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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 813 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 537 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 624 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 1617 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 1032 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 1467 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 75699 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 3114 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 2220 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 2166 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Audit Detection, Non-Filing of Returns Alone Don’t Prove Tax Evasion: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai set aside the service tax demand, holding the extended limitation period was not invocable as suppression with inte...

July 18, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Set Top Boxes Allowed as Inputs to Dish TV: CESTAT Allahabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Allahabad set aside interest demand, holding set top boxes qualified as inputs and full CENVAT credit was admissible on rec...

July 17, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit on Imported Dredger Allowed as Input Under Rule 2(k): CESTAT Hyderabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Hyderabad allowed CENVAT credit on an imported dredger as input under Rule 2(k), set aside the credit demand and disposed o...

July 17, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Performance Bank Guarantee Invocation Quashed for Unrelated Earlier Contract Claim: Calcutta HC

Service Tax : Calcutta HC quashed invocation of a performance bank guarantee for recovery under an earlier contract and directed refund of the g...

July 17, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Demand on Government Works Contracts Set Aside on Limitation: CESTAT Kolkata

Service Tax :  CESTAT Kolkata set aside Service Tax demand, interest and penalty, holding issues in favour of the appellant on exemption or lim...

July 17, 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 2040 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 972 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 840 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 897 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 2238 Views 0 comment Print


Condition for refund imposed in Finance Act unjustified as SEZ unit exempt from service tax under SEZ Act: CESTAT Delhi

July 26, 2024 483 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that SEZ unit is exempted from payment of service tax in terms of provisions of SEZ Act. Accordingly, condition of exemption by way of refund imposed under the provisions of the Finance Act are inconsistent with the provisions of the SEZ Act. Refund granted.

Orissa HC Allows to File Reply to Service Tax Demand Issued Without Opportunity

July 26, 2024 486 Views 0 comment Print

Orissa HC directs fresh assessment in Abhimanyu Mohanty Vs Assistant Commissioner, allowing petitioner to respond to SCN after setting aside ex parte order.

Materially False Particular in SVLDR Declaration Must Be Found Before Initiating Proceeding

July 25, 2024 966 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC quashes inquiry against M. Ramzan & Co. under SVLDRS, 2019. Court rules inquiry invalid without finding false material particulars in declaration.

Co-owners treatable as independent service provider for threshold exemption under service tax: CESTAT Ahmedabad

July 24, 2024 768 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that co-owners are to be treated as independent service provider for calculating threshold limit of exemption under Notification Nos. 6/2005-ST dated 01.03.2005 and No. 8/2008-ST dated 01.03.2008.

Gujarat HC Directs Refund with Interest: Highlights Violations of Judicial Discipline

July 24, 2024 930 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court directs refund with interest under section 11B in Pankaj Bagri case, ruling on repeated rejection of service tax claims and judicial discipline.

Service with Material is work contract Service and taxable from 01.06.2007

July 24, 2024 558 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata ruled in favor of Shree Balaji Engicons, finding no service tax liability under “commercial construction service” for pre-2007 contracts.

CESTAT: Electroplating Considered Manufacture; No Service Tax Applicable

July 22, 2024 1242 Views 0 comment Print

Read the full text of the CESTAT Chandigarh order on M/s Daljeet Singh vs Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax. Electroplating deemed manufacturing, exempt from service tax.

CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Housekeeping for UN Agencies & Educational Institutions

July 22, 2024 537 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi set aside service tax demands on housekeeping services provided to UN agencies and educational institutions. Read the detailed case analysis here.

No Service Tax on Quality Assurance Charges for testing rifles: CESTAT Chennai

July 14, 2024 666 Views 0 comment Print

Amounts collected towards quality assurance charges for testing the rifles are fees prescribed for conducting the quality checks and are not liable to service tax

Mere Use of term ‘Fraud’ or ‘Willful Mis-statement’ doesn’t Justify Penalties

July 10, 2024 1344 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court in Paritosh Ghosh Construction Pvt. Ltd. held that Mere use of the terms fraud and willful mis-statement does not automatically trigger penalties. The adjudicating authority must establish facts related to fraud or willful mis-statements.

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