![Accountant’s Clerical Error in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Holds Only Two Instances of Delay Valid, Grants Partial Relief on Interest Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/19/2088570-proper-filing-st-3-returns-statutory-returns-cestat-service-tax-demand-extended-period-taxscan-1.webp "Accountant’s Clerical Error in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Holds Only Two Instances of Delay Valid, Grants Partial Relief on Interest Demand [Read Order]")
Accountant’s Clerical Error in ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Holds Only Two Instances of Delay Valid, Grants Partial Relief on Interest Demand [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that only two instances of delay in service tax...
![Lack of Verification: ITAT sets aside Service Tax Disallowance Order u/s 43B and directs Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/18/2088280-lack-of-verification-itat-service-tax-disallowance-taxscan.webp "Lack of Verification: ITAT sets aside Service Tax Disallowance Order u/s 43B and directs Fresh Adjudication [Read Order]")
![Delhi HC Permits GST Dept. to Examine Advocate’s Seized CPU Under Strict Conditions, Protects Attorney-Client Privilege [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/15/2087586-delhi-hc-gst-attorney-client-privilege-taxscan.webp "Delhi HC Permits GST Dept. to Examine Advocate’s Seized CPU Under Strict Conditions, Protects Attorney-Client Privilege [Read Order]")
![CENVAT Credit Admissible Once Service Tax is Paid and Supported by Valid Invoice, Irrespective of Whether Paid by Provider or Recipient: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/15/2087571-cenvat-credit-cestat-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit Admissible Once Service Tax is Paid and Supported by Valid Invoice, Irrespective of Whether Paid by Provider or Recipient: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Exporter’s Declaration in Shipping Bills Not False Merely Due to DRI’s Alternate Classification View: CESTAT sets aside Penalty u/s 114AA [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/13/2086071-exporter-shipping-bills-cestat-penalty-taxscan.webp "Exporter’s Declaration in Shipping Bills Not False Merely Due to DRI’s Alternate Classification View: CESTAT sets aside Penalty u/s 114AA [Read Order]")
Service Tax Refund Re-computation Request Treated as Fresh Claim without Complying Appellate Order: CESTAT sets aside New Order [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Service Tax ( CESTAT ), Mumbai, has held that refund proceedings initiated by the adjudicating authority on the basis of a request letter, without giving effect to...
![Service Tax Refund Re-computation Request Treated as Fresh Claim without Complying Appellate Order: CESTAT sets aside New Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/10/2085164-service-tax-refund-fresh-claim-appellate-order-cestat-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Refund Re-computation Request Treated as Fresh Claim without Complying Appellate Order: CESTAT sets aside New Order [Read Order]")
Relief to Confident Projects: Supreme Court dismisses Dept’s appeal against CESTAT Ruling quashing Service tax on Construction of Complex Services for Lack of Merits [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Department of Central Excise and Service Tax, upholding the decision of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT )...
![Relief to Confident Projects: Supreme Court dismisses Dept’s appeal against CESTAT Ruling quashing Service tax on Construction of Complex Services for Lack of Merits [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/09/2084959-supreme-court-confident-projects-cestat-taxscan.webp "Relief to Confident Projects: Supreme Court dismisses Dept’s appeal against CESTAT Ruling quashing Service tax on Construction of Complex Services for Lack of Merits [Read Judgement]")
Cenvat Credit Admissible on Service Tax Paid on "Manpower Supply Service”, Qualify as Input Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Ahmedabad, has held that Cenvat credit is admissible on service tax paid towards manpower supply services such as labour supply,...
![Cenvat Credit Admissible on Service Tax Paid on Manpower Supply Service”, Qualify as Input Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/09/2084936-cenvat-credit-service-tax-cestat-taxscan.webp "Cenvat Credit Admissible on Service Tax Paid on Manpower Supply Service”, Qualify as Input Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Service Tax Not applicable on Public Utility Works including Laying of Pipelines, Repairs of Sainik Schools: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Hyderabad Bench, has set aside a demand by holding that public utility works such as laying and maintenance of...
![Service Tax Not applicable on Public Utility Works including Laying of Pipelines, Repairs of Sainik Schools: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/09/2084820-service-tax-cestat-quashes-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Not applicable on Public Utility Works including Laying of Pipelines, Repairs of Sainik Schools: CESTAT quashes Demand [Read Order]")
Rice Qualifies as “Agricultural Produce” under Notification, Service Tax on Commission Agents Not Payable: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that rice qualifies as “agricultural produce” under Notification No. 13/2003-ST, making commission ...
Traffic Police Not a “Person” Under Service Tax Law Before 2012: CESTAT Rules No Service Tax on Crane Hire [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on the hiring of cranes supplied to the Delhi Traffic Police during ...
Service Tax Liability under Airport Services: Supreme Court to Hear Airports Authority of India Appeal Next Week
The Supreme Court of India listed the civil appeal by Airport Authority of India to next week. The challenge was against the Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) order which...
