![Service Tax on Secondment of Employees: CESTAT Limits Demand to Normal Period Citing Absence of Wilful Suppression [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/No-Service-Tax-TDS-Amount-Consideration-of-Paid-Service-IPR-service-Management-Consultancy-service-CESTAT-taxscan-1.jpg "Service Tax on Secondment of Employees: CESTAT Limits Demand to Normal Period Citing Absence of Wilful Suppression [Read Order]")
Service Tax on Secondment of Employees: CESTAT Limits Demand to Normal Period Citing Absence of Wilful Suppression [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that service tax demands on the secondment of employees...
![Airfare for Foreign Consultant Not Taxable under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/No-Service-Tax-TDS-Amount-Consideration-of-Paid-Service-IPR-service-Management-Consultancy-service-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Airfare for Foreign Consultant Not Taxable under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Travel Agency Claims Record Loss in Fire: Patna HC Confirms ₹25 Lakh Service Tax Demand for Non-Cooperation [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Patna-High-Court-Service-Tax-Demand-for-Non-Cooperation-Travel-agency-service-tax-case-TAXSCAN.jpg "Travel Agency Claims Record Loss in Fire: Patna HC Confirms ₹25 Lakh Service Tax Demand for Non-Cooperation [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Overturns Service Tax Ruling, Remands Case for Re-evaluation of Employment Contracts and Tax Liability [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Tax-Liability-1.jpg "CESTAT Overturns Service Tax Ruling, Remands Case for Re-evaluation of Employment Contracts and Tax Liability [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Slams Service Tax Dept for Shortcut Approach in Taxing Entire Contract Without Examining Bills or Invoices [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Invoices-Service-Tax-Dept-Examining-Bills-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Slams Service Tax Dept for Shortcut Approach in Taxing Entire Contract Without Examining Bills or Invoices [Read Order]")
Service Tax Exemption not allowable in absence of Certificate of Skill Development Training Service provided: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Hyderabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the service tax exemption is not allowable in absence of Certificate of Skill...
![Service Tax Exemption not allowable in absence of Certificate of Skill Development Training Service provided: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Hyderabad-Service-Tax-Exemption-Skill-Development-Training-TAXSCAN.jpg "Service Tax Exemption not allowable in absence of Certificate of Skill Development Training Service provided: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Mere Classification of Income under ‘Profit Sharing’ or ‘Commission’ in Books is Insufficient to Levy Service Tax under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that mere classification of income under "profit sharing" or "commission" in a taxpayer’s books of...
![Mere Classification of Income under ‘Profit Sharing’ or ‘Commission’ in Books is Insufficient to Levy Service Tax under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-BAS-Service-Tax-taxscan.jpg "Mere Classification of Income under ‘Profit Sharing’ or ‘Commission’ in Books is Insufficient to Levy Service Tax under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for Huawei: CESTAT Rules Corporate Guarantee not Taxable under Service Tax in Absence of Consideration [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a corporate guarantee extended by an associated enterprise without any consideration is not taxable...
![Relief for Huawei: CESTAT Rules Corporate Guarantee not Taxable under Service Tax in Absence of Consideration [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Relief-Huawei-CESTAT-Corporate-Guarantee-Taxable-Service-Tax-Absence-of-Consideration-taxscan.jpg "Relief for Huawei: CESTAT Rules Corporate Guarantee not Taxable under Service Tax in Absence of Consideration [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax or GST on Legal Services by Individual Lawyers: Orissa HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Legal-Services-by-Individual-Lawyers.jpg "No Service Tax or GST on Legal Services by Individual Lawyers: Orissa HC [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on composite construction of residential complexes before July 1, 2010,...
![No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Service-tax-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpeg "No Service Tax Payable for Construction of Residential Complexes before July 2010: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")
![Goods Sold at Rate Higher than MRP Does Not Establish Intention to Evade Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CESTAT-Delhi-CESTAT-decision-on-MRP-overcharge-TAXSCAN.jpg "Goods Sold at Rate Higher than MRP Does Not Establish Intention to Evade Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Use of Cenvat Credit in Trading: CESTAT Quashes ₹634 Crore Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CESTAT-Ahmedabad-Cenvat-Credit-Cenvat-Credit-excess-TAXSCAN-1.jpg "No Use of Cenvat Credit in Trading: CESTAT Quashes ₹634 Crore Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")