![Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/2112502-form-26as-service-tax-demand-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]")
Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), remanded the service tax dispute arising solely from Form 26AS...
![Absence of Time Limit in Notification allows Exemption Claim “At Any Stage” under Finance Act: CESTAT Rules in Favour of Mars International [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/2110460-absence-time-limit-notification-allows-exemption-claim-taxscan.webp "Absence of Time Limit in Notification allows Exemption Claim “At Any Stage” under Finance Act: CESTAT Rules in Favour of Mars International [Read Order]")
![Reverse Charge Demand Sets Aside: CESTAT Says Tax Beyond Scope of SCN Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/05/2110258-reverse-charge-demand-cestat-tax-scn-unsustainable-taxscan.webp "Reverse Charge Demand Sets Aside: CESTAT Says Tax Beyond Scope of SCN Unsustainable [Read Order]")
![Consultancy for Pet Products Must Be Provided by Scientist or Institution: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand Against Mars International [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/2110461-consultancy-pet-products-scientist-institution-cestat-service-tax-demand-mars-international-taxscan.webp "Consultancy for Pet Products Must Be Provided by Scientist or Institution: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand Against Mars International [Read Order]")
![Maruti Dealership Incentives Qualify as Trade Discounts Not Taxable Services: CESTAT Quashes ₹2.21Cr Service Tax Demand on Audi Motors [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/2110494-maruti-dealership-incentives-trade-discount-taxable-service-csetat-service-tax-demand-audi-motors-taxscan.webp "Maruti Dealership Incentives Qualify as Trade Discounts Not Taxable Services: CESTAT Quashes ₹2.21Cr Service Tax Demand on Audi Motors [Read Order]")
Educational Consultancy Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, not “Intermediary Services”: Delhi HC [Read Order]
ediary services under the Service Tax Regime. In the recent ruling, the Delhi High Court upheld CESTAT’s ruling that student recruitment services provided to foreign universities constitute...
![Educational Consultancy Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, not “Intermediary Services”: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/2110188-fd5f84a3-1816-4840-8367-a932a5ce03f6.webp "Educational Consultancy Services to Foreign Universities Qualify as Export, not “Intermediary Services”: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
Demand Under 'Construction of Complex' Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the appellant was not liable to pay service tax for the period before 1 July 2010, and consequently...
![Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/2108165-cestat-mumbai-service-tax-demandtaxscan.webp "Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Yamaha’s Rebate Claim u/r 18 for NCCD on Exported Goods Must be Re-Examined: Bombay HC Orders Fresh Consideration [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court held that the rejection of the assessee’s rebate claim under Rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 was unsustainable as the authority had failed to consider crucial...
![Yamaha’s Rebate Claim u/r 18 for NCCD on Exported Goods Must be Re-Examined: Bombay HC Orders Fresh Consideration [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/2108462-yamaha-nccd-exported-goods-bombay-hc-taxscan.webp "Yamaha’s Rebate Claim u/r 18 for NCCD on Exported Goods Must be Re-Examined: Bombay HC Orders Fresh Consideration [Read Order]")
Extended Period Not Invokable: CESTAT Rules Constitutional Validity of 'Renting of Immovable Property' Levy is Still Pending Before SC [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that the extended period of limitation cannot be invoked in cases involving the "Renting of Immovable ...
![Extended Period Not Invokable: CESTAT Rules Constitutional Validity of Renting of Immovable Property Levy is Still Pending Before SC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/19/2106703-0fd93a7c-1912-4bc4-a80f-34076556d195.webp "Extended Period Not Invokable: CESTAT Rules Constitutional Validity of Renting of Immovable Property Levy is Still Pending Before SC [Read Order]")
Expert Advice in R&D Projects Attracts Service Tax: CESTAT Classifies NGRI’s Deliverables as Scientific or Technical Consultancy [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Hyderabad, has ruled that certain research and survey activities undertaken by the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) ...
![Expert Advice in R&D Projects Attracts Service Tax: CESTAT Classifies NGRI’s Deliverables as Scientific or Technical Consultancy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/2106232-cestat-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Expert Advice in R&D Projects Attracts Service Tax: CESTAT Classifies NGRI’s Deliverables as Scientific or Technical Consultancy [Read Order]")
POPS Rules Cannot Extend Finance Act to J&K: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Telecom Infrastructure Services [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that services rendered and consumed within the State of Jammu & Kashmir fall wholly outside...
![POPS Rules Cannot Extend Finance Act to J&K: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Telecom Infrastructure Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/2105937-finance-act-cestat-telecom-infrastructure-taxscan.webp "POPS Rules Cannot Extend Finance Act to J&K: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Telecom Infrastructure Services [Read Order]")
Pre-2015 Flight Ticket Reimbursements Not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for CA Firm [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled in favour of a Chartered Accountants firm, clarifying that client-reimbursed flight ticket expenses...
![Pre-2015 Flight Ticket Reimbursements Not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for CA Firm [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/17/2105972-service-tax-refund-taxscan.webp "Pre-2015 Flight Ticket Reimbursements Not Subject to Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for CA Firm [Read Order]")