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Excise Duty : India reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to offset rising global crude prices due to geopolitical tensions. The move aimed t...
Excise Duty : Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2025 introduces a standalone statutory cess aimed at funding national health ...
Excise Duty : The Court upheld the Tribunal’s view that interest cannot be levied when duty paid is fully creditable to downstream units. It c...
Excise Duty : The Court held that duty-paid items supplied directly to site are not includible when the final plant is immovable. The key takeaw...
Excise Duty : Discover how the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 revamps tobacco taxation, introducing steep excise duties on cigarettes, che...
Excise Duty : CBI Court in Siliguri sentences former Central Excise Superintendent to four years RI and Rs. 40,000 fine in a bribery case regist...
Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...
Excise Duty : The FAQs confirm that cess is computed on maximum rated machine speed rather than actual production. This ensures certainty in tax...
Excise Duty : The FAQs clarify how excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda, and gutkha will be levied based on packing machine capacity rather tha...
Excise Duty : CESTAT issues instructions for e-filing appeals, detailing registration, filing process, documents, fees, and compliance with Proc...
Excise Duty : The Tribunal ruled that absence of a Nodal Ministry certificate cannot deny exemption when goods were used in the intended project...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that statements recorded during investigation cannot be relied upon as evidence unless the mandatory procedure u...
Excise Duty : The Tribunal held that credit depends on the nature of duty and not the rate at which it is paid. The key takeaway is that concess...
Excise Duty : The case addressed whether insurance services qualify as input services. The Tribunal held that insurance linked to business asset...
Excise Duty : The issue was whether transportation and insurance charges should be excluded from assessable value. The Tribunal held they must b...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 21/2026-Central Excise revises the RIC rate on exports of high-speed diesel oil outside India to Nil, effective M...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 20/2026-Central Excise revises the SAED rate on exports of ATF outside India to Rs. 33 per litre, effective May 1...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 19/2026-Central Excise revises the SAED rate on exports of high-speed diesel oil outside India to Rs. 23 per litr...
Excise Duty : The government amended the excise notification to revise the duty rate to Rs. 31.5 per litre. The change is effective immediately ...
Excise Duty : Finance Ministry amends Notification 08/2026 to raise SAED on export of ATF to Rs 42 per litre, effective immediately from April 1...
The Tribunal ruled that absence of a Nodal Ministry certificate cannot deny exemption when goods were used in the intended project. The decision emphasizes substance over procedural compliance.
Notification No. 21/2026-Central Excise revises the RIC rate on exports of high-speed diesel oil outside India to Nil, effective May 1, 2026.
Notification No. 20/2026-Central Excise revises the SAED rate on exports of ATF outside India to Rs. 33 per litre, effective May 1, 2026.
Notification No. 19/2026-Central Excise revises the SAED rate on exports of high-speed diesel oil outside India to Rs. 23 per litre from May 1, 2026.
CESTAT Delhi held that statements recorded during investigation cannot be relied upon as evidence unless the mandatory procedure under Section 9D—examination before adjudicating authority and admissibility determination—is followed.
The Tribunal held that credit depends on the nature of duty and not the rate at which it is paid. The key takeaway is that concessional CVD does not bar CENVAT credit.
The case addressed whether insurance services qualify as input services. The Tribunal held that insurance linked to business assets is eligible for Cenvat credit, emphasizing indirect nexus with manufacturing.
The issue was whether transportation and insurance charges should be excluded from assessable value. The Tribunal held they must be included since delivery occurred at the buyer’s premises, making them part of transaction value.
CESTAT Kolkata held that the charge of clandestine removal of goods cannot be proved on the basis of private records recovered during the course of investigation in the absence of any corroborative evidence in support. Accordingly, order set aside and appeal is allowed.
The Tribunal ruled that the Department failed to prove that goods classified as trading were actually manufactured by the assessee. In absence of proper investigation, excise demand and penalties were held unsustainable.
