https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=352505 The Tribunal upheld the demand for service tax from a registered society providing security agency services, ruling that the society qualified as a commercial concern for tax liability purposes. Despite the appellant's argument of being a charitable society engaged in welfare activities, the Tribunal determined that activities falling within taxable services rendered them liable for service tax. The penalties imposed on the appellant for non-payment of service tax were waived due to difficulties in recovering tax amounts from government clients. The appeals were dismissed, affirming the service tax payment obligation but setting aside the penalties based on Section 80 provisions. en-us Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:28:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=352505 The Tribunal upheld the demand for service tax from a registered society providing security agency services, ruling that the society qualified as a commercial concern for tax liability purposes. Despite the appellant's argument of being a charitable society engaged in welfare activities, the Tribunal determined that activities falling within taxable services rendered them liable for service tax. The penalties imposed on the appellant for non-payment of service tax were waived due to difficulties in recovering tax amounts from government clients. The appeals were dismissed, affirming the service tax payment obligation but setting aside the penalties based on Section 80 provisions. Case-Laws Service Tax Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=352505