![Processing Undertaken does not bring into Existence any New Distinct Commodity: CESTAT States Such Activity is not Liable to Service Tax under BAS [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/23/2129972-processing-undertaken-not-bring-into-existence-any-new-distinct-commodity-taxscan.webp "Processing Undertaken does not bring into Existence any New Distinct Commodity: CESTAT States Such Activity is not Liable to Service Tax under BAS [Read Order]")
Processing Undertaken does not bring into Existence any New Distinct Commodity: CESTAT States Such Activity is not Liable to Service Tax under BAS [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad Bench, held that processing alone does not bring into existence any new...
![Cost-Sharing Not Taxable: CESTAT Rules Panasonic Not Liable To Service Tax On Advertisement Reimbursements Under BAS [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/18/2129581-cost-sharing-not-taxablejpg.webp "Cost-Sharing Not Taxable: CESTAT Rules Panasonic Not Liable To Service Tax On Advertisement Reimbursements Under BAS [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Liability on Threshing and Redrying of Tobacco Leaves not Under Business Auxiliary Services : CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/17/2129486-service-tax-liability-on-threshing-and-redrying-of-tobacco-leaves-not-under-business-auxiliary-services-site-imagejpg.webp "Service Tax Liability on Threshing and Redrying of Tobacco Leaves not Under Business Auxiliary Services : CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Supreme Court Stays Coercive Action Against Linehaul Express in Reverse Charge Service Tax Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/14/2119746-supreme-court-stays-coercive-action-against-linehaul-express-in-reverse-charge-service-tax-appeal-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Stays Coercive Action Against Linehaul Express in Reverse Charge Service Tax Appeal [Read Order]")
![SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/2111025-scn-lacks-precise-bas-classification-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-against-amway-distributor-taxscan.webp "SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]")
Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Ubico Network [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Exciseand Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on the reimbursement of electricity charges, as electricity is ...
![Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Ubico Network [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/2113168-reimbursement-electricity-charges-taxable-service-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-ubico-network-taxscan.webp "Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Ubico Network [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Installation Expenses w/o Evidence of Commission Agent being Reimbursed by Principals: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Regional Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently held that no service tax demand on installation-related expenditure can be raised to a...
![No Service Tax on Installation Expenses w/o Evidence of Commission Agent being Reimbursed by Principals: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/2105995-customs-excise-service-tax-appellate-tribunal-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Installation Expenses w/o Evidence of Commission Agent being Reimbursed by Principals: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Non-Filing of ST-3 is Positive Act of of Evading tax: CESTAT holds Extended Limitation Rightly Invoked [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), New Delhi, has held that non-filing of ST-3 returns amounts to a positive act of suppression with intent to evade tax, thereby...
![Non-Filing of ST-3 is Positive Act of of Evading tax: CESTAT holds Extended Limitation Rightly Invoked [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/08/2103291-non-filing-of-st-3-evading-tax-cestat-limitation-rightly-invoked-taxscan.webp "Non-Filing of ST-3 is Positive Act of of Evading tax: CESTAT holds Extended Limitation Rightly Invoked [Read Order]")
No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Chandigarh Bench, has quashed service tax demands raised against the Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority...
![No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/2101286-cestat-chandigarh-himuda-service-tax-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]")
Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the overriding commission received by a General Sales Agent (GSA) from a foreign airline in...
![Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/2101243-service-tax-demand-cestat-chennai-export-of-service-taxscan.webp "Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Service Tax on Marketing of Film Songs on Sony Music: Supreme Court likely hear Matter on Next Month [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court is likely to hear the issue of the levy of service tax on the marketing and promotion of film songs on Sony Music Entertainment India Private Limited next month. The tentative...
![Service Tax on Marketing of Film Songs on Sony Music: Supreme Court likely hear Matter on Next Month [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/2090983-service-tax-sony-music-entertainment-india-private-limited-film-songs-taxscan.webp "Service Tax on Marketing of Film Songs on Sony Music: Supreme Court likely hear Matter on Next Month [Read Judgement]")