![Limitation Period for Filing Appeal under Service Tax Counts From Actual Date of Service, Not Dispatch Date: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Limitation-Period-Filing-Appeal-taxscan.jpg "Limitation Period for Filing Appeal under Service Tax Counts From Actual Date of Service, Not Dispatch Date: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Limitation Period for Filing Appeal under Service Tax Counts From Actual Date of Service, Not Dispatch Date: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) holds that the limitation period for filing an appeal under...
![Doctrine of Mutuality: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Association Subscription Fees [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-Tax-Demand-CESTAT-Quashes-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Doctrine of Mutuality: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Association Subscription Fees [Read Order]")
![Sub-contractor Liable to Pay Service Tax Despite Main Contractor’s Payment: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sub-contractor-Liable-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Despite-taxscan.jpg "Sub-contractor Liable to Pay Service Tax Despite Main Contractor’s Payment: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Payable on Student Recruitment Services Rendered to Foreign Universities: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-Tax-No-Service-Tax-Payable-Student-Recruitment-Services-taxscan.jpg "No Service Tax Payable on Student Recruitment Services Rendered to Foreign Universities: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Booking cancellation charges are compensation, No Service tax Demandable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/site-img27-2.jpg "Booking cancellation charges are compensation, No Service tax Demandable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Sub-contractor of Works Contract was also exempt from Service Tax if main contractor was exempt from it: CESTAT Sets aside Demand of Service Tax [Read Order]
The Allahabad bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal( CESTAT) set aside the demand of service tax, holding that a sub-contractor of a works contract was also exempt from...
![Sub-contractor of Works Contract was also exempt from Service Tax if main contractor was exempt from it: CESTAT Sets aside Demand of Service Tax [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Allahabad-Service-Tax-TAXSCAN.jpg "Sub-contractor of Works Contract was also exempt from Service Tax if main contractor was exempt from it: CESTAT Sets aside Demand of Service Tax [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Equipment Hire Without Retained Control: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-Tax-Service-Tax-on-Equipment-Hire-Equipment-Hire-taxscan.jpg "No Service Tax on Equipment Hire Without Retained Control: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Demand can be raised and confirmed based on Notional Income: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Delhi-Service-Tax-Demand-TAXSCAN-1.jpg "No Service Tax Demand can be raised and confirmed based on Notional Income: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Exemption for PGCIL Projects; Department's Appeal Beyond SCN Dismissed [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the service tax exemption for M/s Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) projects and noted that the...
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Exemption for PGCIL Projects; Departments Appeal Beyond SCN Dismissed [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Exemption-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Exemption for PGCIL Projects; Departments Appeal Beyond SCN Dismissed [Read Order]")
‘Extended Limitation Period Invalid without Deliberate Suppression by Manufacturer’: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside the service tax demand by noting that the conscious and deliberate withholding of the information by the...
![‘Extended Limitation Period Invalid without Deliberate Suppression by Manufacturer’: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Extended-Limitation-Period-Invalid-without-Deliberate-Suppression-Deliberate-Suppression-taxscan.jpg "‘Extended Limitation Period Invalid without Deliberate Suppression by Manufacturer’: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
No Evidence Linking IT Disclosure to Taxable Services: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand Based on Assumptions [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed an appeal filed by the department challenging the dropping of a service tax demand  of Rs.74,16,000 on...
![No Evidence Linking IT Disclosure to Taxable Services: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand Based on Assumptions [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/no-evidence-1.jpg "No Evidence Linking IT Disclosure to Taxable Services: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand Based on Assumptions [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Section 194J Income Below ₹10 Lakh Threshold Under Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi bench, ruled that service tax is not payable on income declared under Section 194J of the Income Tax...
![No Service Tax on Section 194J Income Below ₹10 Lakh Threshold Under Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-Tax-Leviable-Geological-and-Seismic-quality-Customs-Excise-taxscan-1.jpg "No Service Tax on Section 194J Income Below ₹10 Lakh Threshold Under Exemption Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]")