![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]")
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...
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demands on Vocational Training Services, Rules Activities Exempt and Barred by Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/21/250x150_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]")
![Service Tax Demand Cannot Be Based Solely on Form 26AS w/o Reconciliation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/16/250x150_2064418-cestat-allahabad-reconciliation-form-26as-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Cannot Be Based Solely on Form 26AS w/o Reconciliation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Stem Cell Banking part of “Health Care Services”, qualifies for Service Tax Exemption: Supreme Court [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/15/250x150_2064003-stem-cell-banking-stem-cell-banking-part-of-health-care-services-health-care-services-taxscan.webp "Stem Cell Banking part of “Health Care Services”, qualifies for Service Tax Exemption: Supreme Court [Read Order]")
![Calcutta HC Dismisses Writ Petition Against Ex Parte Service Tax Order for Non-Appearance, Citing Availability of Alternate Remedy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/12/250x150_2063142-service-tax-demand-calcutta-hc-taxscan.webp "Calcutta HC Dismisses Writ Petition Against Ex Parte Service Tax Order for Non-Appearance, Citing Availability of Alternate Remedy [Read Order]")
Supply of Computer Hardware on Hire is ‘Transfer of Right to Use’, Not ‘Supply of Tangible Goods’: Calcutta HC Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Calcutta HighCourt recently clarified that the supply of computer hardware on hire amounts to a ‘transfer of right to use’ and does not not constitute the service of ‘supply of tangible goods’. ...
![Supply of Computer Hardware on Hire is ‘Transfer of Right to Use’, Not ‘Supply of Tangible Goods’: Calcutta HC Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/10/500x300_2062413-service-tax-demand.webp "Supply of Computer Hardware on Hire is ‘Transfer of Right to Use’, Not ‘Supply of Tangible Goods’: Calcutta HC Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]
In a recent ruling,the Supreme Court of India, noted State Bank of India (SBI )’s win before Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) on service tax demand for interchange and...
![SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/10/500x300_2062340-cestat-service-tax-demand-sbi-taxscan.webp "SBI Wins Before CESTAT on Service Tax Demand for Interchange and Free ATM Services: Supreme Court to Hear Related Appeal Together [Read Judgement]")
Transport Services by Single Truck Operator Without Consignment Notes Fall Under Negative List: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT) held that transport services provided by a single truck operator without issuing consignment notes fall under the...
![Transport Services by Single Truck Operator Without Consignment Notes Fall Under Negative List: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/09/500x300_2061816-transport-services-single-truck-operator-negative-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Transport Services by Single Truck Operator Without Consignment Notes Fall Under Negative List: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Demand of Service Tax cannot be Solely based on Income Tax Data in Form 26AS: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]
In a recent case, the New Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ruled that the service tax demand cannot be based solely on Income Tax Data in Form 26AS...
![Demand of Service Tax cannot be Solely based on Income Tax Data in Form 26AS: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/04/500x300_2058908-income-tax-update-form-26as-taxscan.webp "Demand of Service Tax cannot be Solely based on Income Tax Data in Form 26AS: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")
Industrial gases in VITT transported by carrier agency upon issue of Consignment Note qualify as GTA service and not renting and leasing: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that Industrial gases in VITT transported by carrier agency upon issue of a consignment note qualify as...
![Industrial gases in VITT transported by carrier agency upon issue of Consignment Note qualify as GTA service and not renting and leasing: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/07/04/500x300_2058898-industrial-gases-1.webp "Industrial gases in VITT transported by carrier agency upon issue of Consignment Note qualify as GTA service and not renting and leasing: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that while calculating service tax on works contracts, the value of land and materials must be...
![Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/500x300_2056862-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Concrete Pumps at Client’s Disposal Attract Supply of Tangible Goods, Not GTA: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055299-concrete-pumps-concrete-pumps-at-clients-disposal-attract-supply-clients-disposal-attract-supply-taxscan.webp "Concrete Pumps at Client’s Disposal Attract Supply of Tangible Goods, Not GTA: CESTAT [Read Order]")