Online bond platforms may offer overseas-regulated products and tax-specific bonds subject to disclosures, compliance safeguards and revised complianc...
Corporate guarantee valuation permits actual ascertainable commission while barring retroactive application and extended-period penalties for bona fid...
Proper-officer jurisdiction under UPGST penalty provisions upheld; participation on merits prevents bypassing the statutory appellate remedy through w...
Transitioned CENVAT credit may validly satisfy mandatory pre-deposit requirements for legacy service tax appeals through Electronic Credit Ledger debi...
Building-plan sanction charges require statutory authority; unauthorised fees and GST were quashed, while labour cess must follow prescribed collectio...
Pure-agent exclusion fails where hotel booking facilitators receive third-party services themselves, making entire customer consideration taxable as r...
Levy of service tax - Life Insurance Service - Renting of Immovable Property Service or not - On the taxability of life insurance service, the Tribunal determined that the premium collected by the appellant is exempt from service tax as it pertains to sovereign functions. Regarding renting of immovable property service, the Tribunal upheld the levy of service tax based on recent legal precedent. However, penalties for non-payment of service tax on renting of immovable property were dropped due to conflicting opinions on the applicability of service tax during the relevant period.
Levy of service tax - Life Insurance Service - Renting of Immovable Property Service or not - On the taxability of life insurance service, the Tribunal determined that the premium collected by the appellant is exempt from service tax as it pertains to sovereign functions. Regarding renting of immovable property service, the Tribunal upheld the levy of service tax based on recent legal precedent. However, penalties for non-payment of service tax on renting of immovable property were dropped due to conflicting opinions on the applicability of service tax during the relevant period.
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