![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/2025/10/01/500x300_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]")
Service Tax Demand Based Solely on ITR and Form 26AS Without Independent Verification Unsustainable: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a service tax demand raised solely on the basis...
![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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/26/250x150_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]")
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 to Schindler India Pvt. Ltd. by the Customs,...
![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]")
