![Construction of Buildings for Educational Institutions Not “Primarily for Commerce or Industry”: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/13/500x300_2104936-construction-of-buildings-educational-institutions-institutions-primarily-for-commerce-taxscan.webp "Construction of Buildings for Educational Institutions Not “Primarily for Commerce or Industry”: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Construction of Buildings for Educational Institutions Not “Primarily for Commerce or Industry”: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bench at Chennai has held that construction services rendered to educational...
![Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Income Tax Data Set Aside by CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/14/250x150_2105064-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based Solely on Income Tax Data Set Aside by CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Based on Photocopy of Bill Unsustainable when Marriage Palace’s Receipts Below Exemption Limit: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/11/250x150_2103970-service-tax-demand-taxscan2.webp "Service Tax Demand Based on Photocopy of Bill Unsustainable when Marriage Palace’s Receipts Below Exemption Limit: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Supreme Court Dismisses ₹244-Crore Service Tax Demand Against Bharti Airtel Over Employee Call allowance Scheme [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/05/250x150_2102493-employee-call-allowance-scheme-service-tax-demand-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Dismisses ₹244-Crore Service Tax Demand Against Bharti Airtel Over Employee Call allowance Scheme [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand u/s 73(1) of Finance Act: Calcutta HC allows Payment in 8 Instalments, Lifts Account Attachment Subject to Conditions [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/04/250x150_2102160-calcutta-high-court-service-tax-demand-finance-act-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand u/s 73(1) of Finance Act: Calcutta HC allows Payment in 8 Instalments, Lifts Account Attachment Subject to Conditions [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]")
No Service Tax on Book Reversal Entries, Security and Electricity Deposits u/s Section 67 of Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Bench at Chennai, has ruled in favour of appellant., quashing a service tax demand of ₹8.83 lakh raised by the Revenue. The demand...
![No Service Tax on Book Reversal Entries, Security and Electricity Deposits u/s Section 67 of Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101299-service-tax-reversal-entries-electricity-deposits-deposits-section-67-of-finance-act-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Book Reversal Entries, Security and Electricity Deposits u/s Section 67 of Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the overriding commission received by a General Sales Agent (GSA) from a foreign airline in...
![Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101243-service-tax-demand-cestat-chennai-export-of-service-taxscan.webp "Service Provided to Foreign Airline Amounts to Export of Service under Finance Act: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Rent to Foreign Government Office Taxable Without MEA Certificate: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that renting property to a foreign government office is taxable unless the assessee produces a...
![Rent to Foreign Government Office Taxable Without MEA Certificate: CESTAT Confirms Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/30/500x300_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]")
Reliance on Form 26AS Insufficient & Notice Time-Barred: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed an appeal, setting aside a service tax demand by holding that reliance on Form 26AS was insufficient...
![Reliance on Form 26AS Insufficient & Notice Time-Barred: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/29/500x300_2100804-form-26as-notice-time-barred-cestat-service-tax-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Reliance on Form 26AS Insufficient & Notice Time-Barred: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand on Contractor, Citing 'Bona Fide Belief' to Bar Extended Period [Read Order]
The Chandigarh bench of the Customs, Exciseand Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed an appeal, holding that the invocation of the extended period of limitation was not justified as the ...
![CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand on Contractor, Citing Bona Fide Belief to Bar Extended Period [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/29/500x300_2100776-cestat-service-tax-demand-bona-fide-belief-extended-period-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand on Contractor, Citing Bona Fide Belief to Bar Extended Period [Read Order]")
Composite Works Contracts Not Taxable as ECIS: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹36 Lakh Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]
The principal bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi held that composite works contracts are not taxable as ECIS and the Tribunal set aside ₹36 lakh servicetax...
![Composite Works Contracts Not Taxable as ECIS: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹36 Lakh Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/500x300_2100520-cestat-lakh-service-tax-demand-penalty-taxscan.webp "Composite Works Contracts Not Taxable as ECIS: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹36 Lakh Service Tax Demand and Penalty [Read Order]")