![Supreme Court Stays Coercive Action Against Linehaul Express in Reverse Charge Service Tax Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/14/500x300_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]")
Supreme Court Stays Coercive Action Against Linehaul Express in Reverse Charge Service Tax Appeal [Read Order]
The Supreme Court has condoned the delay and issued notice in a civil appeal challenging the final order passed by the Customs, Excise and Service...
![SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/250x150_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/2025/11/08/500x300_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/2025/10/31/500x300_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/2025/10/31/500x300_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/2025/09/25/500x300_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]")
Relief for Robin Uthappa: CESTAT Rules IPL Payments Are ‘Player Fee’, Not Taxable as Promotional Activity Under BAS [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that payments received by a professional cricketer for participating in Indian Premier League (IPL)...
![Relief for Robin Uthappa: CESTAT Rules IPL Payments Are ‘Player Fee’, Not Taxable as Promotional Activity Under BAS [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/13/500x300_2076332-rrest-warrant-cricketer-robin-uthappa-arrest-warrant-issued-taxscan.webp "Relief for Robin Uthappa: CESTAT Rules IPL Payments Are ‘Player Fee’, Not Taxable as Promotional Activity Under BAS [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Cannot Be Based Solely on Form 26AS w/o Reconciliation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/16/500x300_2064418-cestat-allahabad-reconciliation-form-26as-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Cannot Be Based Solely on Form 26AS w/o Reconciliation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Mere booking of income as service charge in their balance sheet would not Transfer entire amount to a single activity under ‘Business Auxiliary Services’: CESTAT
Mere bald allegations in a notice are not enough to sustain the demand against the appellant. The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that...
