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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 MoreM/s. Sanvijay Rolling & Engineering Ltd. Vs The Commissioner of Central Excise (Bombay High Court) - By these Appeals under Section 35G of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (hereinafter referred to as, the said Act), the assessee is challenging the final order dated 21st July, 2015 of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai (CESTAT). After hearing both sides, we are of the view th...
Read MoreCellular Operators Association of India Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) - While hearing the case between Cellular Operators Association of India vs Union of India, the Delhi High Court rejected the claim to allow credit of the unutilized education and higher education cess. ...
Read MoreM/s Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. Vs. CCE (CESTAT Delhi) - Air Travel Service : - The said service has been used by the Directors/employees of the appellant for business promotion i.e. for sale and purchase of their goods. Therefore, the said service is directly related to their manufacturing activity. In that circumstances, in terms of Rule 2(l) of Cenvat ...
Read MoreM/s Shree Cement Limited Vs. CCG&ST (CESTAT Delhi) - The crux of the dispute in the present case is whether such subsidy amounts are required to be included in the assessable value of the goods manufactured by the appellants, in terms of Section 4 of the Central Excise Act. ...
Read MoreM/s.Dadu Steel & Power Ltd. Vs CCE (CESTAT Delhi) - Both the appeals are being disposed of by a common order as they arise out of the same set of facts and circumstances, vide which the demand of duty stands confirmed against M/s.Dadu Steel & Power Ltd. to the extent of Rs. 13,77,691/- along with imposition of penalty of identical amount. Further, pe...
Read MoreF No 390/Misc/390/2017-JC - (15/05/2018) - In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 35R of the Central Excise Act, 1944 made applicable to Service Tax vide Section 83 of the Finance Act, 1994 the Central Board of Indirect Taxes fixes a monetary limit of Rs 2,50,000/- below which appeal shall not be filed with the Commissioner (A)....
Read MoreNotification No. 20/2018-Central Excise - (06/04/2018) - Seeks to rescind notification nos. 7/2018-Central excise and 8/2018-Central excise, both dated 2nd February 2018 all dated 06.04.2018...
Read MoreNotification No. 19/2018-Central Excise - (06/04/2018) - Seeks to amend notification Nos. 11/2017-Central excise dated 30th June, 2017, 10/2018-Central excise 11/2018-Central excise, 12/2018-Central excise and 13/2018-Central excise, all dated 2nd February 2018...
Read MoreCircular No. 1064/03/2018-CX - (26/02/2018) - Certain specified goods such as machinery, apparatus, instruments, cables, components or raw material supplied to specified mega power projects, including the projects with provisional mega power status, were exempted from central excise duty vide entry No. 338 under notification No. 12/2012-Central...
Read MoreNotification No. 18/2018-Central Excise - (23/02/2018) - Seeks to clarify the applicability of the notification No. 2/2018-Central Excise dated 02nd February, 2018, that the said notification shall not apply to the goods manufactured on or before the 1st February, 2018 and cleared on or after the 2nd February, 2018. ...
Read MoreF No 390/Misc/390/2017-JC - (15/05/2018) -
M/s. Sanvijay Rolling & Engineering Ltd. Vs The Commissioner of Central Excise (Bombay High Court) -
Cellular Operators Association of India Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) -
M/s Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. Vs. CCE (CESTAT Delhi) -
M/s Shree Cement Limited Vs. CCG&ST (CESTAT Delhi) -
M/s.Dadu Steel & Power Ltd. Vs CCE (CESTAT Delhi) -
Commissioner of Central Excise Vs M/s Bhel (Supreme Court of India) -
Commissioner Of Customs Central Excise And Service Tax Vs. M/s. The Andhra Sugars Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) -
M/s. BPL Telecom Pvt. Ltd Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Bangalore) -
M/s G.P. Ispat Pvt. Limited Vs CCE&ST ( CESTAT Delhi) -
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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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