![Tenant’s SVLDRS Payment Satisfies 7.5% Pre-Deposit Requirement for Service Tax on Rental Income: CESTAT Remands Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/500x300_2096801-svldrs-payment-pre-deposit-service-tax-rental-income-cestat-taxscan.webp "Tenant’s SVLDRS Payment Satisfies 7.5% Pre-Deposit Requirement for Service Tax on Rental Income: CESTAT Remands Appeal [Read Order]")
Tenant’s SVLDRS Payment Satisfies 7.5% Pre-Deposit Requirement for Service Tax on Rental Income: CESTAT Remands Appeal [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) remanded the appeal and held that the tenant’s payment under...
![Permanent Assignment of Film Copyrights and In-Film Branding Agreements Executed Before Oct 1, 2014 Are Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/250x150_2096511-cestat-service-tax-film-branding-agreements-taxscan.webp "Permanent Assignment of Film Copyrights and In-Film Branding Agreements Executed Before Oct 1, 2014 Are Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Pre-Show Cause Consultation Mandatory for Service Tax Demands Exceeding ₹50 Lakhs under CBEC Circulars: Bombay HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/07/250x150_2094601-service-tax-cbec-circular-bombay-high-court-show-cause-notice.webp "Pre-Show Cause Consultation Mandatory for Service Tax Demands Exceeding ₹50 Lakhs under CBEC Circulars: Bombay HC [Read Order]")
![Cargo Space Sales and Reimbursable Expenses Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT Upholds Exemption for UN Peacekeeping Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/250x150_2094267-cargo-space-sales-cestat-un-peacekeeping-services-taxscan.webp "Cargo Space Sales and Reimbursable Expenses Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT Upholds Exemption for UN Peacekeeping Services [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Liability for Overseas Employee Secondments: Supreme Court Issues Notice to Revenue in Tesco Bengaluru Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/03/250x150_2093403-service-tax-liability-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Liability for Overseas Employee Secondments: Supreme Court Issues Notice to Revenue in Tesco Bengaluru Case [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Cannot be Levied on TDS on Foreign Remittances Paid under Income Tax Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/02/500x300_2093235-service-tax-tds-on-foreign-remittances-tds-income-tax-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Cannot be Levied on TDS on Foreign Remittances Paid under Income Tax Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Freight Forwarder Not Liable for Service Tax When Acting as Principal for Goods Exported Outside India: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT) ruled that a freight forwarder arranging transport of goods abroad is not liable for Service Tax when acting as a...
![Freight Forwarder Not Liable for Service Tax When Acting as Principal for Goods Exported Outside India: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/500x300_2092700-freight-forwarder-cestat-service-tax-principal-for-goods-exported-taxscan.webp "Freight Forwarder Not Liable for Service Tax When Acting as Principal for Goods Exported Outside India: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, set aside a service tax demand raised on the ground that investment in mutual funds amounted to “trading of goods.”...
![Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092387-service-tax-demand-mutual-fund-finance-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]")
Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata, has ruled that lease rentals collected by a port authority for temporary use of land and sheds do not fall ...
![Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092338-cestat-kolkata-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]")
Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]
The Supreme Court of India, stayed the Chhattisgarh High Court’s remand order in a case challenging a service tax demand on alleged ‘Mandap Keeper Services’. Saubhagya Tilak Hotels Pvt.Ltd,...
![Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/26/500x300_2091189-servicetax-demand-taxscan.webp "Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]")
Refurbishment of Used Cars Amounts to Self-Service: CESTAT Holds Maruti Suzuki’s Popular Vehicles Dealer Not Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai, has held that no Service Tax is payable on refurbishment activities carried out on pre-owned vehicles when such work is...
![Refurbishment of Used Cars Amounts to Self-Service: CESTAT Holds Maruti Suzuki’s Popular Vehicles Dealer Not Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/21/500x300_2089341-used-cars-cestat-maruti-suzuki-popular-vehicles-dealer-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Refurbishment of Used Cars Amounts to Self-Service: CESTAT Holds Maruti Suzuki’s Popular Vehicles Dealer Not Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]")
Transportation Services from Individual Truck Owners Without Consignment Notes Not Covered Under GTA Services, Not attracts Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that transportation services availed from individual truck owners without issuance of consignment notes are ...
![Transportation Services from Individual Truck Owners Without Consignment Notes Not Covered Under GTA Services, Not attracts Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/20/500x300_2089184-transportation-services-individual-truck-owners-consignment-notes-gta-services-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Transportation Services from Individual Truck Owners Without Consignment Notes Not Covered Under GTA Services, Not attracts Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")