![Recipient of Service to Pay Applicable Service Tax as per Reverse Charge Mechanism: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/18/2129547-recipient-of-servicejpg.webp "Recipient of Service to Pay Applicable Service Tax as per Reverse Charge Mechanism: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]")
Recipient of Service to Pay Applicable Service Tax as per Reverse Charge Mechanism: CESTAT Allows Appeal [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax AppellateTribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad Bench, allowed an appeal and held that the recipient of service is liable...
![RCM Service Tax Demand Cannot Be Raised Solely on Foreign Currency Expenditure Shown in Balance Sheet : CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/15/2125210-rcm-service-tax-demand-foreign-currency-expenditure-shown-balance-sheet-cestat-taxscan.webp "RCM Service Tax Demand Cannot Be Raised Solely on Foreign Currency Expenditure Shown in Balance Sheet : CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Book Entry showing Service Tax as Expense does not Prove Unjust Enrichment: CESTAT sets aside Refund Credited to Consumer Welfare Fund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/22/2121464-book-entry-showing-service-tax-as-expense-prove-unjust-enrichment-cestat-refund-credited-consumer-welfare-fund-taxscan.webp "Book Entry showing Service Tax as Expense does not Prove Unjust Enrichment: CESTAT sets aside Refund Credited to Consumer Welfare Fund [Read Order]")
![GTA Reverse Charge Not Applicable Where Freight Cost is Economically Borne by Farmers: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/08/2117713-gta-reverse-charge-not-applicable-where-freight-cost-is-economically-borne-by-farmers-cestat-taxscan.webp "GTA Reverse Charge Not Applicable Where Freight Cost is Economically Borne by Farmers: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Filing International Patent through Foreign Attorney is Supply of Service: AAR affirms GST liability for Reimbursement through RCM [Read Order]
The West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) recently ruled that the reimbursement paid by an Indian company to a foreign patent attorney for filing patents outside of India constitutes a...
![Filing International Patent through Foreign Attorney is Supply of Service: AAR affirms GST liability for Reimbursement through RCM [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/03/2116881-international-patent-foreign-attorney-supply-of-service-patent-filing-filing-international-patent-patent-filing-services-taxscan.webp "Filing International Patent through Foreign Attorney is Supply of Service: AAR affirms GST liability for Reimbursement through RCM [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that inter-company cost sharing and downward price adjustments arising out of software implementation ...
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/01/2116535-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demand-on-cross-border-cost-sharing-holds-downward-price-adjustments-are-not-consideration-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]")
Department Cannot Retain RCM Service Tax Without Authority of Law: CESTAT Allows Refund Claim u/s 142(3) [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai has allowed the appeal of appellant, holding that the company is entitled to a cash refund of service tax paid under the...
![Department Cannot Retain RCM Service Tax Without Authority of Law: CESTAT Allows Refund Claim u/s 142(3) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/02/2109478-cenvat-credit-credit-account-taxscan.webp "Department Cannot Retain RCM Service Tax Without Authority of Law: CESTAT Allows Refund Claim u/s 142(3) [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism is Not Leviable on Fees Paid for Statutory Audit by Chartered Accountants [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that fees paid to Chartered Accountants for statutory audit services were not liable to Service Tax...
![CESTAT Rules Tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism is Not Leviable on Fees Paid for Statutory Audit by Chartered Accountants [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/2107121-cestat-allahabad-statutory-audit-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism is Not Leviable on Fees Paid for Statutory Audit by Chartered Accountants [Read Order]")
CESTAT Rules Leasing of ISO Tank Containers from Overseas Suppliers as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable Service [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the leasing of ISO tank containers from overseas suppliers amounted to a transfer of the right to...
![CESTAT Rules Leasing of ISO Tank Containers from Overseas Suppliers as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/2080756-cestat-ahmedabad-iso-tank-containers-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Rules Leasing of ISO Tank Containers from Overseas Suppliers as Deemed Sale, Not Taxable Service [Read Order]")
No Constitutional Violation in GST RCM u/s 17(2) and 17(3) of CGST Act on Security Services: Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 17(2) and 17(3) of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017, in the context of...
![No Constitutional Violation in GST RCM u/s 17(2) and 17(3) of CGST Act on Security Services: Bombay HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/19/2078306-constitutional-violation-gst-cgst-services-bombay-hc-taxscan.webp "No Constitutional Violation in GST RCM u/s 17(2) and 17(3) of CGST Act on Security Services: Bombay HC [Read Order]")
