![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/-...
![Mismatch Between Income Tax and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand for Unexplained Discrepancy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096796-cestat-bangalore-service-tax-demand-income-tax-taxscan.webp "Mismatch Between Income Tax and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand for Unexplained Discrepancy [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Based Solely on ITR and Form 26AS Without Independent Verification Unsustainable: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/01/250x150_2093021-show-cause-notice-cestat-quashes-demand-cestat-quashes-demand-cestat-cestat-chennai-cestat-news-excise-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based Solely on ITR and Form 26AS Without Independent Verification Unsustainable: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Manpower Supply Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/250x150_2092352-cestat-service-tax-service-tax-demand-manpower-supply-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand on Manpower Supply Services [Read Order]")
![Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/29/250x150_2092338-cestat-kolkata-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Lease Rentals Not Taxable as Port Services Prior to June 2007: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Kolkata Port Trust [Read Order]")
Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that free accommodation and other reimbursements provided by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) to CISF ...
![Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/500x300_2090893-cisf-security-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]
The Supreme Court of India, stayed the Chhattisgarh High Court’s remand order in a case challenging a service tax demand on alleged ‘Mandap Keeper Services’. Saubhagya Tilak Hotels Pvt.Ltd,...
![Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/26/500x300_2091189-servicetax-demand-taxscan.webp "Challenge on Service Tax Demand on ‘Mandap Keeper Services’: Supreme Court Stays Chhattisgarh HC Remand Order [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds ₹2.39L Service Tax Demand on Legal Consultancy, GTA, Reconciliation & Works Contract; Waives Penalties as Tax Paid Pre-SCN [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad bench, has upheld service tax demands on legal consultancy, reconciliation and goods transport agency services under...
![CESTAT Upholds ₹2.39L Service Tax Demand on Legal Consultancy, GTA, Reconciliation & Works Contract; Waives Penalties as Tax Paid Pre-SCN [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/22/500x300_2089621-service-tax-value-addition-service-tax-attract-when-there-is-value-addition-cestat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds ₹2.39L Service Tax Demand on Legal Consultancy, GTA, Reconciliation & Works Contract; Waives Penalties as Tax Paid Pre-SCN [Read Order]")
Maintenance Deposits Collected by Builders for Sinking and Development Funds Are Not Taxable as Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that maintenance deposits collected by builders for sinking and development funds are not taxable as ...
![Maintenance Deposits Collected by Builders for Sinking and Development Funds Are Not Taxable as Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/19/500x300_2088773-maintenance-deposits-collected-builders-sinking-and-development-funds-taxable-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "Maintenance Deposits Collected by Builders for Sinking and Development Funds Are Not Taxable as Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Raised Solely on Income Declared in Income Tax Survey is Not Sustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that service tax demands cannot be sustained solely on the basis of income declared by an assessee during an...
![Service Tax Demand Raised Solely on Income Declared in Income Tax Survey is Not Sustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/13/500x300_2086116-service-tax-demand-income-declared-in-income-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Raised Solely on Income Declared in Income Tax Survey is Not Sustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
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]")