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No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 1602 Views 0 comment Print

Credit cannot be denied due to incorrect description of Service on invoices when Service Tax has been correctly paid

Service Tax : CESTAT Mumbai, in Tata AIG case, rules credit can't be denied for incorrect service description on invoices when correct service t...

December 16, 2023 1386 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 1797 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1116 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Advance Club Membership Fees: CESTAT Ruling

Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...

November 2, 2023 1395 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 1140 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 73626 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 2769 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 1821 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 1734 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Quashing of SCN on One Demand Doesn’t Restrict Adjudication on Other Demands: Delhi HC

Service Tax : The Respondent was engaged in the business of fabrication and fixing of aluminium utensils. Respondent had availed CENVAT credit o...

February 20, 2025 36 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta HC quashes duplicate service tax demand for same period

Service Tax : The Calcutta High Court quashes a duplicate service tax demand for the same period in Arjun Chettri vs Union of India & Ors, order...

February 17, 2025 147 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Cannot Be Levied Solely Based on ITR Data: Bombay HC

Service Tax : Bombay High Court rules that service tax cannot be imposed solely on income tax return data. The department may issue a fresh noti...

February 11, 2025 8250 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Refund Claims Must Cite Notification & Provision: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad rules that refund claims must clearly specify the notification and legal provision under which they are sought. P...

February 11, 2025 96 Views 0 comment Print

Service tax payable only on service component in case of retreading tyres: Karnataka HC

Service Tax : Karnataka High Court held that in case of service of retreading tyres, service tax is payable only with respect to the service com...

February 11, 2025 60 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 1731 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 624 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 525 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 558 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 1452 Views 0 comment Print


Mediclaim Processing Charges Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT Ruling

September 14, 2024 825 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi rules Mediclaim processing charges as part of healthcare services, exempting them from service tax in Life Care Hospital Ltd. vs CGST Commissioner case.

Transportation services bundled with other activities do not fall under cargo handling services for tax

September 14, 2024 444 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata rules on Calcutta Industrial Supply’s service tax liability under Cargo Handling vs Transportation services, clarifying bundling of services.

CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand Against Jharkhand State Cricket Association

September 14, 2024 267 Views 0 comment Print

Detailed summary of the JSCA vs Commissioner of Excise case, discussing taxability on services and exemptions related to sports promotion activities.

Service Tax Refund cannot be denied for Stamp Duty Evidence if stamp duty was exempt

September 12, 2024 363 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT approves refund claim of ₹15.3 lakh for Rare Townships Pvt Ltd. Dispute over stamp duty compliance resolved in favor of the appellant.

No service tax on preferential location charges if not charged separately

September 5, 2024 210 Views 0 comment Print

Where preferential location charges charged by the builder includible in the taxable value of the service tax levy and no separate charge was levied, the liability to pay service tax did not arise as it was only when a particular service was separately charged that the liability to pay service tax arose.

Sale of lottery tickets doesn’t involve any service hence not leviable to service tax

September 5, 2024 447 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that the sale of lottery tickets by the State is a privileged activity by itself and not rendering of a service for which the assessees are rendering promotion or marketing service. Hence, service tax not leviable under ‘Business Auxiliary Services’.

No demand of service tax as Venture Capital Trust was not a Juridical Person

August 31, 2024 225 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was a venture capital trust. Institutional investors contribute money to the trust fund and the same was managed by an Investment Manager. An investigation was conducted by Anti-Evasion Unit of the Jurisdictional Commissionerate against assessee.

Scheme approved by Court cannot be base for issuance of notice: Bombay HC

August 27, 2024 357 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that show cause notice based on allegation that scheme approved by the Court is in contravention of provisions of the Finance Act quashed as order sanctioning the scheme has not been challenged by any authority and has attained finality.

Place of Provision Rules Not Applicable; Transaction Considered as Export of Service, No Service Tax Liability

August 24, 2024 513 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai ruled in favor of ATA Freightline, setting aside service tax demands for logistics services from April 2015 to June 2017. Full details of the case.

No Service Tax on Reimbursement for Actual Costs as its not a taxable service

August 23, 2024 366 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai overturned the service tax demand on Hindustan Construction Co., ruling that reimbursements to group companies do not constitute taxable services.

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