![Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/20/2120878-buyers-premises-place-removal-taxscan.webp "Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]")
Buyer’s Premises as ‘Place of Removal’: CESTAT Reaffirms CENVAT Credit Eligibility on GTA Services in Ramco Cements Case [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal of Chennai Bench (CESTAT) reaffirmed that outward freight qualifies for credit when ownership...
![No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/17/2120246-service-tax-blasting-road-works-registration-tax-payable-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Blasting & Quarrying for Road Works: CESTAT says Registration not required when No Tax Payable [Read Order]")
![Six-Month Procedural Limitation Under Service Tax Notification cannot be Pressed to Deny SEZ Refund: CESTAT in Renault Nissan Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/16/2120010-cestat-service-tax-decision-taxscan.webp "Six-Month Procedural Limitation Under Service Tax Notification cannot be Pressed to Deny SEZ Refund: CESTAT in Renault Nissan Case [Read Order]")
![Mere ITR Disclosure Cannot Trigger Service Tax Levy without Identifying Service & Recipient: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/15/2119877-cestat-mumbai-service-tax-service-tax-levy-service-tax-recipient-tax-demand-invalid-cestat-service-tax-ruling-itr-disclosure-service-tax-service-tax-levy-itr-disclosure-cannot-trigger-service-tax-levy-taxscan.webp "Mere ITR Disclosure Cannot Trigger Service Tax Levy without Identifying Service & Recipient: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Based Only on Income Tax Data without Verification and Corroborative Evidence Unsustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/14/2119708-service-tax-demand-based-only-on-income-tax-data-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based Only on Income Tax Data without Verification and Corroborative Evidence Unsustainable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Works Contract & Maintenance Services provided to NEEPCO for Power Generation Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata held that works contract and maintenance-related services provided to North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited...
![Works Contract & Maintenance Services provided to NEEPCO for Power Generation Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/14/2119684-works-contract-maintenance-services-provided-neepco-taxscan.webp "Works Contract & Maintenance Services provided to NEEPCO for Power Generation Exempt from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
GTA Reverse Charge Not Applicable Where Freight Cost is Economically Borne by Farmers: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax under the GoodsTransport Agency (GTA) reverse charge mechanism is not payable where the ...
![GTA Reverse Charge Not Applicable Where Freight Cost is Economically Borne by Farmers: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/08/2117713-gta-reverse-charge-not-applicable-where-freight-cost-is-economically-borne-by-farmers-cestat-taxscan.webp "GTA Reverse Charge Not Applicable Where Freight Cost is Economically Borne by Farmers: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Even if Service Tax Not Payable on Detention Charges, Credit Cannot be Denied once Tax is Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata Bench, has held that even where Service Tax was not legally payable on detention or demurrage charges, CENVAT credit cannot...
![Even if Service Tax Not Payable on Detention Charges, Credit Cannot be Denied once Tax is Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/07/2117616-service-tax-payable-detention-charges-credit-tax-paid-cestat-taxscan.webp "Even if Service Tax Not Payable on Detention Charges, Credit Cannot be Denied once Tax is Paid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Extended Limitation Not Invocable for Audit & Income Tax Data-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal(CESTAT) set aside the ₹2.19 lakh service tax demand holding the extended limitation period inapplicable whereby, the...
![Extended Limitation Not Invocable for Audit & Income Tax Data-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/06/2117250-extended-limitation-not-invocable-for-audit-income-tax-data-based-demand-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Extended Limitation Not Invocable for Audit & Income Tax Data-Based Demand: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that inter-company cost sharing and downward price adjustments arising out of software implementation ...
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/01/2116535-cestat-quashes-service-tax-demand-on-cross-border-cost-sharing-holds-downward-price-adjustments-are-not-consideration-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Cross-Border Cost-Sharing, Holds Downward Price Adjustments are Not Consideration [Read Order]")
Accident Surcharge Not Insurance Service: CESTAT Sets aside Rs 2.2 Crore Service Tax Demand on Rajasthan SRTC [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, held that the accident compensation surcharge collected by RSRTC was not taxable as general...
![Accident Surcharge Not Insurance Service: CESTAT Sets aside Rs 2.2 Crore Service Tax Demand on Rajasthan SRTC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/01/2116412-accident-surcharge-not-insurance-service-taxscan.webp "Accident Surcharge Not Insurance Service: CESTAT Sets aside Rs 2.2 Crore Service Tax Demand on Rajasthan SRTC [Read Order]")