![CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand as Activity of Treating Effluents Discharged from Member Units is Exempt from Levy of Service Tax [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CESTAT-customs-excise-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-demand-Activity-Member-Units-Levy-of-Service-Tax-Taxscan.jpg "CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand as Activity of Treating Effluents Discharged from Member Units is Exempt from Levy of Service Tax [Read Order]")
CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand as Activity of Treating Effluents Discharged from Member Units is Exempt from Levy of Service Tax [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), quashed service tax demand as the activity of treating...
![Setback to East West Seeds India: CESTAT rejects Service Tax Refund [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/East-West-Seeds-India-CESTAT-Service-Tax-Tax-Refund-Service-Tax-Refund-Taxscan.jpg "Setback to East West Seeds India: CESTAT rejects Service Tax Refund [Read Order]")
![CESTAT allows Refund of CENVAT Credit of Service Tax based on Secondary Evidence submitted [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CESTAT-Refund-CENVAT-Credit-Service-Tax-Secondary-Evidence-Refund-of-CENVAT-Credit-Refund-of-CENVAT-Credit-of-Service-Tax-a-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT allows Refund of CENVAT Credit of Service Tax based on Secondary Evidence submitted [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Repair and Maintenance Work carried out in Non-Designated Areas: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Service-Tax-Repair-and-Maintenance-Work-Non-Designated-Areas-CESTAT-Customs-Excise-Taxscan.jpg "No Service Tax on Repair and Maintenance Work carried out in Non-Designated Areas: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Additional Assistant Director exercise the power of Superintendent under Service Tax: CBIC Notifies [Read Notification]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Assistant-Director-Service-Tax-CBIC-Superintendent-CBIC-Notification-taxscan.jpg "Additional Assistant Director exercise the power of Superintendent under Service Tax: CBIC Notifies [Read Notification]")
Service Tax leviable on Right to Use of Mining of Natural Resources (Sand), No Tax Exemption after 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata Bench observed that service tax is leviable on right to use of mining of natural resources (Sand) and noted that there is no...
![Service Tax leviable on Right to Use of Mining of Natural Resources (Sand), No Tax Exemption after 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Service-Tax-Mining-of-Natural-Resources-Tax-Exemption-CESTAT-Customs-Excise-Taxscan.jpg "Service Tax leviable on Right to Use of Mining of Natural Resources (Sand), No Tax Exemption after 01.04.2016: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Service-Tax-Reimbursable-Expenses-CESTAT-Customs-Excise-Taxscan.jpg "No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT quashes Service Tax liability on Miscellaneous Income treated as Receipts towards Construction Services [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), quashed service tax liability on miscellaneous income which was treated as receipts towards construction...
![CESTAT quashes Service Tax liability on Miscellaneous Income treated as Receipts towards Construction Services [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CESTAT-Customs-excise-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-liability-liability-Miscellaneous-Income-Income-Receipts-Construction-Services-Services-Taxscan.jpg "CESTAT quashes Service Tax liability on Miscellaneous Income treated as Receipts towards Construction Services [Read Order]")
Liquidated Damages: Though Issued for Service Tax, Circular is Relevant for GST as well [Read Order]
Central Board of Indirect Tax and Customs has issued a Circular 214/1/2023 -Service Tax dated 28th February 2023 on leviability of Service Tax on the declared service “Agreeing to the obligation to...
![Liquidated Damages: Though Issued for Service Tax, Circular is Relevant for GST as well [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Liquidated-Damages-Service-Tax-Circular-Relevant-GST-Taxscan.jpg "Liquidated Damages: Though Issued for Service Tax, Circular is Relevant for GST as well [Read Order]")
SCN issued After 10 years with relation to Non-Payment of Service Tax by Providing Port Service is not valid: Orissa HC [Read Order]
In a significant case, the Orissa High Court (HC) held that a Show Cause Notice ( SCN ) issued after 10 years about Non-payment of service tax by providing port service is not valid. Satish Ch Das...
![SCN issued After 10 years with relation to Non-Payment of Service Tax by Providing Port Service is not valid: Orissa HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Show-Cause-Notice-Service-Tax-Tax-Service-Orissa-High-Court-Taxscan.jpg "SCN issued After 10 years with relation to Non-Payment of Service Tax by Providing Port Service is not valid: Orissa HC [Read Order]")
Non Reliance on Documentary Evidence in SCN amounts to serious Violation of Natural Justice Principles: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), quashed service tax demand as there was non-reliance on documentary evidence in Show Cause Notice and observed that it amounts to...
![Non Reliance on Documentary Evidence in SCN amounts to serious Violation of Natural Justice Principles: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Non-Reliance-on-Documentary-Evidence-SCN-Violation-of-Natural-Justice-Principles-CESTAT-Service-Tax-demand-Taxscan.jpg "Non Reliance on Documentary Evidence in SCN amounts to serious Violation of Natural Justice Principles: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Undue Sympathy to Impose Adequate Penalty would Undermine Efficacy of Law: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) confirmed service tax demand and commented that undue sympathy to impose adequate penalty would undermine the...
![Undue Sympathy to Impose Adequate Penalty would Undermine Efficacy of Law: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Penalty-Law-CESTAT-Customs-Excise-service-tax-Service-Tax-Demand-Taxscan.jpg "Undue Sympathy to Impose Adequate Penalty would Undermine Efficacy of Law: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")