https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103717 Late-payment charges received as interest for delayed payment for industrial-gas supplies lack the consideration necessary for a service or declared service when they are compensatory damages in nature. Describing such charges as interest does not convert them into consideration for a taxable declared service. Service-tax demand on these late-payment charges was therefore unsustainable, and the impugned order was set aside. en-us Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:32:11 +0530 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:32:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103717 Late-payment charges received as interest for delayed payment for industrial-gas supplies lack the consideration necessary for a service or declared service when they are compensatory damages in nature. Describing such charges as interest does not convert them into consideration for a taxable declared service. Service-tax demand on these late-payment charges was therefore unsustainable, and the impugned order was set aside. Highlights Service Tax Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:32:11 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103717