![Maintenance Charges Collected from Tenants Not Liable to Service Tax under “Management, Maintenance or Repair Service”: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081869-service-tax-cestat-maintenance-charges-taxscan.webp "Maintenance Charges Collected from Tenants Not Liable to Service Tax under “Management, Maintenance or Repair Service”: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Maintenance Charges Collected from Tenants Not Liable to Service Tax under “Management, Maintenance or Repair Service”: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that maintenance charges collected from tenants by the...
![Refurbishing of Cranes Falls Under MMR Services, Not Motor Vehicles: CESTAT Quashes Demand on Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/250x150_2081774-mmr-services-motor-vehicles-cestat-demand-on-limitation-taxscan.webp "Refurbishing of Cranes Falls Under MMR Services, Not Motor Vehicles: CESTAT Quashes Demand on Limitation [Read Order]")
![Charges Deducted by Foreign Banks on Export Remittances Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/250x150_2081413-charges-deducted-foreign-banks-export-remittances-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Charges Deducted by Foreign Banks on Export Remittances Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/28/250x150_2081350-site-img28-21.webp "Arranging Cane-Harvesting Workers for Farmers Without Control is Mere Facilitation, Not Taxable as Manpower Supply Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Chlorine Supplied Free by Service Recipients not Part of Gross Amount Charged for Service Tax Calculation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/27/250x150_2080896-chlorine-supplied-gross-amount-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Chlorine Supplied Free by Service Recipients not Part of Gross Amount Charged for Service Tax Calculation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax is not payable on the TDS amount deposited with the Government on behalf of a foreign...
![Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/500x300_2080825-service-tax-tds-foreign-service-cestat-levied-on-tds-paid-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Cannot Be Levied on TDS Paid to Govt on Behalf of Foreign Service Provider: CESTAT [Read Order]")
DGH Essentiality Certificate for Petroleum Operations Required Only for Importers, Not Domestic Manufacturers: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the requirement of a Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) Essentiality Certificate applies only ...
![DGH Essentiality Certificate for Petroleum Operations Required Only for Importers, Not Domestic Manufacturers: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/25/500x300_2080484-dgh-essentiality-certificate-for-petroleum-operations-dgh-essentiality-certificate-taxscan.webp "DGH Essentiality Certificate for Petroleum Operations Required Only for Importers, Not Domestic Manufacturers: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Amprolium HCL is a pure chemical classifiable under Chapter 29 of the Customs Tariff and not under ...
![Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/25/500x300_2080481-cestat-upholds-cestat-hcl-taxscan.webp "Amprolium HCL Classifiable Under Chapter 29 as Pure Chemical, Not under Animal Feed Premixes: CESTAT Upholds Demand [Read Order]")
Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that DEPB scrip benefits cannot be denied to innocent transferee importers if the licences, though...
![Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/24/500x300_2080131-india-cements-cestat-innocent-buyers-depb-scrip-benefits-licences-dgft-taxscan.webp "Relief for India Cements: CESTAT Holds Innocent Buyers Cannot Be Denied DEPB Scrip Benefits for Fraudulently Obtained Licences Unless Cancelled by DGFT [Read Order]")
Relief for MRF: CESTAT Rules Reimbursements of Salaries, Rent and Branch Expenses to Overseas Offices Not Taxable as Services under BAS [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that reimbursements made by MRF Ltd. to its overseas branch offices could not be treated as taxable...
![Relief for MRF: CESTAT Rules Reimbursements of Salaries, Rent and Branch Expenses to Overseas Offices Not Taxable as Services under BAS [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/20/500x300_2078788-mrf-cestat-rules-reimbursements-salaries-rent-branch-expenses-overseas-offices-taxable-services-bas-taxscan-.webp "Relief for MRF: CESTAT Rules Reimbursements of Salaries, Rent and Branch Expenses to Overseas Offices Not Taxable as Services under BAS [Read Order]")
CESTAT Abates Service Tax Appeal against Vasan Dental Hospitals since Company is Undergoing Liquidation [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has abated the Service Tax appeal filed by the Department, noting that the company is under liquidation and no ...
![CESTAT Abates Service Tax Appeal against Vasan Dental Hospitals since Company is Undergoing Liquidation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/20/500x300_2078640-cestat-service-tax-appeal-vasan-dental-hospitals-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Abates Service Tax Appeal against Vasan Dental Hospitals since Company is Undergoing Liquidation [Read Order]")
CESTAT Abates Service Tax Appeal against Vasan Dental Hospitals since Company is Undergoing Liquidation [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has abated the Service Tax appeal filed by the Department, noting that the company is under liquidation and no ...
![CESTAT Abates Service Tax Appeal against Vasan Dental Hospitals since Company is Undergoing Liquidation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/15/500x300_2076890-cestat-service-tax-appeal-vasan-dental-hospitals-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Abates Service Tax Appeal against Vasan Dental Hospitals since Company is Undergoing Liquidation [Read Order]")