![Cost Recovery Charges Collected Without Legal Authority: CESTAT Allows Refund of Entire Amount to Appellant [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/27/500x300_2108276-cost-recovery-charges-collected-legal-authority-cestat-allows-refund-entire-amount-appellant-.webp "Cost Recovery Charges Collected Without Legal Authority: CESTAT Allows Refund of Entire Amount to Appellant [Read Order]")
Cost Recovery Charges Collected Without Legal Authority: CESTAT Allows Refund of Entire Amount to Appellant [Read Order]
The Allahabad Regional Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the levy and collection of Cost...
![Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Discrepancy Between ITR/TDS and ST-3 Returns Invalid Without Investigating Cause of Difference: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/250x150_2106680-cestat-allahabad-.webp "Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Discrepancy Between ITR/TDS and ST-3 Returns Invalid Without Investigating Cause of Difference: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Interest Not Payable from 2008 Deposit: CESTAT Holds Sugar Manufacturer Not Entitled to Interest on Investigative Deposit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/250x150_2106836-fa80a3f0-beb7-4f16-b45e-10733eba48aa.webp "Interest Not Payable from 2008 Deposit: CESTAT Holds Sugar Manufacturer Not Entitled to Interest on Investigative Deposit [Read Order]")
![Extended Period Not Invocable as All Activities Were Declared in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/250x150_2106400-cestat-allahabad-serice-tax-demand-cestat-quashes-taxscan.webp "Extended Period Not Invocable as All Activities Were Declared in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Taxpayer Already Paid Liability Under Work Contract Services: CESTAT set Asides Service Tax Demand on Earth Excavation Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/250x150_2107038-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Taxpayer Already Paid Liability Under Work Contract Services: CESTAT set Asides Service Tax Demand on Earth Excavation Services [Read Order]")
Commercial Construction for Government Bodies Not Exempt: CESTAT Upholds Rs. 3.11 Crore Service Tax Demand on Works Contract Services [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld a major Service Tax demand of approximately Rs. 3.11 Crore and ruled that "Works Contract Services"...
![Commercial Construction for Government Bodies Not Exempt: CESTAT Upholds Rs. 3.11 Crore Service Tax Demand on Works Contract Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2107093-work-contract-service-cestat-allahabad-tax-news-service-tax-demand-under-work-contract-service-taxscan.webp "Commercial Construction for Government Bodies Not Exempt: CESTAT Upholds Rs. 3.11 Crore Service Tax Demand on Works Contract Services [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds ₹35.74 Lakh CENVAT Credit Demand for Wrong Availment of EPCG and Customs Cess Credits [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the appeal filed by the assessee and upheld the ₹35,74,487 CENVAT credit demand, holding that the...
![CESTAT Upholds ₹35.74 Lakh CENVAT Credit Demand for Wrong Availment of EPCG and Customs Cess Credits [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106321-cestat-cenvat-credit-epcg-customs-cess-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds ₹35.74 Lakh CENVAT Credit Demand for Wrong Availment of EPCG and Customs Cess Credits [Read Order]")
CESTAT Holds Paper Biri Not Classifiable as Cigarettes, Rejects Central Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed the Revenue’s appeal and upheld the assessee’s classification, holding that the authorities wrongly...
![CESTAT Holds Paper Biri Not Classifiable as Cigarettes, Rejects Central Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106240-cestat-allahabad-central-excise-duty-paper-biri-cigarettes-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Holds Paper Biri Not Classifiable as Cigarettes, Rejects Central Excise Duty Demand [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/2025/11/21/500x300_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 Directs Original Authority to Limit RCM Liability to Services Received from Registered Goods Transport Agencies [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has directed the adjudicating authority to re-compute the service tax liability under the Reverse Charge...
![CESTAT Directs Original Authority to Limit RCM Liability to Services Received from Registered Goods Transport Agencies [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/21/500x300_2106998-rcm-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Directs Original Authority to Limit RCM Liability to Services Received from Registered Goods Transport Agencies [Read Order]")
CESTAT upholds Service Tax on Community Centre Construction as Commercial Activity, Confirms Tax on Admitted Services [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the service tax demand on Anubhavi Constructions for the construction of a community centre for the...
![CESTAT upholds Service Tax on Community Centre Construction as Commercial Activity, Confirms Tax on Admitted Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/500x300_2106867-service-tax-actcommercial-construction-services.webp "CESTAT upholds Service Tax on Community Centre Construction as Commercial Activity, Confirms Tax on Admitted Services [Read Order]")
Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) dismissed the appeal filed by the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and upheld the ₹2.88 crore service...
![Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106392-cestat-allahabad-ghaziabad-development-authority-lease-premium-taxable-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Lease Premium Taxable as Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Upholds ₹2.88Cr Service Tax Demand on Ghaziabad Development Authority [Read Order]")