An embarrassed Central Excise Department on Tuesday hastily withdrew notices sent to four Bharatiya Janata Party offices demanding service tax on prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rallies......
A body massager cannot be categorised as an adult sex toy and hence cannot be included in the list of items prohibited for import, the Bombay high court has said. Image only for representation.......
In a significant development, the Supreme Court Friday recalled its April 10 verdict by which it had held that duty free shops at arrival and departure terminals at international airports are......
A firm, which managed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hugely successful Lok Sabha campaign, has come under the scanner of revenue authorities for alleged service tax evasion. Summons has been issued......
In a furious post on his blog, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday slammed the Congress for allegedly using the excise department to impose a tax on the mammoth rallies......
The Central Excise has reversed its stand on levying service tax on the Comptroller and Auditor General saying it does not come under the business support service ambit.The new circular issued by......
As a prelude to the Goods & Services Tax (GST), the finance ministry might harmonise service tax and excise duty laws in Budget 2013-14. Also, it is likely to simplify Cenvat credit rules that......
To introduce the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax in 2012-13, the finance ministry has made it mandatory for taxpayers to file their central excise and service tax returns electronically from......
Indirect taxpayers' may not have to frequent the tax department as the revenue department is planning to launch a software for both excise and service tax that will enable online filing of returns,......
Failure to pay excise duty and service tax could lead to arrest of defaulters, as per the provisions proposed in the Finance Bill 2013 introduced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the Lok......
The Central excise departmentslapped a notice on King's XI Punjab cricketer Yuvraj Singh seeking payment of service tax to the tune of Rs 1.15 crore raised on his income from two seasons of Indian......
A policeman walks past a logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during a governing council meeting of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. Photograph:......
India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh's mother Shabnam on Friday sought to clear the air on reports that the her son owes a whopping 96.43 lakh in service tax on his income from the first and second......
The Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has ordered the Board of Control for Cricket in India to pay Rs three crore towards service tax dues for the period 1999-2000 to......
The Central Excise Department said it has slapped service tax of Rs 6 crore on the Preity Zinta co-owned KPH Dream Cricket, which is part owner of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab. "We have......