002 441 Views 0 comment Print

8th May, 2002 Notification No. 6/2002 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 further amendment in the Notification of the Government of India in […]

Notification No. 5/2002-Service Tax, dated 08-05-2002

May 8, 2002 483 Views 0 comment Print

8th May, 2002 Notification No. 5/2002 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 further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in […]

Notification No. 4/2002-Service Tax, dated 03-05-2002

May 3, 2002 567 Views 0 comment Print

3rd May, 2002 Notification No. 4/2002 -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 further amendment in the notification of the Government of India […]

Circular No.42/05/2002-ST dated 29.04.2002

April 29, 2002 552 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Jehangir Art Gallery situated at 161-D, MG Road, Mumbai, are providing facilities to artists/painters/sculptors to exhibit their works of art in their premises on payment of scheduled rent. They are not directly carrying out any sale of art pieces from the gallery. They claim that their establishment is a private trust and the entry to the gallery is freely open to the public. Their basic objective is to promote and propagate visual arts

Notification No.3/2002-Service Tax, dated 19-03-2002

March 19, 2002 522 Views 0 comment Print

19th March, 2002 Notification No. 3/2002 – 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 further amendment in the notification of the Government of […]

Notification No. 2/2002-Service Tax, dated 01-03-2002

March 1, 2002 408 Views 0 comment Print

1st March , 2002 Notification No. 2/2002-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 India, in […]

Notification No.1/2002-Service Tax, dated 01-03-2002

March 1, 2002 831 Views 0 comment Print

1st March , 2002 Notification No. 1/2002-Service Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (6) of section 6, and clause (a) of sub-section (7) of section 7, of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and Other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976), the Central Government hereby extends […]

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