![Governmental Authorities Not ‘Business Entities’: CESTAT Rules HIMUDA Not Liable under RCM for Legal Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101298-rcm-cestat-chandigarh-cestat-rules-taxscan.webp "Governmental Authorities Not ‘Business Entities’: CESTAT Rules HIMUDA Not Liable under RCM for Legal Services [Read Order]")
Governmental Authorities Not ‘Business Entities’: CESTAT Rules HIMUDA Not Liable under RCM for Legal Services [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that the Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban...
![False Claim of Lack of Air Conditioning Facility: CESTAT Upholds Rs. 4.96 Lakh Service Tax and Penalty on Restaurant [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/250x150_2100528-servicetax-restaurant-taxscan.webp "False Claim of Lack of Air Conditioning Facility: CESTAT Upholds Rs. 4.96 Lakh Service Tax and Penalty on Restaurant [Read Order]")
![Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/250x150_2100072-extended-limitaion-period-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Network Company Collected Service Tax on Broadcasting Services but Failed to Deposit: CESTAT Upholds Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/22/250x150_2099058-cestat-penalty-taxscan.webp "Network Company Collected Service Tax on Broadcasting Services but Failed to Deposit: CESTAT Upholds Penalty [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Cannot be Held as Bad in Law merely due to Payment made in Advance: CESTAT Remands Appeal for Redetermination [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/250x150_2098801-service-tax-demand-cestat-hyderabad-tascan.webp "Service Tax Demand Cannot be Held as Bad in Law merely due to Payment made in Advance: CESTAT Remands Appeal for Redetermination [Read Order]")
![CENVAT Credit on Inputs from 100% Export-Oriented-Unit Allowable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098506-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit on Inputs from 100% Export-Oriented-Unit Allowable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Permanent Assignment of Film Copyrights and In-Film Branding Agreements Executed Before Oct 1, 2014 Are Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the permanent transfer of film copyrights and in-film branding agreements executed before October...
![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/2025/10/14/500x300_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]")
Services Involving Accommodation Without Transport Cannot Be Taxed as Tour Operator Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that services involving accommodation without transportation cannot be classified as tour operator ...
![Services Involving Accommodation Without Transport Cannot Be Taxed as Tour Operator Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/07/500x300_2094504-tax-tour-service-taxscan.webp "Services Involving Accommodation Without Transport Cannot Be Taxed as Tour Operator Service: 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]")
Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the recovery of liquidated damages from suppliers for breach of contract is not a declared service...
![Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/28/500x300_2092027-eastern-coalfields-cestat-rules-recovery-of-liquidated-damages-declared-service-taxscan.webp "Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]")
VAT Act and Finance Act are Disparate in Character, Demand based on difference in value between WCT Returns and ST-3 Returns is invalid: Delhi HC [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Delhi High Court upheld the observation of the adjudicating authority that Value Added Tax ( VAT) Act, 2005 and Finance Act, 1994 are disparate in character and the demand...
![VAT Act and Finance Act are Disparate in Character, Demand based on difference in value between WCT Returns and ST-3 Returns is invalid: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/26/500x300_2091337-delhi-high-court-vat-act-and-finance-act-st-3-returns-taxscan.webp "VAT Act and Finance Act are Disparate in Character, Demand based on difference in value between WCT Returns and ST-3 Returns is invalid: Delhi HC [Read Order]")