![Splitting Invoices for Furniture and Building Rent Should Not Deny Legitimate Refund When Service Tax is Properly Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/18/2065041-splitting-invoices-invoices-splitting-invoices-for-furniture-and-building-rent-furniture-and-building-rent-taxscan.webp "Splitting Invoices for Furniture and Building Rent Should Not Deny Legitimate Refund When Service Tax is Properly Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Splitting Invoices for Furniture and Building Rent Should Not Deny Legitimate Refund When Service Tax is Properly Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that splitting invoices between furniture and building...
![Service Tax Demand Cannot Be Based Solely on Form 26AS w/o Reconciliation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/16/2064418-cestat-allahabad-reconciliation-form-26as-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Cannot Be Based Solely on Form 26AS w/o Reconciliation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Stem Cell Banking part of “Health Care Services”, qualifies for Service Tax Exemption: Supreme Court [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/15/2064003-stem-cell-banking-stem-cell-banking-part-of-health-care-services-health-care-services-taxscan.webp "Stem Cell Banking part of “Health Care Services”, qualifies for Service Tax Exemption: Supreme Court [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Chargeable on Warranty Labour for Free After-Sale Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/14/2063643-labour-service-tax.webp "No Service Tax Chargeable on Warranty Labour for Free After-Sale Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Calcutta HC Dismisses Writ Petition Against Ex Parte Service Tax Order for Non-Appearance, Citing Availability of Alternate Remedy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/12/2063142-service-tax-demand-calcutta-hc-taxscan.webp "Calcutta HC Dismisses Writ Petition Against Ex Parte Service Tax Order for Non-Appearance, Citing Availability of Alternate Remedy [Read Order]")
Supply of Computer Hardware on Hire is ‘Transfer of Right to Use’, Not ‘Supply of Tangible Goods’: Calcutta HC Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Calcutta HighCourt recently clarified that the supply of computer hardware on hire amounts to a ‘transfer of right to use’ and does not not constitute the service of ‘supply of tangible goods’. ...
![Supply of Computer Hardware on Hire is ‘Transfer of Right to Use’, Not ‘Supply of Tangible Goods’: Calcutta HC Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/10/2062413-service-tax-demand.webp "Supply of Computer Hardware on Hire is ‘Transfer of Right to Use’, Not ‘Supply of Tangible Goods’: Calcutta HC Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]
In a recent ruling,the Supreme Court of India, noted State Bank of India (SBI )’s win before Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) on service tax demand for interchange and...
![SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/10/2062340-cestat-service-tax-demand-sbi-taxscan.webp "SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]")
Taxability of Foreign Exhibition Services: CESTAT Rules No Service Tax Payable on Services Performed Abroad [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that foreign exhibition services performed outside India are not liable to service tax. Sarup...
![Taxability of Foreign Exhibition Services: CESTAT Rules No Service Tax Payable on Services Performed Abroad [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/09/2061896-service-tax-abroad.webp "Taxability of Foreign Exhibition Services: CESTAT Rules No Service Tax Payable on Services Performed Abroad [Read Order]")
Transport Services by Single Truck Operator Without Consignment Notes Fall Under Negative List: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT) held that transport services provided by a single truck operator without issuing consignment notes fall under the...
![Transport Services by Single Truck Operator Without Consignment Notes Fall Under Negative List: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/09/2061816-transport-services-single-truck-operator-negative-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Transport Services by Single Truck Operator Without Consignment Notes Fall Under Negative List: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Holds Reimbursed Diesel Expenses on Actuals Non-Taxable Under Service Tax, Reduces Penalty to 25% [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in its recent ruling held that the reimbursed diesel expenses cannot be included in the assessable value for...
![CESTAT Holds Reimbursed Diesel Expenses on Actuals Non-Taxable Under Service Tax, Reduces Penalty to 25% [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/06/2059836-cestat-cestat-holds-reimbursed-diesel-expenses-diesel-expenses-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Holds Reimbursed Diesel Expenses on Actuals Non-Taxable Under Service Tax, Reduces Penalty to 25% [Read Order]")
Demand of Service Tax cannot be Solely based on Income Tax Data in Form 26AS: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]
In a recent case, the New Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the service tax demand cannot be based solely on Income Tax Data in Form 26AS...
![Demand of Service Tax cannot be Solely based on Income Tax Data in Form 26AS: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/04/2058908-income-tax-update-form-26as-taxscan.webp "Demand of Service Tax cannot be Solely based on Income Tax Data in Form 26AS: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")
Sub-Contractors Liable to Pay Service Tax Even if Main Contractor Has Already Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that sub-contractors are liable to pay service tax even if the main contractor has already...
![Sub-Contractors Liable to Pay Service Tax Even if Main Contractor Has Already Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/03/2058457-sub-contractor-sub-contractor-main-contractor-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Sub-Contractors Liable to Pay Service Tax Even if Main Contractor Has Already Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]")