![Dubai Branch Activities like Sales Promo fall Under BAS, But No Service Tax under RCM as Entities Not Distinct: CESTAT favours Skyline [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/18/2129567-dubai-branch-activities-like-sales-promo-fall-under-bas-but-no-service-tax-under-rcm-as-entities-not-distinctjpg.webp "Dubai Branch Activities like Sales Promo fall Under BAS, But No Service Tax under RCM as Entities Not Distinct: CESTAT favours Skyline [Read Order]")
Dubai Branch Activities like Sales Promo fall Under BAS, But No Service Tax under RCM as Entities Not Distinct: CESTAT favours Skyline [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ofBangalore ruled that the services offered by Dubai branch like sales promotion fall...
![15% Retention on Statutory Port Dues is Reimbursement of Overheads, Not Commission Under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/07/2128275-15-retention-on-statutoryjpg.webp "15% Retention on Statutory Port Dues is Reimbursement of Overheads, Not Commission Under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CA Certificate Insufficient to Conclude that the Incidence of Tax has been Passed on to the Customer: CESTAT Remands Matter to RSA [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/05/2127921-cestat-remands-matter-to-rsa-taxscan.webp "CA Certificate Insufficient to Conclude that the Incidence of Tax has been Passed on to the Customer: CESTAT Remands Matter to RSA [Read Order]")
![Confederation Indian Industry Not Liable to Service Tax on Convention Reimbursements and MES Income: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/2122013-confederation-indian-industry-not-liable-service-tax-taxscan.jfif "Confederation Indian Industry Not Liable to Service Tax on Convention Reimbursements and MES Income: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Tobacco Leaves Threshing Not Taxable under BAS: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/25/2121843-tobacco-leaves-bas-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Tobacco Leaves Threshing Not Taxable under BAS: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Cargo Forwarder’s Pre-2012 Services Classifiable as ‘Transportation of Goods by Air’, Not BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Principal New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax AppellateTribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the services provided by a cargo forwarder before 1 July 2012 were classifiable as...
![Cargo Forwarder’s Pre-2012 Services Classifiable as ‘Transportation of Goods by Air’, Not BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/08/2117808-cargo-forwarders-pre-2012-services-classifiable-as-transportation-of-goods-by-air-not-bas-cestat-taxscan.webp "Cargo Forwarder’s Pre-2012 Services Classifiable as ‘Transportation of Goods by Air’, Not BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the premium received from transferring sugar export quota cannot be taxed under Business Auxiliary...
![Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/2110109-sugar-export-quota-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Premium Earned from Transfer of Sugar Export Quota Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Holds Transaction is Sale of Goods, Not BAS [Read Order]")
Service Tax not Leviable on License Fee collected for Supply of Customised Software to BITS: CESTAT [Read Order]
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bangalore bench has set aside service tax demands raised on the appellants for reimbursements and customised software licence fees...
![Service Tax not Leviable on License Fee collected for Supply of Customised Software to BITS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/2107022-servicetax-demand-taxscan.webp "Service Tax not Leviable on License Fee collected for Supply of Customised Software to BITS: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Calcutta HC Dismisses Revenue’s Service Tax Appeal on Ground of Low Tax Effect, Leaves Questions of Law Open [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed Service Tax appeal filed by the Commissioner of Service Tax citing the appeal’s low tax effect. The Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice T.S....
![Calcutta HC Dismisses Revenue’s Service Tax Appeal on Ground of Low Tax Effect, Leaves Questions of Law Open [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/2067095-calcutta-hc-dismisses-service-tax-appeal-tax-effect-taxscan.webp "Calcutta HC Dismisses Revenue’s Service Tax Appeal on Ground of Low Tax Effect, Leaves Questions of Law Open [Read Order]")
![Profit from Subcontracted GTA Service Not Taxable under Business Auxiliary Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/04/2041225-profit-gta-service-taxscan.webp "Profit from Subcontracted GTA Service Not Taxable under Business Auxiliary Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Holds Agricultural Warehousing and Allied Services as Tax-Exempt Composite Activity [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Agricultural-Warehousing-CESTAT-Holds-CESTAT-Delhi-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Holds Agricultural Warehousing and Allied Services as Tax-Exempt Composite Activity [Read Order]")
![Trading Activity Not Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Export-of-Educational-Books-Export-Educational-Books-clearing-and-forwarding-agent-service-BAS-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Trading Activity Not Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")