https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781556 CESTAT allowed the appeal, holding that service tax cannot be levied on reimbursable expenditures recovered by a service provider for taxable services. The tribunal followed the SC precedent affirming that Rule 5(1) of the Service Tax Valuation Rules, 2006 cannot expand valuation beyond Sections 66 and 67, so reimbursed costs are not part of taxable value. The impugned order was set aside on the merits; limitation issues were not examined. en-us Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:42:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781556 CESTAT allowed the appeal, holding that service tax cannot be levied on reimbursable expenditures recovered by a service provider for taxable services. The tribunal followed the SC precedent affirming that Rule 5(1) of the Service Tax Valuation Rules, 2006 cannot expand valuation beyond Sections 66 and 67, so reimbursed costs are not part of taxable value. The impugned order was set aside on the merits; limitation issues were not examined. Case-Laws Service Tax Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781556