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Service tax is levied by govt on the certain services. Here we provide all about this tax as news, updates, guidelines etc.

More Than 200 Big Brands May Face Tax Demand Under Pre-GST Regime

Approximately 200 companies, including McDonald’s India, L’Oreal, Colgate Palmolive, Castrol, Saint-Gobain, Whirlpool, Mastek, and Domino’s Pizza, have obtained notifications from state authorities requesting taxes for the period before the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented. These companies are contesting the taxation of the same item as both “goods” and “services” and have taken their […]

Madras HC: Service Tax Attracts on Anti-Virus Software Under Technology Software

The Madras High Court ruled that the Service tax relevant to ‘Anti-Virus Software’ as it comes under the information technology software. The applicant is the owner of K7 Computing Private Limited develops Anti-Virus Software in the designation of ‘K7 Total Security’ and ‘K7 Anti-Virus’, which is antivirus software. Under Section 73(1) of the Finance Act, […]

Bariatric Surgery Will Not Attract Service Tax Being Life-saving

The CESTAT stands for Customs, Excises, and Service Taxes Appellate Tribunal, and in a matter, it ruled recently that bariatric surgery will not attract service tax as it is a life-saving procedure and not a cosmetic procedure. In this matter, Dr. Mohit Bhandari is the appellant, he is a part of Bhandari Hospital and Research […]

Delhi HC Intervenes Dispute Having Officers from Service Tax Audit

Under Section 174(2)(e) of the CGST Act, 2017 Delhi high court ruled to overpower the authorities to institute any investigation verification, assessment proceedings, adjudication, inquiry, etc. beneath Rule 5A of the Service Tax Rules. The applicant is the owner of Vianaar Homes Pvt. Ltd. is a company involved in the construction of residential complexes so […]

GST: Service Tax Planned to Take Multi-Level Structure

GST council nowadays is thinking very deep about various possible points to carry out the compensation which has to be paid to the states while the extra cess would definitely help a little but in the middle of this suggestion, the council is stuck to the point of ranking the service tax into various levels, for extracting different revenue from different types of service offered.