![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]")
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...
![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/2025/08/14/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/13/250x150_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]")
![Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/12/250x150_2075844-orissa-hc-quashes-service-tax-demand-ex-parte-non-consideration-contention-denial-of-hearing.webp "Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]")
![Relief for Indian Oil: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax Payable on Reimbursable Expenses Incurred for CISF Security Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/08/250x150_2074463-relief-for-indian-oil-indian-oil-cestat-taxscan.webp "Relief for Indian Oil: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax Payable on Reimbursable Expenses Incurred for CISF Security Services [Read Order]")
Partial Relief for British Airways: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Excess Baggage Charges for Normal Period, Drops Demand for Extended Period [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that British Airways is liable to pay service tax on excess baggage charges collected from passengers ...
![Partial Relief for British Airways: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Excess Baggage Charges for Normal Period, Drops Demand for Extended Period [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/08/500x300_2074304-british-airways.webp "Partial Relief for British Airways: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Excess Baggage Charges for Normal Period, Drops Demand for Extended Period [Read Order]")
Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]
The CESTAT held that bus services used by Century Pulp and Paper to transport its factory employees and school-going children are exempt from service tax under Entry 23(b) of Notification No....
![Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/01/500x300_2071840-bus-services-transporting-employees-school-children-qualify-service-tax-exemption-notification-cestat-taxscan.webp "Bus Services for Transporting Employees and School Children Qualify for Service Tax Exemption Under Entry 23(b) of Notification: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the Jharkhand State Agricultural Marketing Board (JSAMB) was not liable to pay service tax as it was...
![Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071301-jharkhand-agricultural-marketing-service-provider-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), in its recent ruling set aside service tax demand of ₹83,92,094 against National Institute of Electronics and...
![Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071283-national-institute-of-electronics-and-information-technology.webp "Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Levy on Royalty, DMFT and NMET Payments: Supreme Court clubs Petitions [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/02/500x300_2072314-service-tax-royalty-mining.webp "Service Tax Levy on Royalty, DMFT and NMET Payments: Supreme Court clubs Petitions [Read Order]")
![Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part XII]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/500x300_2069950-half-yearly-customs-and-excise-and-service-tax-case-digest-half-yearly-customs-and-excise-case-digest-taxscan.webp "Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part XII]")
Reimbursed Expenses Like "Other Expenses" and "Extra Hour Service Charges" Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that reimbursed expenses such as "Other Expenses" and "Extra Hour Service Charges" are not includible in...
![Reimbursed Expenses Like Other Expenses and Extra Hour Service Charges Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/500x300_2070076-reimbursed-expenses-other-expenses-and-extra-hour-service-charges-extra-hour-service-charges-taxscan.webp "Reimbursed Expenses Like Other Expenses and Extra Hour Service Charges Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")