![CESTAT says Income Tax Data Alone Insufficient, Excludes Value of Goods from Taxable Service while quashing Service Tax Demand, Penalties [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055224-service-tax-demand-income-tax-taxscan.webp "CESTAT says Income Tax Data Alone Insufficient, Excludes Value of Goods from Taxable Service while quashing Service Tax Demand, Penalties [Read Order]")
CESTAT says Income Tax Data Alone Insufficient, Excludes Value of Goods from Taxable Service while quashing Service Tax Demand, Penalties [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad Bench, has held that income declared in income tax returns or reflected...
![Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/250x150_2055076-royalty-royalty-and-dead-rent-dead-rent-collected-by-state-for-mining-rights-state-for-mining-rights-taxscan.webp "Royalty and Dead Rent Collected by State for Mining Rights Not Taxable as Services Under Finance Act: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Relief for Goodyear India: CESTAT Rules Services Rendered Outside India by Foreign Agents Not Taxable Under Reverse Charge [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/25/250x150_2054106-cestat-cestat-chandigarh-service-tax-good-year-india-case-updates-taxscan.webp "Relief for Goodyear India: CESTAT Rules Services Rendered Outside India by Foreign Agents Not Taxable Under Reverse Charge [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand Based on Form 26AS as Recipient Pays Tax Under RCM [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/23/250x150_2053275-cestat-kolkata-service-tax-demand-form-26as-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand Based on Form 26AS as Recipient Pays Tax Under RCM [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [June 16 to June 21, 2025]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/21/250x150_2051750-cestat-cestat-weekly-round-up-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Weekly Round-Up [June 16 to June 21, 2025]")
CESTAT sets aside Demand in respect of Cargo Handling Services and GTA Services in respect of Raw Sugar [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal( CESTAT) sets aside the demand in respect of Cargo Handling Services and GTA Services in respect of...
![CESTAT sets aside Demand in respect of Cargo Handling Services and GTA Services in respect of Raw Sugar [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/21/500x300_2051458-cestat-cestat-chennai-service-tax-on-raw-sugar-taxscan.webp "CESTAT sets aside Demand in respect of Cargo Handling Services and GTA Services in respect of Raw Sugar [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand Can Be Based on Broadcaster Data If Cable Operator Suppresses Facts: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the department can rely on external broadcaster data to raise a service tax demand when a cable...
![Service Tax Demand Can Be Based on Broadcaster Data If Cable Operator Suppresses Facts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/15/500x300_2044704-service-tax-demand-broadcaster-data-cable-operator-suppresses-facts-cestat-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Can Be Based on Broadcaster Data If Cable Operator Suppresses Facts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand on Ad Space Sales Pre-2014 Not Sustainable Under Section 66D(g): CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/13/500x300_2043609-cestat-service-tax-demand-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand on Ad Space Sales Pre-2014 Not Sustainable Under Section 66D(g): CESTAT [Read Order]")
Wastewater Treatment by CETP Not 'Processing of Goods', Not Taxable Under Business Auxiliary Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the activity of wastewater treatment by a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) cannot be classified...
![Wastewater Treatment by CETP Not Processing of Goods, Not Taxable Under Business Auxiliary Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/08/500x300_2041711-cestat-business-auxilary-taxscan.webp "Wastewater Treatment by CETP Not Processing of Goods, Not Taxable Under Business Auxiliary Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Income Tax Form 26AS sufficient Proof of Income in lieu of Real Estate Agency for Service Tax Demands: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent decision, the New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that Form 26AS served as a reliable source to establish the commission taxable...
![Income Tax Form 26AS sufficient Proof of Income in lieu of Real Estate Agency for Service Tax Demands: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Income-Tax-Form-26AS-Income-in-lieu-Real-Estate-Agency-Service-Tax-Demands-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Income Tax Form 26AS sufficient Proof of Income in lieu of Real Estate Agency for Service Tax Demands: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Margin Earned on Sale and Purchase of Cargo Space is Trading Activity, Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the margin earned on the sale and purchase of cargo space amounts to trading activity and is not...
![Margin Earned on Sale and Purchase of Cargo Space is Trading Activity, Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Service-Tax-not-leviable-Demand-confirmed-basis-Difference-between-Figures-Returns-Balance-Sheets-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Margin Earned on Sale and Purchase of Cargo Space is Trading Activity, Not Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Confirmation of Service Tax Demand and Penalties: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal Due to Earlier Remand [Read Order]
The Mumbai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) dismissed appeal due to earlier remand, confirming the service tax demand under section 73 of the Finance Act, 1994,...
![Confirmation of Service Tax Demand and Penalties: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal Due to Earlier Remand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/service-tax-demand-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "Confirmation of Service Tax Demand and Penalties: CESTAT Dismisses Appeal Due to Earlier Remand [Read Order]")