![Affiliation Fees Collected by Universities Not Taxable Under Service Tax, Rental Income Exempt if Within Threshold: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/03/500x300_2058587-affiliation-fees-collected-universities-taxable-under-service-tax-rental-income-cestat-taxscan.webp "Affiliation Fees Collected by Universities Not Taxable Under Service Tax, Rental Income Exempt if Within Threshold: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Affiliation Fees Collected by Universities Not Taxable Under Service Tax, Rental Income Exempt if Within Threshold: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that affiliation fees collected by a...
![Sub-Contractors Liable to Pay Service Tax Even if Main Contractor Has Already Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/03/250x150_2058457-sub-contractor-sub-contractor-main-contractor-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Sub-Contractors Liable to Pay Service Tax Even if Main Contractor Has Already Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Directs to decide Services Tax Appeal Filed with due Compliance of Pre Deposit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/02/250x150_2058155-services-tax-pre-deposit-compliance-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Directs to decide Services Tax Appeal Filed with due Compliance of Pre Deposit [Read Order]")
![Commissioner Excise (Appeals) could not condone Delay in filing Appeal beyond 30 days: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/02/250x150_2058098-commissioner-excise-appeals-condone-delay-condone-delay-in-filing-appeal-filing-appeal-taxscan.webp "Commissioner Excise (Appeals) could not condone Delay in filing Appeal beyond 30 days: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Wafers are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification: CESTAT sets aside Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/01/250x150_2057584-wafers.webp "Wafers are entitled to reduced rate of excise duty under exemption notification: CESTAT sets aside Order [Read Order]")
![CESTAT quashes Service Tax Penalties, upholds Admitted Demands [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/500x300_2056976-service-tax.webp "CESTAT quashes Service Tax Penalties, upholds Admitted Demands [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Projects Completed Before July 2010, Even If Payments Are Received Later: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on construction projects completed before July 1, 2010, even if...
![No Service Tax on Projects Completed Before July 2010, Even If Payments Are Received Later: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/500x300_2056881-no-service-tax.webp "No Service Tax on Projects Completed Before July 2010, Even If Payments Are Received Later: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that while calculating service tax on works contracts, the value of land and materials must be...
![Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/500x300_2056862-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Rectification Applications u/s 74 of Finance Act Can Extend Appeal Limitation Period If Disposed of Properly: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that filing and disposal of a rectification application under Section 74 of the Finance Act, 1994, can...
![Rectification Applications u/s 74 of Finance Act Can Extend Appeal Limitation Period If Disposed of Properly: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/500x300_2056853-rectification-applications-cestat-taxscan.webp "Rectification Applications u/s 74 of Finance Act Can Extend Appeal Limitation Period If Disposed of Properly: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Customs Broker Not Liable for Verifying Importers Document Correctness: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/29/500x300_2056235-customs-broker-importer-document-correctness-cestat-taxscan.webp "Customs Broker Not Liable for Verifying Importers Document Correctness: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Taxpayer’s Voluntary Confession Makes Cross-Examination Unnecessary: CESTAT Upholds Smuggled Foreign Origin Cigarettes Confiscation [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the confiscation of smuggled foreign-origin cigarettes and the imposition of a penalty, holding that...
![Taxpayer’s Voluntary Confession Makes Cross-Examination Unnecessary: CESTAT Upholds Smuggled Foreign Origin Cigarettes Confiscation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/29/500x300_2056175-taxscain-38.webp "Taxpayer’s Voluntary Confession Makes Cross-Examination Unnecessary: CESTAT Upholds Smuggled Foreign Origin Cigarettes Confiscation [Read Order]")