![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 on Equipment Hire Without Retained Control: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) stated that no service tax can be imposed on hire without retained...
![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; 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]](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]](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]")
Reimbursed Expenses Excludable only When 'Pure Agent' Conditions u/r 5 of Service Tax Rules are Satisfied: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that reimbursed expenses can be excluded from the value of taxable services only if the conditions for...
![Reimbursed Expenses Excludable only When Pure Agent Conditions u/r 5 of Service Tax Rules are Satisfied: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/service-tax-site-img-1.jpg "Reimbursed Expenses Excludable only When Pure Agent Conditions u/r 5 of Service Tax Rules are Satisfied: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand, Holding Diesel Generator Set Lease Was Deemed Sale Not Taxable as Service [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has set aside a service tax demand raised against Spain Electronotics, holding that the leasing of diesel generator (DG)...
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand, Holding Diesel Generator Set Lease Was Deemed Sale Not Taxable as Service [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Quashes-Service-Tax-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand, Holding Diesel Generator Set Lease Was Deemed Sale Not Taxable as Service [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand, Citing Validity of Levy on Renting of Immovable Property [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld a service tax demand on income earned from renting immovable property, dismissing an appeal filed by Satnam Kaur. The...
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand, Citing Validity of Levy on Renting of Immovable Property [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-Service-Tax-Demand-service-tax-on-property-rental-income-TAXSCAN.webp "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand, Citing Validity of Levy on Renting of Immovable Property [Read Order]")
Affiliation Fees Collected by University from 2012- 2016 Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), New Delhi, has held that affiliation fees collected by a university from affiliated colleges from 2012 to 2016 are not liable to...
![Affiliation Fees Collected by University from 2012- 2016 Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-tax.jpg "Affiliation Fees Collected by University from 2012- 2016 Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Pre-Consultation of SCN Not Mandatory When Returns Not Filed: Delhi HC dismisses Service Tax Challenge [Read Order]
The Patna High Court dismissed a service tax challenge , holding that pre-consultation of Show cause notice (SCN) was not mandatory due to the petitioner’s failure to file returns for the period...
![Pre-Consultation of SCN Not Mandatory When Returns Not Filed: Delhi HC dismisses Service Tax Challenge [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SCN-patna-high-court-taxscan.jpg "Pre-Consultation of SCN Not Mandatory When Returns Not Filed: Delhi HC dismisses Service Tax Challenge [Read Order]")