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Rajinikanth Gets Major Tax Relief as CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Order in Property Leasing Dispute

07 March 2026 at 06:57

CESTAT Chennai sets aside service tax demand on actor Rajinikanth, ruling that renting property for hotel use is excluded from taxable "Renting of Immovable Property Service."

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Mandatory Service Charge by Restaurants Illegal: CCPA Takes Action Against 27 Establishments

12 January 2026 at 07:01

Following a Delhi High Court ruling, the CCPA penalised 27 restaurants for mandatory levy of service charge in violation of consumer law.

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Insurance Reforms Get Big Push as Centre Moves to Raise FDI Cap to 100% in Winter Session of Parliament

25 November 2025 at 06:16

India's Insurance Bill proposes raising FDI to 100%, introducing composite licences, and easing capital norms to boost growth and insurance penetration.

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Service Tax Officer Sentenced to 5 Years in Jail for Corruption in Ahmedabad

15 August 2024 at 07:32

CBI court in Ahmedabad has sentenced Hashmukh Chhaganbhai Rathod, a former superintendent in the service tax department, to five years of rigorous imprisonment on charges of corruption.

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CESTAT to commemorate 40 years of glorious and successful journey

18 March 2023 at 06:53

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) to commemorate 40 years of glorious and successful journey

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Sabka Vikas : Scheme for closing pending dispute in Service tax and excise from 1st Sep 2019

23 August 2019 at 11:17

Sabka Vishwas - Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme notified; to be operationalized from 1st September 2019Government expects Scheme to be availed by large number of taxpayers for closing their pending disputes relating to legacy Service Tax and Central

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Highlights of CAG report on Service Tax

22 December 2017 at 12:01

Executive SummarySection 16 of CAG's (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into consolidated fund of India and to satisfy that the rules and procedures are designed to secure an effective check on the assessment, collection and

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CBEC to redistribute cases to reduce Pendency of Cases with Commissioners appeal

18 October 2017 at 11:28

CBEC to Redistribute Cases in Jurisdictions to Reduce Pendency of Cases With Commissioners (Appeal)In order to clear the pendency of cases as on 30th June 2017 before the Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax (Appeals), the CBEC will redist

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FM writes to state to reduce burden of VAT on petroleum products

21 August 2017 at 11:56

Finance Minister Sh Arun Jaitley writes to State Chief Ministers to reduce burden of Value Added Tax on Petroleum Products used for manufacturing The Union Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley has written to State Chi

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ST return for April to June to be submitted by 15th August

22 June 2017 at 21:21

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB- SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) (CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS) Notification No. 18 /2017- Service Tax New Delhi, the

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