CESTAT Chennai Upholds Service Tax on Freight Forwarding Agency despite Previous Decisions

The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Chennai upheld the imposition of service tax on the applicants for freight forwarding agency service and multimodal transport service, despite their reliance on previous Tribunal decisions suggesting otherwise. The Tribunal denied their request for a waiver of pre-deposit and stay on recovery during the appeal process.

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The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT Chennai confirmed service tax against the applicants for freight forwarding agency service and multimodal transport service. The applicants relied on previous Tribunal decisions stating ocean and air freight are not liable to service tax, leading to a waiver of pre-deposit and stay on recovery during appeal.

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