![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]")
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...
![Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/250x150_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/2025/08/02/250x150_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/2025/07/28/250x150_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]")
Excess amount of service tax paid cannot be alleged to be with malafied intention in absence of Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that an excess amount of service tax paid cannot be alleged to be with malafied intention in...
![Excess amount of service tax paid cannot be alleged to be with malafied intention in absence of Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/500x300_2070037-cestat-absence-of-evidence-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Excess amount of service tax paid cannot be alleged to be with malafied intention in absence of Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Delay in filing Service Tax Refund Application not Condonable in Absence of Proper Explanation: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent case, the New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that delay in filing a service tax refund application is not condonable in the ...
![Delay in filing Service Tax Refund Application not Condonable in Absence of Proper Explanation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/28/500x300_2070030-delay-in-filing-service-tax-refund-service-tax-refund-service-tax-refund-taxscan.webp "Delay in filing Service Tax Refund Application not Condonable in Absence of Proper Explanation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part VIII]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/23/500x300_2068021-half-yearly-customs-excise-and-service-tax-case-digest-half-yearly-customs-and-excise-case-diges-taxscan.webp "Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part VIII]")
![Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part VII]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/23/500x300_2068042-half-yearly-customs-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 VII]")
Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise AndService Tax Appellate Tribunal Chandigarh bench held that suppression cannot be alleged by department when Service Tax on GTA Service is not paid on bonafide belief. The...
![Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/27/500x300_2069690-gta-service-taxscan.webp "Suppression cannot be alleged by Dept when Service Tax on GTA Service not paid on Bonafide belief: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part V]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/23/500x300_2068006-half-yearly-customs-excise-and-service-tax-case-digest-half-yearly-customs-case-digest-taxscan.webp "Half-Yearly Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Decisions 2025 [Part V]")