Appellate Tribunal CESTAT rules in favor of appellant, setting aside service tax demand for specific period.

The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT, Bangalore ruled in favor of the appellant, setting aside the impugned order related to service tax demand for the period 9-7-2004 to 16-6-2005. The appeal was allowed based on a Supreme Court decision that service recipients were not liable to pay service tax before 18-4-2006.

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The Appellate Tribunal CESTAT, Bangalore ruled in favor of the appellant in a case related to service tax demand for the period 9-7-2004 to 16-6-2005. The tribunal cited a Supreme Court decision stating that service recipients were not liable to pay service tax before 18-4-2006. The impugned order was set aside, and the appeal was allowed.

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