https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358048 The appeal against the order passed by the Commissioner(Appeals) regarding service tax demands and penalties was allowed by the Judicial Member. The penalties under Sections 77 and 78 were dropped by invoking Section 80 of the Act. The decision was based on the appellant's lack of awareness as a small contractor, having paid more service tax than required, and citing a High Court decision supporting the dropping of penalties due to a reasonable cause for the failure to pay service tax. en-us Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 08:22:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358048 The appeal against the order passed by the Commissioner(Appeals) regarding service tax demands and penalties was allowed by the Judicial Member. The penalties under Sections 77 and 78 were dropped by invoking Section 80 of the Act. The decision was based on the appellant's lack of awareness as a small contractor, having paid more service tax than required, and citing a High Court decision supporting the dropping of penalties due to a reasonable cause for the failure to pay service tax. Case-Laws Service Tax Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=358048