![No Service Tax on License Fee /spectrum charges which are service tax w.e.f. 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055065-license-fee.webp "No Service Tax on License Fee /spectrum charges which are service tax w.e.f. 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on License Fee /spectrum charges which are service tax w.e.f. 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that service tax not leviable on license fee/spectrum...
![Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055076-royalty-royalty-and-dead-rent-dead-rent-collected-by-state-for-mining-rights-state-for-mining-rights-taxscan.webp "Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Payable on affiliation fees collected from Affiliated colleges: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055060-cestat-cestat-new-delhi-service-tax-exemption-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Payable on affiliation fees collected from Affiliated colleges: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055078-cestat-taj-sats-air-catering-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Relief to Taj SATS Air Catering, No Service Tax Leviable When VAT was paid on sale of food & beverages: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT upholds order denying condonation of Excise Appeal preferred after One Year [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055047-denying-condonation.webp "CESTAT upholds order denying condonation of Excise Appeal preferred after One Year [Read Order]")
Penalty u/s 11AC(1)(c) Not Invokable in Absence of substantive evidence to Prove Deliberate Non-payment of Excise duty: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Hyderabad bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that penalty under section 11AC(1)(c) is not invokable in the absence of substantive...
![Penalty u/s 11AC(1)(c) Not Invokable in Absence of substantive evidence to Prove Deliberate Non-payment of Excise duty: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055042-cestat-cestat-hyderabad-penalty-taxscan.webp "Penalty u/s 11AC(1)(c) Not Invokable in Absence of substantive evidence to Prove Deliberate Non-payment of Excise duty: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT says Income Tax Data Alone Insufficient, Excludes Value of Goods from Taxable Service while quashing Service Tax Demand, Penalties [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad Bench, has held that income declared in income tax returns or reflected in TDS statements cannot, by itself, form the...
![CESTAT says Income Tax Data Alone Insufficient, Excludes Value of Goods from Taxable Service while quashing Service Tax Demand, Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/26/500x300_2054710-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT says Income Tax Data Alone Insufficient, Excludes Value of Goods from Taxable Service while quashing Service Tax Demand, Penalties [Read Order]")
Appellant not expected to Correlate Imports-Exports with whom License was Originally Issued: CESTAT in Relief to Volvo India [Read Order]
In a significant relief to Volvo India Pvt. Ltd., the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai bench has ruled that a transferee of a Duty-Free Import Authorization...
![Appellant not expected to Correlate Imports-Exports with whom License was Originally Issued: CESTAT in Relief to Volvo India [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/26/500x300_2054696-volvo-taxscan.webp "Appellant not expected to Correlate Imports-Exports with whom License was Originally Issued: CESTAT in Relief to Volvo India [Read Order]")
Call Book Fluctuations Not Justification for 15-Year Delay in Customs SCN Adjudication: Delhi HC quashes Final Order [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court has quashed a 2008 show cause notice (SCN) issued by the Directorate of RevenueIntelligence (DRI) against Vijay Enterprises and others, citing unreasonable delay and violation...
![Call Book Fluctuations Not Justification for 15-Year Delay in Customs SCN Adjudication: Delhi HC quashes Final Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/26/500x300_2054686-cestat-cestat-delhi-show-cause-notice-customs-scn-delay-adjudication-taxscan.webp "Call Book Fluctuations Not Justification for 15-Year Delay in Customs SCN Adjudication: Delhi HC quashes Final Order [Read Order]")
![Call Centers Providing Direct Services Are Not Intermediaries Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/26/500x300_2054640-cestat-call-centers-direct-service-under-service-tax-taxscan-2.webp "Call Centers Providing Direct Services Are Not Intermediaries Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Rebate of Swachh Bharat Cess on Export Services Permissible Even Without CENVAT Credit Mechanism: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that rebate of Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) on input services used for export of services is permissible even...
![Rebate of Swachh Bharat Cess on Export Services Permissible Even Without CENVAT Credit Mechanism: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/26/500x300_2054635-export-services1.webp "Rebate of Swachh Bharat Cess on Export Services Permissible Even Without CENVAT Credit Mechanism: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Central Govt issues Corrigendum to Anti-Dumping Duty Customs Notification [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/26/500x300_2054540-anti-dumping-duty-corrigendum-to-add-customs-notification-taxscan.webp "Central Govt issues Corrigendum to Anti-Dumping Duty Customs Notification [Read Notification]")