![Service Tax vs VAT: Supreme Court to Hear Revenue’s Appeal against CESTAT Ruling and Schindler India on Monday [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/31/500x300_2082418-service-tax-vs-vat-supreme-court-revenues-appeal-cestat-ruling-and-schindler-india-taxscan.webp "Service Tax vs VAT: Supreme Court to Hear Revenue’s Appeal against CESTAT Ruling and Schindler India on Monday [Read Order]")
Service Tax vs VAT: Supreme Court to Hear Revenue’s Appeal against CESTAT Ruling and Schindler India on Monday [Read Order]
The treatment of Value Added Tax (VAT) payments in works contracts is now before the Supreme Court, with the Revenue challenging the relief granted...
![Maintenance Charges Collected from Tenants Not Liable to Service Tax under “Management, Maintenance or Repair Service”: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/250x150_2081869-service-tax-cestat-maintenance-charges-taxscan.webp "Maintenance Charges Collected from Tenants Not Liable to Service Tax under “Management, Maintenance or Repair Service”: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Supreme Court upholds Setting Aside Service Tax Demands on Mining Operations and Site Formation Services unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/250x150_2081668-supreme-court-upholds-setting-aside-service-tax-demands-mining-operations-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court upholds Setting Aside Service Tax Demands on Mining Operations and Site Formation Services unsustainable [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080825-service-tax-tds-foreign-service-cestat-levied-on-tds-paid-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080571-cestat-sets-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]")
Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside a service tax demand of ₹2,10,11,500, holding that liquidated damages recovered for delayed...
![Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/500x300_2080562-cestat-liquidated-damages-taxability-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]")
![Relief to Polycab Wires: CESTAT Quashes Demand of service tax on Ocean Freight [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/24/500x300_2080124-polycab-wires-cestat-service-tax-ocean-freight-taxscan.webp "Relief to Polycab Wires: CESTAT Quashes Demand of service tax on Ocean Freight [Read Order]")
License to Run Duty-Free Shops Constitutes Renting of Immovable Property, Not Liable to Service Tax under Airport Service Before 2010: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that granting a license to operate duty-free shops at Delhi International Airport amounted to renting of...
![License to Run Duty-Free Shops Constitutes Renting of Immovable Property, Not Liable to Service Tax under Airport Service Before 2010: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/20/500x300_2078666-license-to-run-duty-free-shops-duty-free-shops-taxscan.webp "License to Run Duty-Free Shops Constitutes Renting of Immovable Property, Not Liable to Service Tax under Airport Service Before 2010: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for Trust: Delhi HC Rules Trading in Land and Immovable Property Without Fixed Remuneration Does Not Attract Service Tax [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court held that when a transaction involves trading in land and immovable property without any fixed remuneration, it does not attract service tax. The...
![Relief for Trust: Delhi HC Rules Trading in Land and Immovable Property Without Fixed Remuneration Does Not Attract Service Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/18/500x300_2077859-demand-service-tax-scn-cestat-taxscan.webp "Relief for Trust: Delhi HC Rules Trading in Land and Immovable Property Without Fixed Remuneration Does Not Attract Service Tax [Read Order]")
Failure to Prove Service of Show-Cause Notice of Service Tax Demand: Gauhati HC sets aside ₹16.37 Lakh Demand Order [Read Order]
The Gauhati High Court has quashed an Order-in-Original that had confirmed a service tax demand of ₹16,37,501, along with cess, interest, and penalties, for the financial year 2016-17. The ...
![Failure to Prove Service of Show-Cause Notice of Service Tax Demand: Gauhati HC sets aside ₹16.37 Lakh Demand Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/500x300_2076766-demand-order-service-tax-demand-show-cause-notice-taxscan.webp "Failure to Prove Service of Show-Cause Notice of Service Tax Demand: Gauhati HC sets aside ₹16.37 Lakh Demand Order [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata bench, has recently set aside service tax demands, penalties, and interest imposed on M/s Emami Limited and its...
![No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/500x300_2076724-service-tax-service-tax-on-packing-of-bulk-pack-into-retail-packs-as-job-work-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]")
Excess Service Tax Paid can be Adjusted Beyond Immediate Succeeding Month or Quarter u/r 6(4A): CESTAT in BSNL Case [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that excess service tax paid can be adjusted beyond the immediate succeeding month or quarter under Rule...
![Excess Service Tax Paid can be Adjusted Beyond Immediate Succeeding Month or Quarter u/r 6(4A): CESTAT in BSNL Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/13/500x300_2076472-excess-service-tax-kolkata-cestat-taxscan.webp "Excess Service Tax Paid can be Adjusted Beyond Immediate Succeeding Month or Quarter u/r 6(4A): CESTAT in BSNL Case [Read Order]")