![Hotel’s Service Tax Demand Challenge Must Go Through Statutory Appeal Route: Gauhati HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/04/500x300_2110158-gauhati-hc-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Hotel’s Service Tax Demand Challenge Must Go Through Statutory Appeal Route: Gauhati HC [Read Order]")
Hotel’s Service Tax Demand Challenge Must Go Through Statutory Appeal Route: Gauhati HC [Read Order]
The Gauhati High Court has ruled that a hotel’s challenge to a service tax demand and penalty confirmed through adjudication cannot be entertained...
![CESTAT Strikes Down Penalties u/s 78, Finds No Wilful Misstatement in Service Tax Lapses [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/250x150_2108105-cestat-strikesdown-penalties.webp "CESTAT Strikes Down Penalties u/s 78, Finds No Wilful Misstatement in Service Tax Lapses [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/250x150_2101221-service-tax-army-housing-projects-cestat-grants-partial-relief-sub-contractor-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]")
![Rent to Foreign Government Office Taxable Without MEA Certificate: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/30/250x150_2101058-rent-to-foreign-government-office-foreign-government-office-foreign-government-taxscan.webp "Rent to Foreign Government Office Taxable Without MEA Certificate: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Semi Conductor Laboratory Not a Business Entity, Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on CISF Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/22/250x150_2099128-cisf-security-taxscan.webp "Semi Conductor Laboratory Not a Business Entity, Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on CISF Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CESTAT holds Exemption under Notification 19/2009-ST as Prospective, upholds Right to Tax Option under Rule 6(7B) [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has partly allowed an appeal filed by M/s Foundation One Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd., holding that while the...
![CESTAT holds Exemption under Notification 19/2009-ST as Prospective, upholds Right to Tax Option under Rule 6(7B) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094373-cestat-cestat-holds-exemption-exemption-under-notification-taxscan.webp "CESTAT holds Exemption under Notification 19/2009-ST as Prospective, upholds Right to Tax Option under Rule 6(7B) [Read Order]")
Refurbishing of Cranes Falls Under MMR Services, Not Motor Vehicles: CESTAT Quashes Demand on Limitation [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that refurbishing of cranes falls within the scope of Management, Maintenance or Repair (MMR) services and...
![Refurbishing of Cranes Falls Under MMR Services, Not Motor Vehicles: CESTAT Quashes Demand on Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081774-mmr-services-motor-vehicles-cestat-demand-on-limitation-taxscan.webp "Refurbishing of Cranes Falls Under MMR Services, Not Motor Vehicles: CESTAT Quashes Demand on Limitation [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand Citing Backdated Agreement as Suppression; Limits Second SCN to Normal Period [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)upheld the service tax demand citing backdated agreement as suppression, but limited the second show cause notice to ...
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand Citing Backdated Agreement as Suppression; Limits Second SCN to Normal Period [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/25/500x300_2054248-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand Citing Backdated Agreement as Suppression; Limits Second SCN to Normal Period [Read Order]")
Mere booking of income as service charge in their balance sheet would not Transfer entire amount to a single activity under ‘Business Auxiliary Services’: CESTAT
Mere bald allegations in a notice are not enough to sustain the demand against the appellant. The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that...
Unexplained Delay of Over Three Years in Finalizing Service Tax Order: Patna HC Sets Aside Demand for Lack of Justification [Read Order]
The Patna High Court, set aside a service tax demand after finding an unexplained delay of over three years in finalizing the tax order, ruling that the department failed to justify the prolonged...
![Unexplained Delay of Over Three Years in Finalizing Service Tax Order: Patna HC Sets Aside Demand for Lack of Justification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/11/500x300_2042427-service-tax-order-patna-hc-demand-taxscan.webp "Unexplained Delay of Over Three Years in Finalizing Service Tax Order: Patna HC Sets Aside Demand for Lack of Justification [Read Order]")
Entire Liability Computed from Taxpayer's Records and Returns Filed Before SCN: CESTAT Rules Service Tax Penalty Unjustified [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a service tax penalty is not justified when the entire tax liability was calculated from the...
![Entire Liability Computed from Taxpayers Records and Returns Filed Before SCN: CESTAT Rules Service Tax Penalty Unjustified [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/09/500x300_2041827-entire-liability-computed-taxpayers-records-returns-filed-scn-cestat-rules-service-tax-penalty-unjustified-taxscan.webp "Entire Liability Computed from Taxpayers Records and Returns Filed Before SCN: CESTAT Rules Service Tax Penalty Unjustified [Read Order]")
Mere Classification of Income under ‘Profit Sharing’ or ‘Commission’ in Books is Insufficient to Levy Service Tax under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that mere classification of income under "profit sharing" or "commission" in a taxpayer’s books of...
![Mere Classification of Income under ‘Profit Sharing’ or ‘Commission’ in Books is Insufficient to Levy Service Tax under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-BAS-Service-Tax-taxscan.jpg "Mere Classification of Income under ‘Profit Sharing’ or ‘Commission’ in Books is Insufficient to Levy Service Tax under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]")