![Trading Activity Not Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Export-of-Educational-Books-Export-Educational-Books-clearing-and-forwarding-agent-service-BAS-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Trading Activity Not Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
'Trading Activity Not Taxable as Business Auxiliary Service': CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed a service tax demand imposed on the assessee,...
![Sada Tambaku Pre-Mixed with Lime Classified as Chewing Tobacco, Attracts 28% GST: AAR [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tobacco-AAR-taxscan.jpg "Sada Tambaku Pre-Mixed with Lime Classified as Chewing Tobacco, Attracts 28% GST: AAR [Read Order]")
![No Tax Evasion on Transfer of Old Machine from Head Office to Branch for Own Use: Allahabad HC [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/No-Tax-Evasion.jpg "No Tax Evasion on Transfer of Old Machine from Head Office to Branch for Own Use: Allahabad HC [Read Order]")
Mismatch in ITR and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Deletes Penalty, Emphasizes Verification Before Raising Service Tax Demands [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) deleted a service tax penalty, holding that a mismatch between income declared in Income Tax Returns (ITR) and...
![Mismatch in ITR and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Deletes Penalty, Emphasizes Verification Before Raising Service Tax Demands [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Mismatch-in-ITR-and-ST-3.jpg "Mismatch in ITR and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Deletes Penalty, Emphasizes Verification Before Raising Service Tax Demands [Read Order]")
![CENVAT Credit can be availed on Service Tax Paid over Advances received: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/service-tax.jpg "CENVAT Credit can be availed on Service Tax Paid over Advances received: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Failure to Avail Opportunity is different from Failure to Grant Opportunity of Hearing: Kerala HC Dismisses Petition against CGST Order [Read Order]
While dismissing the petition against the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) order, the Kerala High Court held that failure to avail an opportunity granted is different from failure to grant an...
![Failure to Avail Opportunity is different from Failure to Grant Opportunity of Hearing: Kerala HC Dismisses Petition against CGST Order [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/KERALA-HC-CGST-TAXSCAN.jpg "Failure to Avail Opportunity is different from Failure to Grant Opportunity of Hearing: Kerala HC Dismisses Petition against CGST Order [Read Order]")
GST: Kerala HC rules Detention for Undeclared Goods u/s 129 Valid, Orders Release on Penalty Payment [Read Order]
In a recent decision, the Kerala High Court held that detention of goods under Section 129 of the CGST Act is valid when goods transported are found in excess of those covered by the invoice and...
![GST: Kerala HC rules Detention for Undeclared Goods u/s 129 Valid, Orders Release on Penalty Payment [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kerala-HC-taxscan.jpg "GST: Kerala HC rules Detention for Undeclared Goods u/s 129 Valid, Orders Release on Penalty Payment [Read Order]")
Cancellation of GST Registration without Giving Opportunity to Respond: Calcutta HC Directs to apply for Revocation u/s 30 of CGST Act [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court directed to apply for revocation under section 30 of the Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Act, 2017 against the cancellation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) made...
![Cancellation of GST Registration without Giving Opportunity to Respond: Calcutta HC Directs to apply for Revocation u/s 30 of CGST Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GST-Registration-cancel.jpg "Cancellation of GST Registration without Giving Opportunity to Respond: Calcutta HC Directs to apply for Revocation u/s 30 of CGST Act [Read Order]")
Wrongful Claim of ITC in IGST Instead of CGST: Calcutta HC Stays GST Demand considering Revenue Neutral [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court stayed the Goods and Service Tax demand against the wrongful claim of Input Tax Credit (ITC) in Interstate Goods and Service Tax (IGST) instead of Central Goods and Service...
![Wrongful Claim of ITC in IGST Instead of CGST: Calcutta HC Stays GST Demand considering Revenue Neutral [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gst-demand-Wrongful-Claim-of-ITC-Calcutta-HC-TAXSCAN.jpg "Wrongful Claim of ITC in IGST Instead of CGST: Calcutta HC Stays GST Demand considering Revenue Neutral [Read Order]")