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Central Board of Excise and Customs has issued circular No.1063/2/2018-CX dated 16.02.2018, wherein this compiles sixty three orders of Supreme Court, High Courts and CESTAT on the various issues relating to Central Excise, Service Tax and Cenvat Credit has been accepted by the department. This is an exercise has been under taken by the B...
Read MoreCBEC Circular No. 1063/2/2018-CX dt 16th Feb 2018 is running into 29 pages covering as many as 63 orders. Most of the issues related to clandestine removal, Cenvat credit, Usage of goods under advance authorization, Refunds, Limitation of time, Valuation etc....
Read MoreWhy the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) does not raise audit objections or take cognizance thereof even when it is absolutely clear that somebody has indulged into corrupt interpretation to ensure benefit in a very veiled manner. Can the corrupt interpretations be ignored & no action ever taken?...
Read MoreThe way interpretation is practiced by the miraculous Indian bureaucracy to cheat the Indian citizens in numerous ways on everyday basis. They make a foolish law & then foolishness perpetuates in terms of interpretation to harass the assesses to no end & you may complaint right up to the Cabinet Secretary or the minister but to no avail. ...
Read MoreChapter 24: No change. Chapter 27: 1) A Road and Infrastructure Cess, as an Additional Duty of Excise, is being imposed on motor spirit commonly known as petrol and high speed diesel, falling under heading 2710, at the rate of Rs. 8 per litre. [Clause 110 read with the Sixth Schedule of the Finance Bill, […]...
Read MoreBudget 2018- Explanatory memorandum to Notifications no. 01/2018-Central Excise to 13/2018- Central Excise all Dated 2nd February 2018:- S. NO. Notification No. Description 1. 1/2018- Central Excise dated 2nd February 2018 Seeks to rescind notification No. 10/2015-Central Excise dated 01.03.2015 2. 2/2018- Centr...
Read MoreSection 16 of CAG’s (DPC) Act, 1971 mandates CAG to audit receipts payable into the Consolidated Fund of India and to satisfy that the rules and procedures are designed to secure an effective check on the assessment...
Read MoreCentral Bureau of Investigation has arrested then Superintendent, Range-36, Central Excise, Nehru Place, New Delhi ( now Superintendent, GST Council, New Delhi) and a Tax Consultant (private person) in an alleged bribery....
Read MoreThe Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, LTU, Mumbai and a private person while demanding & accepting an alleged bribe of Rs. 1.25 crore (approx)....
Read MoreThe indirect tax collections (Central Excise, Service Tax and Customs) in FY 2016-17are at Rs 63 lakh crore, which is 22.0% higher than the actual revenue receipts in FY 2015-16. Till March 2017, about 101.35% of the Revised Estimates (RE) of indirect taxes for Financial Year 2016-17 has been achieved....
Read MoreAndhra Organics Ltd Vs CCT (CESTAT Hyderabad) - Once the workers come into the factory their services are used in relation to the manufacture of final products. But bringing workers to the factory or providing accommodation to them outside the factory or providing any other welfare measures for the workers or their families have no nexus with the...
Read MoreM/s Marko Foods & Shri Naman Mandhyan, Partner Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Allahabad) - Items falling under Chapter 170490 are entitled for exemption under Sugar Confectionary (excluding white chocolate and bubble gum). Admittedly, the goods manufactured by the appellants (Parle 2-in-1 Eclairs & Kismi Toffee ) are Sugar Confectionary is neither chocolate nor bubble gum....
Read MoreShri A K Prasad Vs Shri S. K. Bansal (CESTAT Delhi) - Shri A K Prasad Vs Shri S. K. Bansal (CESTAT Delhi) The Evidence Act does not contemplate or permit the proof of an electronic record by oral evidence if requirements under Section 65B of the Evidence Act are not complied with, as the law now stands in India. Thus, it has been clearly laid down [&he...
