![Service Tax Demand Cannot be Held as Bad in Law merely due to Payment made in Advance: CESTAT Remands Appeal for Redetermination [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/500x300_2098801-service-tax-demand-cestat-hyderabad-tascan.webp "Service Tax Demand Cannot be Held as Bad in Law merely due to Payment made in Advance: CESTAT Remands Appeal for Redetermination [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Cannot be Held as Bad in Law merely due to Payment made in Advance: CESTAT Remands Appeal for Redetermination [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bench at Hyderabad partly allowed an appeal against the demand for Rs.2,44,22,912/-...
![CENVAT Credit on Inputs from 100% Export-Oriented-Unit Allowable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/21/250x150_2098506-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit on Inputs from 100% Export-Oriented-Unit Allowable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Permanent Assignment of Film Copyrights and In-Film Branding Agreements Executed Before Oct 1, 2014 Are Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/250x150_2096511-cestat-service-tax-film-branding-agreements-taxscan.webp "Permanent Assignment of Film Copyrights and In-Film Branding Agreements Executed Before Oct 1, 2014 Are Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Services Involving Accommodation Without Transport Cannot Be Taxed as Tour Operator Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/07/250x150_2094504-tax-tour-service-taxscan.webp "Services Involving Accommodation Without Transport Cannot Be Taxed as Tour Operator Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, set aside a service tax demand raised on the ground that investment in mutual funds amounted to “trading of goods.”...
![Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092387-service-tax-demand-mutual-fund-finance-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand of ₹87.76 Lakh on Mutual Fund Investments Quashed: CESTAT Rules Activity Not “Trading of Goods” under Finance Act [Read Order]")
Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the recovery of liquidated damages from suppliers for breach of contract is not a declared service...
![Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/28/500x300_2092027-eastern-coalfields-cestat-rules-recovery-of-liquidated-damages-declared-service-taxscan.webp "Relief for Eastern Coalfields: CESTAT Rules Recovery of Liquidated Damages from Suppliers for Breach of Contract Not Declared Service [Read Order]")
VAT Act and Finance Act are Disparate in Character, Demand based on difference in value between WCT Returns and ST-3 Returns is invalid: Delhi HC [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Delhi High Court upheld the observation of the adjudicating authority that Value Added Tax ( VAT) Act, 2005 and Finance Act, 1994 are disparate in character and the demand...
![VAT Act and Finance Act are Disparate in Character, Demand based on difference in value between WCT Returns and ST-3 Returns is invalid: Delhi HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/26/500x300_2091337-delhi-high-court-vat-act-and-finance-act-st-3-returns-taxscan.webp "VAT Act and Finance Act are Disparate in Character, Demand based on difference in value between WCT Returns and ST-3 Returns is invalid: Delhi HC [Read Order]")
GSTN to Restrict Filing of Returns Beyond 3 Years from Due Date Effective September 2025 Tax Period, Issues Advisory
The Goods and Services Tax Network ( GSTN ) issued an advisory on 9th September 2025 reminding that taxpayers will not be permitted to file returns after the expiry of three years from the original...
Traffic Police Not a “Person” Under Service Tax Law Before 2012: CESTAT Rules No Service Tax on Crane Hire [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on the hiring of cranes supplied to the Delhi Traffic Police during ...
Independent Services Cannot Be Clubbed as Ancillary to Composite Supply for Service Tax: Supreme Court dismisses Revenue's Appeal [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court has dismissed the Revenue’s appeal challenging the decision of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), which held that transportation and insurance...
![Independent Services Cannot Be Clubbed as Ancillary to Composite Supply for Service Tax: Supreme Court dismisses Revenues Appeal [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/02/500x300_2083493-service-tax-notice-pay-recovery-notice-recovery-cestat-demand-cbic-cbic-circular-gst-taxscan-1.webp "Independent Services Cannot Be Clubbed as Ancillary to Composite Supply for Service Tax: Supreme Court dismisses Revenues Appeal [Read Judgement]")