![Trading in Securities Is Not a Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Service-Tax-Demand-CESTAT-Service-CESTAT-sets-Service-Tax-Tax-Demand-Customs-taxscan.jpg "Trading in Securities Is Not a Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Trading in Securities Is Not a Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that trading in securities is not a...
![Volume Discounts received for Purchasing Bulk Quantities of paints are Trade Discounts, Not Payments for Services: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CESTAT-CESTAT-New-Delhi-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Demand-CESTAT-Service-Tax-TAXSCAN.jpeg "Volume Discounts received for Purchasing Bulk Quantities of paints are Trade Discounts, Not Payments for Services: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Booking Cancellation Charges are Compensation for Breach of Contract, not Consideration for Service; No Service Tax Applies: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CESTAT-CESTAT-New-Delhi-Booking-Cancellation-Breach-of-Contract-TAXSCAN-2.jpg "Booking Cancellation Charges are Compensation for Breach of Contract, not Consideration for Service; No Service Tax Applies: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Discounts or Incentives Received from Manufacturers for Bulk Purchases and Meeting Sales Targets are Trade Discounts, not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CESTAT-CESTAT-New-delhi-Bulk-Purchases-Sales-Targets-Service-Tax-Discounts-for-Bulk-Purchases-taxscan.jpg "Discounts or Incentives Received from Manufacturers for Bulk Purchases and Meeting Sales Targets are Trade Discounts, not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Manufacturer Reimbursements for Parts used in Warranty Services Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CESTAT-CESTAT-New-delhi-Service-Tax-Warranty-Services-Warranty-Parts-Taxable-Service-taxscan.jpg "Manufacturer Reimbursements for Parts used in Warranty Services Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Payable for Balance Returned Back only if Initially Due for Providing Taxable Services and No Tax Previously Paid: CESTAT Remands Matter [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has remanded the issue of service tax on balances returned back, emphasising that such tax is applicable only if the...
![Service Tax Payable for Balance Returned Back only if Initially Due for Providing Taxable Services and No Tax Previously Paid: CESTAT Remands Matter [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Service-Tax-CESTAT-Service-Tax-Payable-Taxable-Services-CESTAT-Remands-taxscan-2.webp "Service Tax Payable for Balance Returned Back only if Initially Due for Providing Taxable Services and No Tax Previously Paid: CESTAT Remands Matter [Read Order]")
Transfer of Right to Use of Wagons to Indian Railways not Taxable Service but Deemed Sale; no Service Tax Applies: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has determined that the transfer of wagons to Indian Railways by Bagadiya Brothers Pvt Ltd constitutes a deemed sale under Article...
![Transfer of Right to Use of Wagons to Indian Railways not Taxable Service but Deemed Sale; no Service Tax Applies: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-05-at-12.15.29-PM.jpeg "Transfer of Right to Use of Wagons to Indian Railways not Taxable Service but Deemed Sale; no Service Tax Applies: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Rent received for Pure Services provided to Department of Social Welfare Exempt from GST: AAR [Read Order]
The Karnataka Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) determined that rent received from the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Karnataka, is exempt from Goods and Services Tax (GST). The...
![Rent received for Pure Services provided to Department of Social Welfare Exempt from GST: AAR [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AAR-AAR-Karnataka-GST-Social-Welfare-Exempt-from-GST-Rent-Taxscan.jpg "Rent received for Pure Services provided to Department of Social Welfare Exempt from GST: AAR [Read Order]")
CESTAT upholds Composition Scheme Benefit for Construction Company, overturns Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld the right of a construction company to avail the composition scheme under service tax even without...
![CESTAT upholds Composition Scheme Benefit for Construction Company, overturns Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CESTAT-Service-Tax-Demand-CESTAT-upholds-Scheme-CESTAT-chennai-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT upholds Composition Scheme Benefit for Construction Company, overturns Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Construction Activities not proven as Non-Commercial; CESTAT dismisses Service Tax Refund Appeal [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has dismissed the service tax refund appeal filed by M/s. ASK Engineers Company. The decision stressed the requirements for proving...
![Construction Activities not proven as Non-Commercial; CESTAT dismisses Service Tax Refund Appeal [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CESTAT-CESTAT-Dismisses-Service-Tax-Construction-Activities-Service-Tax-Refund-Appeal-taxscan.jpg "Construction Activities not proven as Non-Commercial; CESTAT dismisses Service Tax Refund Appeal [Read Order]")
Pre-July 2012 Works Contract Services for Non-Commercial Use Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has ruled that works contract services provided before July 1, 2012, are liable to service tax, when...
![Pre-July 2012 Works Contract Services for Non-Commercial Use Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CESTAT-Works-Contract-Services-Non-Commercial-Use-Liable-to-Service-Tax-CESTAT-new-delhi-service-tax-finance-act-CESTAT-news-taxscan.jpg "Pre-July 2012 Works Contract Services for Non-Commercial Use Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")