The Revenue Bar Association, Madras, filed a Writ Petition in the Madras High Court challenging the validity of levy of service-tax on “legal consultancy services”. The Court has passed an order of interim injunction dated 24.06.2011 restraining the Ministry of Finance from compelling the members of the Petitioner from registering themselves with the service tax authorities and collecting service-tax from them until further orders.
Madras HC order dated 24.06.11 staying service-tax on lawyers (761.2 KiB, 1,641 hits)
See also the stay orders passed by the AP High Court, Delhi High Court & Gauahati High Court. Also see the Compliance Guide.
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