Read MoreRaha Oils (P) Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Chennai) - Raha Oils (P) Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Chennai) it is pertinent to note that the dispute in this appeal is not on the excisability or otherwise of the ‚Soap Stock‛. The nub of controversy is whether ‘Acid Oil’ and ‘Soap Sludge’ which are obtained b...
Read MoreM/s. Motherson Sumi Electric Wires Vs Union of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) - In the instant case supplies of goods were made by the petitioner to other divisions of MSSL which had a status of EOUs. The pivotal point is that the FTP 2009-2014 conferred a right on the petitioner, who, admittedly, was a DTA supplier, at the relevant point in time, to seek refund of TED, as the ...
Read MoreF.NO.390/Misc/116/2017-JC - (01/10/2018) - With regard to the position of filing and withdrawal of cases falling below monetary limits, Chairman (CBIC) has directed that the entire exercise should be positively completed by 30.09.2018...
Read MoreF. No. 01/05/Circular/CESTAT/2015-CR - (05/07/2018) - on'ble High Court further directed that the appellants while preferring second appeal before the Tribunal are required to deposit 10% of the amount of duty/penalty as confirmed by the Appellate Authority inclusive of 7.5% pre-deposit made for the first appeal and that 10% would not be in addition to...
Read MoreCircular No. 1066/5/2018-CX - (26/06/2018) - Commissionerates should constitute a Recovery Cell as laid down in the aforesaid Circular, and only those cases where recovery is not made by Departmental efforts and action needs to be taken for recovery by attachment and sale of property of the defaulter, as laid down In section 142 of the Customs...
Read MoreCircular No. 1065/4/2018-CX - (08/06/2018) - As regards determination of ‘place of removal’, in general the principle laid by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CCE vs Ispat Industries Ltd 2015(324) ELT670 (SC) may be applied. Apex Court, in this case has upheld the principle laid down in M/s Escorts JCB (Supra) to the extent that ‘...
Read MoreF No 390/Misc/116/2017-JC - (25/05/2018) - Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs fixes a monetary limit of Rs 2,50,000/- below which appeal shall not be filed with the Commissioner (A). This limit would apply for legacy matters only and would also be applicable to cases currently pending at the level of Commissioner (Appeals) ....
Read MoreF.NO.390/Misc/116/2017-JC - (01/10/2018) -
Andhra Organics Ltd Vs CCT (CESTAT Hyderabad) -
M/s Marko Foods & Shri Naman Mandhyan, Partner Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Allahabad) -
Shri A K Prasad Vs Shri S. K. Bansal (CESTAT Delhi) -
Raha Oils (P) Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax (CESTAT Chennai) -
M/s. Motherson Sumi Electric Wires Vs Union of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) -
The Ramco Cements Limited Vs CCT (CESTAT Hyderabad) -
M/s. Rane Brake Lining Ltd. Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise Puducherry (CESTAT Chennai) -
Raj Petro Specialities Pvt. Ltd Vs. Principal Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) -
C.C. Vs Warrier's Hospital & Panchakarma Centre (CESTAT Bangalore) -
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In today’s economic scenario the significance of taxes has increased and it now not limited to being a financial aid for the Governments. The Union or the Central Government imposes several taxes together with their state governments. Some of the taxes are also levied by local Municipalities as well. Excise Duty comes under the taxes which are levied by the Central Government as per the provisions laid out in the Excise Duty Act, Excise Duty Rules and Excise Duty notifications formulated by the Government.
Excise duty is an indirect tax which is levied on goods manufactured in India and are intended for home consumption. Manufacturing of the goods is the taxable event and the excise duty liability arises as and when the goods are produced. Excise duty is a tax on manufacturing that is payable by a manufacturer of goods, who passes the incidence on to their customers. The CBEC (Central Board of Excise and Customs) is the governing authority and it functions under Union Ministry of Finance’s Department of Revenue. Under the power conferred by the Central Excise Act, 1944, the Central Government levies taxes on production or manufacturing of goods. The excise tax rates are stated under the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985.
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