![Sub-contractor Not Liable for Service Tax When Principal Contractor Has Already Paid on the Entire Contract Value: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/27/500x300_2091502-demand-service-tax-scn-cestat-taxscan.webp "Sub-contractor Not Liable for Service Tax When Principal Contractor Has Already Paid on the Entire Contract Value: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Sub-contractor Not Liable for Service Tax When Principal Contractor Has Already Paid on the Entire Contract Value: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a sub-contractor is not liable to pay service tax...
![Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/26/250x150_2091189-servicetax-demand-taxscan.webp "Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]")
![Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/250x150_2090911-whatsapp-image-2025-09-25-at-1237043e051503.webp "Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Setback for Pondicherry Engineering College: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Technical Testing & Analysis Services, Penalty Waived [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/10/250x150_2085309-pondicherry-engineering-college-taxscan.webp "Setback for Pondicherry Engineering College: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax on Technical Testing & Analysis Services, Penalty Waived [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Not applicable on Public Utility Works including Laying of Pipelines, Repairs of Sainik Schools: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/09/250x150_2084820-service-tax-cestat-quashes-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Not applicable on Public Utility Works including Laying of Pipelines, Repairs of Sainik Schools: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]")
Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Rules Forfeited Amount on Breach of Contract Not Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appeal ( CESTAT ) granted relief to Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), ruling that the forfeited amount collected on breach of contract was...
![Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Rules Forfeited Amount on Breach of Contract Not Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/01/500x300_2082972-cestat-rules-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Relief for SAIL: CESTAT Rules Forfeited Amount on Breach of Contract Not Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Extended Service Tax & CENVAT Demand, says No Wilful Suppression Found, SCN Held Time-Barred [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside demands of service tax and Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) credit raised against New Age...
![CESTAT Quashes Extended Service Tax & CENVAT Demand, says No Wilful Suppression Found, SCN Held Time-Barred [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/01/500x300_2082901-cestat-quashes-extended-service-tax-cenvat-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Extended Service Tax & CENVAT Demand, says No Wilful Suppression Found, SCN Held Time-Barred [Read Order]")
Chlorine Supplied Free by Service Recipients not Part of Gross Amount Charged for Service Tax Calculation: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that chlorine supplied free of cost by service recipients cannot be included in the gross amount charged...
![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/2025/08/27/500x300_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]")
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]")
Relief for Shipping Corporation of India: CESTAT Rules Demurrage is Part of Exempt Transport Service, Quashes ₹49.44 Cr Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that demurrage charges collected by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) are part of the transport ...
![Relief for Shipping Corporation of India: CESTAT Rules Demurrage is Part of Exempt Transport Service, Quashes ₹49.44 Cr Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/16/500x300_2077345-shipping-corporation-cestat-service-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Relief for Shipping Corporation of India: CESTAT Rules Demurrage is Part of Exempt Transport Service, Quashes ₹49.44 Cr Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Invocation of Extended Limitation Period Without Evidence of Willful Misstatement: Calcutta HC Sets Aside AA's Order [Read Order]
The High Court of Calcutta set aside the adjudicating authority’s (AA) order for invoking the extended limitation period under Section 73(1) of the Finance Act,1994 without any evidence of willful...
Issue on Service Tax Leviability: Orissa HC sets GST Order passed without Recording Reason for Conclusion [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Orissa High Court has set aside the Good and Service Tax (GST) order passed without recording reason for conclusion on issueof service tax leviability. Pacific International...
![Issue on Service Tax Leviability: Orissa HC sets GST Order passed without Recording Reason for Conclusion [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/service-tax-Leviability.jpg "Issue on Service Tax Leviability: Orissa HC sets GST Order passed without Recording Reason for Conclusion [Read Order]")