![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]")
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...
![No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/250x150_2101286-cestat-chandigarh-himuda-service-tax-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax without Proper Categorisation of Services: CESTAT Quashes Demands against HIMUDA for Vagueness and Lack of Specific Classification [Read Order]")
![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/2025/10/31/250x150_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]")
![No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses or Crane and Forklift Hire Prior to 16.05.2008: CESTAT Allows Appeal under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/250x150_2101249-service-tax-reimbursable-expenses-forklift-hire-cestat-finance-act-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Reimbursable Expenses or Crane and Forklift Hire Prior to 16.05.2008: CESTAT Allows Appeal under Finance Act [Read Order]")
![No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/250x150_2101221-service-tax-army-housing-projects-cestat-grants-partial-relief-sub-contractor-taxscan.webp "No Service Tax on Army Housing Projects before 01. 07.2010: CESTAT Grants Partial Relief to Sub-Contractor under Finance Act [Read Order]")
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Principal Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) observed that the appellant, being a government-owned transport undertaking, was not liable to pay...
![Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/31/500x300_2101199-rajasthan-state-road-transport-corporation-charitable-nature-itat-taxscan.webp "Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp Not Liable for Service Tax on Display of Govt Advertisements on Buses : CESTAT [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]")
CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Service Tax Paid for Construction Services as Exclusion Applied Only from April 1, 2011 [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed CENVAT credit on service tax paid for construction services, holding that the exclusion of such services ...
![CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Service Tax Paid for Construction Services as Exclusion Applied Only from April 1, 2011 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/30/500x300_2101028-cestat-bangalore-cenvat-credit-service-tax-paid-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on Service Tax Paid for Construction Services as Exclusion Applied Only from April 1, 2011 [Read Order]")
Supreme Court to Decide if GLDC’s Activities Like Soil Conservation, Land Reclamation are Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]
In a recent development, the Supreme Court of India agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Commissioner of CGST and Central Excise against the Gujarat State Land Development Corporation Ltd. The case...
![Supreme Court to Decide if GLDC’s Activities Like Soil Conservation, Land Reclamation are Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/29/500x300_2100613-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court to Decide if GLDC’s Activities Like Soil Conservation, Land Reclamation are Liable to Service Tax [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax demand on Insurance Surveyor, Cites No Suppression [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/500x300_2100461-cestat-new-delhi-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax demand on Insurance Surveyor, Cites No Suppression [Read Order]")
Levy of Ocean Freight: Madras HC rules S. 68(2) Notifications Lacks Framework to Shift Service Tax Liability, quashes SCNs [ Read Order]
The High Court of Madras, held that the notifications issued under Section 68(2) of the Finance Act, 1994, to levy service tax on ocean freight were invalid due to the absence of a proper mechanism...
![Levy of Ocean Freight: Madras HC rules S. 68(2) Notifications Lacks Framework to Shift Service Tax Liability, quashes SCNs [ Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/500x300_2100455-levy-of-ocean-freight-madras-hc-rules-s-682-notifications-framework-service-tax-liability-scns-taxscan.webp "Levy of Ocean Freight: Madras HC rules S. 68(2) Notifications Lacks Framework to Shift Service Tax Liability, quashes SCNs [ Read Order]")
Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Holds Demand Time-Barred Amid Conflicting Judicial Views [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the service tax demand raised for renting of immovable property was barred by limitation, as the...
![Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Holds Demand Time-Barred Amid Conflicting Judicial Views [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/28/500x300_2100397-service-tax-immovable-property-cestat-conflicting-judicial-views-taxscan.webp "Service Tax on Renting of Immovable Property: CESTAT Holds Demand Time-Barred Amid Conflicting Judicial Views [Read Order]")