![Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/500x300_2120218-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Cannot be Raised Merely on Accounting Differences Without Identifying Taxable Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that service tax demand cannot be raised merely based on ...
![Excise Duty Refund on Post-Clearance Discounts Allowed Where Duty Incidence Not Passed On and Dealers are Unregistered: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/250x150_2113770-excise-duty-refund-post-clearance-duty-incidence-excise-duty-refund-allowed-unregistered-dealers-taxscan.webp "Excise Duty Refund on Post-Clearance Discounts Allowed Where Duty Incidence Not Passed On and Dealers are Unregistered: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/250x150_2111939-cestat-allows-cenvat-credit-taxscan.jfif "CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to Adhunik Industries, Holds Denial based on Technical Objections Unsustainable [Read Order]")
![NHPC Responsible for Full Construction & Road Maintenance, Not Just Consultancy: CESTAT Holds Not Liable to Pay Service Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/250x150_2110181-construction-road-maintenance-taxscan.webp "NHPC Responsible for Full Construction & Road Maintenance, Not Just Consultancy: CESTAT Holds Not Liable to Pay Service Tax [Read Order]")
![Electronic Evidence without S.36B Certificate, Statements without S.9D Compliance cannot Sustain Clandestine Removal Allegation under Excise: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/250x150_2108490-electronic-evidence-clandestine-removal-excise-cestat-taxscan.webp "Electronic Evidence without S.36B Certificate, Statements without S.9D Compliance cannot Sustain Clandestine Removal Allegation under Excise: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT Raps Revenue for Presumption-Based Confiscation, Directs Return of Betel Nuts Fit for Consumption [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside the absolute confiscation of betel nuts and the penalties imposed on two appellants, holding that...
![CESTAT Raps Revenue for Presumption-Based Confiscation, Directs Return of Betel Nuts Fit for Consumption [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108068-cestat-kolkatta-betel-nuts-cestat-betel-nut-confiscation-case-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Raps Revenue for Presumption-Based Confiscation, Directs Return of Betel Nuts Fit for Consumption [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Collected on Actual Consumption Basis: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that reimbursement of electricity charges collected from occupiers on the basis of actual consumption...
![No Service Tax on Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Collected on Actual Consumption Basis: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/500x300_2101917-no-service-tax-reimbursement-electricity-charges-actual-consumption-basis-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Collected on Actual Consumption Basis: CESTAT [Read Order]")
999-Year Lease not “Renting of Immovable Property” but Permanent Transfer: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on One-Time Premium [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently held that amounts that are received as a one-time premium for transfer of leasehold rights for 999...
![999-Year Lease not “Renting of Immovable Property” but Permanent Transfer: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on One-Time Premium [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/500x300_2101905-lease-renting-of-immovable-property-cestat-service-tax-taxscan.webp "999-Year Lease not “Renting of Immovable Property” but Permanent Transfer: CESTAT Holds No Service Tax on One-Time Premium [Read Order]")
Permanent Assignment of Commercial Space with Right on Leasehold Land Not ‘Lease’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the permanent assignment of commercial space together with proportionate rights on leasehold land...
![Permanent Assignment of Commercial Space with Right on Leasehold Land Not ‘Lease’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/500x300_2101888-permanent-assignment-commercial-space-right-on-leasehold-land-lease-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Permanent Assignment of Commercial Space with Right on Leasehold Land Not ‘Lease’: CESTAT Rejects Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently held that the extended period of limitation under the Finance Act, 1994, cannot be invoked when the...
![Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100072-extended-limitaion-period-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation Period Not Invocable when Service Tax Demand Based on Differences in Audit Records: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Notice without Category-Wise Quantification void ab Initio: CESTAT sets Aside Order [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) recently set aside a service tax demand raised against an assessee noting that the Show Cause Notice (SCN)...
![Service Tax Demand Notice without Category-Wise Quantification void ab Initio: CESTAT sets Aside Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/27/500x300_2100066-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Notice without Category-Wise Quantification void ab Initio: CESTAT sets Aside Order [Read Order]")
Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, held that where service tax was deposited by mistake on exempt construction services, the amount was in the nature...
![Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/500x300_2092382-cestat-refund-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Paid by Mistake on Residential Construction Treated as Revenue Deposit: CESTAT Orders 12% Interest on Refund [Read Order]")