![No Service Tax on Reimbursements Received as Pure Agent: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/20/2051075-servicetax-cestat-tax-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Reimbursements Received as Pure Agent: CESTAT [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Reimbursements Received as Pure Agent: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that no service Tax applicable on reimbursements...
![No Service Tax Payable on Amount Collected as Liquidated Damages: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/19/2050365-kerala-high-court-mandatory-deposit-service-tax-commissioner-of-central-excise-central-excise-act-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Payable on Amount Collected as Liquidated Damages: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax Exemption for Roofs Over Mandi Roads: CESTAT Rules Structure Not Meant for General Public Use [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/2045927-cestat-cestat-delhi-service-tax-exemption-mandi-road-roofing-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax Exemption for Roofs Over Mandi Roads: CESTAT Rules Structure Not Meant for General Public Use [Read Order]")
![No Special Treatment for Government Bodies u/s 73 of Finance Act: CESTAT Upholds Extended Limitation for Service Tax Evasion [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/2045907-cestat-cestat-delhi-service-tax-evasion-taxscan.webp "No Special Treatment for Government Bodies u/s 73 of Finance Act: CESTAT Upholds Extended Limitation for Service Tax Evasion [Read Order]")
![CESTAT denies Service Tax Exemption for Mandi Constructions as Market Structures Fall Under Business or Commerce [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/2045890-cestat-cestat-delhi-service-tax-mandi-construction-taxscan.webp "CESTAT denies Service Tax Exemption for Mandi Constructions as Market Structures Fall Under Business or Commerce [Read Order]")
CGST Officers Empowered to Act on Pre-GST Service Tax Matters: CESTAT Dismisses Jurisdictional Challenge [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the appeal in which one of the grounds was relating to the jurisdiction of the Assistant Commissioner...
![CGST Officers Empowered to Act on Pre-GST Service Tax Matters: CESTAT Dismisses Jurisdictional Challenge [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/17/2045867-cestat-cestat-delhi-pre-gst-service-tax-taxscan.webp "CGST Officers Empowered to Act on Pre-GST Service Tax Matters: CESTAT Dismisses Jurisdictional Challenge [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Can Be Based on Broadcaster Data If Cable Operator Suppresses Facts: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the department can rely on external broadcaster data to raise a service tax demand when a cable...
![Service Tax Demand Can Be Based on Broadcaster Data If Cable Operator Suppresses Facts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/15/2044704-service-tax-demand-broadcaster-data-cable-operator-suppresses-facts-cestat-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Can Be Based on Broadcaster Data If Cable Operator Suppresses Facts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Service Tax Payable on Printing Charge: Exemption Under S.No. 30 of Notification 25/2012-ST Not Applicable [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that service tax was payable on printing charges and that the appellant cannot claim exemption under S.No. 30...
![CESTAT Rules Service Tax Payable on Printing Charge: Exemption Under S.No. 30 of Notification 25/2012-ST Not Applicable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/2043642-cestat-cestat-delhi-service-tax-service-tax-on-printing-charge-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Service Tax Payable on Printing Charge: Exemption Under S.No. 30 of Notification 25/2012-ST Not Applicable [Read Order]")
Challenge on Service Tax Exemption on Emergency fire services: Orissa HC Restore matter for re-adjudication based on Notification [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Orissa High Court has restored the matter for readjudication against challenge on service tax exemption on emergency fire services based on the notification. M/s.Fire...
![Challenge on Service Tax Exemption on Emergency fire services: Orissa HC Restore matter for re-adjudication based on Notification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/2043588-challenge-on-service-tax-exemption-service-tax-emergency-fire-services-taxscan.webp "Challenge on Service Tax Exemption on Emergency fire services: Orissa HC Restore matter for re-adjudication based on Notification [Read Order]")
17-Year Delay in Adjudication: Madras HC Quashes Service Tax SCN Despite Department’s Call Book Justification [Read Order]
In a recent decision, the Madras High Court quashed two service tax show cause notices after finding that there was an unjustified 17-year delay in adjudicating the matter. The court held that such...
![17-Year Delay in Adjudication: Madras HC Quashes Service Tax SCN Despite Department’s Call Book Justification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/2043579-service-tax-notice-pay-recovery-notice-recovery-cestat-demand-cbic-cbic-circular-gst-taxscan.webp "17-Year Delay in Adjudication: Madras HC Quashes Service Tax SCN Despite Department’s Call Book Justification [Read Order]")
Unexplained Delay of Over Three Years in Finalizing Service Tax Order: Patna HC Sets Aside Demand for Lack of Justification [Read Order]
The Patna High Court, set aside a service tax demand after finding an unexplained delay of over three years in finalizing the tax order, ruling that the department failed to justify the prolonged...
![Unexplained Delay of Over Three Years in Finalizing Service Tax Order: Patna HC Sets Aside Demand for Lack of Justification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/11/2042427-service-tax-order-patna-hc-demand-taxscan.webp "Unexplained Delay of Over Three Years in Finalizing Service Tax Order: Patna HC Sets Aside Demand for Lack of Justification [Read Order]")
Entire Liability Computed from Taxpayer's Records and Returns Filed Before SCN: CESTAT Rules Service Tax Penalty Unjustified [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a service tax penalty is not justified when the entire tax liability was calculated from the...
![Entire Liability Computed from Taxpayers Records and Returns Filed Before SCN: CESTAT Rules Service Tax Penalty Unjustified [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/09/2041827-entire-liability-computed-taxpayers-records-returns-filed-scn-cestat-rules-service-tax-penalty-unjustified-taxscan.webp "Entire Liability Computed from Taxpayers Records and Returns Filed Before SCN: CESTAT Rules Service Tax Penalty Unjustified [Read Order]")