![Service Tax vs VAT: Supreme Court to Hear Revenue’s Appeal against CESTAT Ruling and Schindler India on Monday [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/31/500x300_2082418-service-tax-vs-vat-supreme-court-revenues-appeal-cestat-ruling-and-schindler-india-taxscan.webp "Service Tax vs VAT: Supreme Court to Hear Revenue’s Appeal against CESTAT Ruling and Schindler India on Monday [Read Order]")
Service Tax vs VAT: Supreme Court to Hear Revenue’s Appeal against CESTAT Ruling and Schindler India on Monday [Read Order]
The treatment of Value Added Tax (VAT) payments in works contracts is now before the Supreme Court, with the Revenue challenging the relief granted...
![CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080571-cestat-sets-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand as Invocation of Extended Limitation under Section 73(1) Not Sustainable [Read Order]")
![Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/26/250x150_2080562-cestat-liquidated-damages-taxability-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Liquidated Damages Not Taxable as Declared Service: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand, Extended Limitation Unsustainable [Read Order]")
![Relief for Shipping Corporation of India: CESTAT Rules Demurrage is Part of Exempt Transport Service, Quashes ₹49.44 Cr Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/16/250x150_2077345-shipping-corporation-cestat-service-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Relief for Shipping Corporation of India: CESTAT Rules Demurrage is Part of Exempt Transport Service, Quashes ₹49.44 Cr Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Kolkata bench, has recently set aside service tax demands, penalties, and interest imposed on M/s Emami Limited and its...
![No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/14/500x300_2076724-service-tax-service-tax-on-packing-of-bulk-pack-into-retail-packs-as-job-work-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Packing of Bulk pack into Retail Packs as Job Work, amounts to Manufacture: CESTAT deletes Demand, Penalty and Interest [Read Order]")
Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]
“Non-consideration of the contention amounts to denial of hearing”, said the Orissa High Court and set aside a service tax demand passed on an ex parte basis holding that failure to consider a...
![Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/12/500x300_2075844-orissa-hc-quashes-service-tax-demand-ex-parte-non-consideration-contention-denial-of-hearing.webp "Orissa HC Quashes Service Tax Demand on Ex Parte Basis, Says Non-Consideration of Contention is Denial of Hearing [Read Order]")
Coaching Centre Had No Intent to Evade Tax: CESTAT Quashes ₹3.06 Cr Extended Period Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside a ₹3,05,92,67 service tax demand by the Department for the extended period of limitation and held that...
![Coaching Centre Had No Intent to Evade Tax: CESTAT Quashes ₹3.06 Cr Extended Period Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/01/500x300_2071862-coaching-centre-evade-tax-cestat-extended-period-service-tax-demand-and-penalty-taxscan.webp "Coaching Centre Had No Intent to Evade Tax: CESTAT Quashes ₹3.06 Cr Extended Period Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]")
Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the Jharkhand State Agricultural Marketing Board (JSAMB) was not liable to pay service tax as it was...
![Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071301-jharkhand-agricultural-marketing-service-provider-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Jharkhand Agricultural Marketing Board Not a Service Provider but Merely Supervisory: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), in its recent ruling set aside service tax demand of ₹83,92,094 against National Institute of Electronics and...
![Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/31/500x300_2071283-national-institute-of-electronics-and-information-technology.webp "Reimbursed Expenses for Stationery Not Includible in Assessable Value: CESTAT Quashes ₹83.92 Lakh Service Tax Demand on Chandigarh NIELIT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand: Madras HC Quashes Impugned Order Against Ganesh Cell Communication on Terms, Directs Deposit of 25% Disputed Tax [Read Order]
The Madras High Court has quashed the service tax order passed by the Assistant Commissioner of GST and Central Excise under the Finance Act, 1994 subject to payment of 25% of disputed tax amount. ...
![Service Tax Demand: Madras HC Quashes Impugned Order Against Ganesh Cell Communication on Terms, Directs Deposit of 25% Disputed Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/23/500x300_2068085-madras-high-court-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand: Madras HC Quashes Impugned Order Against Ganesh Cell Communication on Terms, Directs Deposit of 25% Disputed Tax [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has set aside service tax demands totalling around Rs. 52 lakhs, noting that the company’s skill development...
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/500x300_2066881-cestat-kolkata-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demands-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]")