No Penalty When Service Tax Paid Before Notice: CESTAT

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No Penalty When Service Tax Paid Before Notice: CESTAT

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06/04/2026

By Mariya Paliwala

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The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad Bench has held that penalties cannot be imposed where an assessee has voluntarily paid service tax along with interest prior to the issuance of a show cause notice (SCN), and where there is no evidence of intent to evade tax. The bench of Angad Prasad…

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Mariya Paliwala https://www.jurishour.in/

Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.

No Penalty When Service Tax Paid Before Notice: CESTAT

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