![Non-Filing of Nil Service Tax Returns: CESTAT quashes Penalty [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Allahabad-Service-Tax-Returns-Non-filing-of-Nil-Service-Tax-Returns-Service-Tax-taxscan.jpg "Non-Filing of Nil Service Tax Returns: CESTAT quashes Penalty [Read Order]")
Non-Filing of Nil Service Tax Returns: CESTAT quashes Penalty [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has ruled that no penalty can be imposed for failing to...
![Denial of Refund Claim on Service Tax Rendered for SEZ: CESTAT Remands Matter for Adjudication [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Chennai-Service-Tax-Rendered-for-SEZ-SEZ-Taxscan.jpg "Denial of Refund Claim on Service Tax Rendered for SEZ: CESTAT Remands Matter for Adjudication [Read Order]")
![Non Payment of Service Tax for Mining Service: CESTAT Upholds Invocation of Extended Period [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mining-service-service-tax.jpg "Non Payment of Service Tax for Mining Service: CESTAT Upholds Invocation of Extended Period [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 11]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Annual-Digest-2024-Annual-Digest-2024-Indirect-Tax-Cases-Part-11-Indirect-Tax-Cases-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 11]")
![CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 10]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Annual-Digest-2024-Annual-Digest-2024-Indirect-Tax-Cases-CESTAT-Annual-Digest-Bangalore-bench-of-CESTAT-GTA-services-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Orders-Taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 10]")
![CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 7]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-Indirect-Tax-Cases-Customs-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Orders-CESTAT-Benches-of-India-Mumbai-Bench-of-the-CESTAT-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-Taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Annual Digest 2024: Indirect Tax Cases [Part 7]")
Mere use of lubricants, consumables in relation to Dam Construction work cannot be considered as WCS: CESTAT [Read Order]
In an important ruling, the Hyderabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) found that the appellants have only used lubricants, consumables, spares in relation to...
![Mere use of lubricants, consumables in relation to Dam Construction work cannot be considered as WCS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CESTAT-CESTAT-Hyderabad-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-Work-Contract-Service-Dam-Construction-taxscan.jpg "Mere use of lubricants, consumables in relation to Dam Construction work cannot be considered as WCS: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Leviability of Service tax on renting/leasing immovable properties for commercial purposes : CESTAT directs to pass denovo order [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT) remanded the matter on the challenge on leviability of service tax on renting/leasing...
![Leviability of Service tax on renting/leasing immovable properties for commercial purposes : CESTAT directs to pass denovo order [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Leviability-of-Service-tax-CESTAT-CESTAT-directs-to-pass-denovo-order-Customs-Customs-Excise-And-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-Municipalities-Act-Service-Tax-Taxscan.jpg "Leviability of Service tax on renting/leasing immovable properties for commercial purposes : CESTAT directs to pass denovo order [Read Order]")
No Service Tax Exemption available to Subcontractor for activity of Site formation for Construction of Dam on Post Negative List Regime: CESTAT [Read Order]
In an important ruling, the Hyderabad bench of the Customs, Excise And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that service tax exemption is unavailable to subcontractors for site formation...
![No Service Tax Exemption available to Subcontractor for activity of Site formation for Construction of Dam on Post Negative List Regime: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/No-Service-Tax-Exemption-Subcontractor-activity-Site-formation-construction-dam-Post-Negative-List-Regime-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "No Service Tax Exemption available to Subcontractor for activity of Site formation for Construction of Dam on Post Negative List Regime: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Refund Claims by Aviation Students: Allahabad HC Directs Academy to Address Matter [Read Order]
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, which is an aviation academy, to address the service tax refund claims made by its students. In this case, the...
![Service Tax Refund Claims by Aviation Students: Allahabad HC Directs Academy to Address Matter [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Allahabad-High-Court-Service-Tax-Refund-Aviation-Students-Service-Tax-Taxscan.jpg "Service Tax Refund Claims by Aviation Students: Allahabad HC Directs Academy to Address Matter [Read Order]")
Motor Vehicle Registration by Dealer not ‘Business Auxiliary Service’: CESTAT revokes Service Tax Levy [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Bangalore, while hearing a Service Tax Appeal held that motor vehicle registration conducted by the automobile dealer is not a...
![Motor Vehicle Registration by Dealer not ‘Business Auxiliary Service’: CESTAT revokes Service Tax Levy [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Motor-Vehicle-Motor-Vehicle-Registration-Business-Auxiliary-Service-CESTAT-CESTAT-revokes-Service-Tax-Levy-Service-Tax-taxscan.jpg "Motor Vehicle Registration by Dealer not ‘Business Auxiliary Service’: CESTAT revokes Service Tax Levy [Read Order]")
Teflon Coating, Mat Fixing and Accessory fitting before 01.07.2012 not liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Bangalore in a recent matter held that Teflon Coating, Mat Fixing and Accessory fitting done before 01.07.2012 may not be liable to...
![Teflon Coating, Mat Fixing and Accessory fitting before 01.07.2012 not liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Teflon-Coating-Mat-Fixing-and-Accessory-fitting-Service-Tax-taxscan.jpg "Teflon Coating, Mat Fixing and Accessory fitting before 01.07.2012 not liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")