Kavi Priya
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![Charges Deducted by Foreign Banks on Export Remittances Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/500x300_2081413-charges-deducted-foreign-banks-export-remittances-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Charges Deducted by Foreign Banks on Export Remittances Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Charges Deducted by Foreign Banks on Export Remittances Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that charges deducted by foreign banks on export...
![State GST Officers Authorised to Function as Proper Officers under IGST and CGST: Allahabad HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/250x150_2081527-gst-officer-taxscan.webp "State GST Officers Authorised to Function as Proper Officers under IGST and CGST: Allahabad HC [Read Order]")
![Finance Ministry Issues Vacancy Circular for Deputation Posts in GSTAT [Read Circular]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/250x150_2081437-finance-ministry-issues-vacancy-circular-finance-ministry-gstat-taxscan.webp "Finance Ministry Issues Vacancy Circular for Deputation Posts in GSTAT [Read Circular]")
![CESTAT Rules Assessable Value Must Be CIF with Air Freight Limited to 20% of FOB, Not Ex-Works [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/250x150_2081369-cestat-rules-assessable-value-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Assessable Value Must Be CIF with Air Freight Limited to 20% of FOB, Not Ex-Works [Read Order]")
Failure to Verify Importer’s Credentials and Mis-declaration of Goods: CESTAT Upholds Revocation of Customs Broker License [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a customs broker’s license can be revoked when the broker fails to verify the importer’s credentials...
![Failure to Verify Importer’s Credentials and Mis-declaration of Goods: CESTAT Upholds Revocation of Customs Broker License [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/500x300_2081363-failure-verify-importers-credentials-mis-declaration-of-goods-cestat-revocation-of-customs-broker-license-taxscan.webp "Failure to Verify Importer’s Credentials and Mis-declaration of Goods: CESTAT Upholds Revocation of Customs Broker License [Read Order]")
Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that arranging cane-harvesting workers for farmers without control or an employment relationship is only ...
![Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/500x300_2081350-site-img28-21.webp "Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Maintenance of Streetlights under Contracts Issued after 01.03.2015 Not Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT Strictly Interprets Exemption Notifications [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that maintenance of streetlights under contracts issued after 01.03.2015 is not exempt from service ...
![Maintenance of Streetlights under Contracts Issued after 01.03.2015 Not Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT Strictly Interprets Exemption Notifications [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/500x300_2081343-service-tax-notification-taxscan.webp "Maintenance of Streetlights under Contracts Issued after 01.03.2015 Not Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT Strictly Interprets Exemption Notifications [Read Order]")
ITAT Applies Test of Human Probabilities, Rejects ₹84.8 Lakh Penny Stock LTCG Claim as ‘Unnatural and Pre-Arranged’ [Read Order]
The Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) upheld the addition of Rs. 84,79,100 after rejecting the assessee’s claim of long-term capital gains (LTCG) on penny stock transactions, ...
![ITAT Applies Test of Human Probabilities, Rejects ₹84.8 Lakh Penny Stock LTCG Claim as ‘Unnatural and Pre-Arranged’ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/500x300_2081319-itat-rejects-penny-stock-ltcg-claim.webp "ITAT Applies Test of Human Probabilities, Rejects ₹84.8 Lakh Penny Stock LTCG Claim as ‘Unnatural and Pre-Arranged’ [Read Order]")
Big Boost for Retirement Savings: Govt Launches New Forum to Make Pensions Safer, Easier & More Transparent [Read Notification]
The Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) issues Notification No. F. No. FX-11/8/2025-PR dated August 25, 2025, announcing the creation of a new Forum for Regulatory Coordination ...
![Big Boost for Retirement Savings: Govt Launches New Forum to Make Pensions Safer, Easier & More Transparent [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/27/500x300_2080952-retirement-savings-pension-taxscan.webp "Big Boost for Retirement Savings: Govt Launches New Forum to Make Pensions Safer, Easier & More Transparent [Read Notification]")
![RBI notifies Updated UNSC Sanctions List u/e 51A of UAPA, 1967 [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/27/500x300_2080902-rbi-taxscan-1.webp "RBI notifies Updated UNSC Sanctions List u/e 51A of UAPA, 1967 [Read Notification]")
Chlorine Supplied Free by Service Recipients not Part of Gross Amount Charged for Service Tax Calculation: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that chlorine supplied free of cost by service recipients cannot be included in the gross amount charged...
![Chlorine Supplied Free by Service Recipients not Part of Gross Amount Charged for Service Tax Calculation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/27/500x300_2080896-chlorine-supplied-gross-amount-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Chlorine Supplied Free by Service Recipients not Part of Gross Amount Charged for Service Tax Calculation: CESTAT [Read Order]")