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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 : CESTAT Chennai held that strict transaction-wise correlation between factory clearances and retail sales was impractical in the je...
Excise Duty : The Tribunal held that invocation of the five-year limitation period requires proof of deliberate suppression or wilful misstateme...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Kolkata held that granules cleared to job workers for conversion into PPCP containers could not be treated as traded goods....
Excise Duty : Tribunal observed that where goods are sold on FOR destination basis, the buyer’s premises may constitute the place of removal. ...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that CENVAT credit on outward transportation and insurance services cannot be denied where goods are sold on F...
Excise Duty : CBIC revised SAED on ATF exports to Rs. 16 per litre effective 16 May 2026, impacting aviation fuel exporters and export duty cost...
Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance amended the central excise notification issued in March 2026 by revising rates applicable to specified goo...
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...
The tribunal ruled that the six-month limit introduced in 2014 cannot be applied to invoices issued before the amendment, as it would retrospectively restrict an accrued credit entitlement.
The Tribunal ruled that before 01.04.2016 Rule 7 allowed discretionary distribution of credit by ISDs. As the disputed period fell within that timeframe, denial of credit on proportionality grounds was unsustainable.
The tribunal ruled that discounts offered on demo vehicles cannot reduce assessable value since the vehicles are identical to normal cars cleared to dealers.
The tribunal held that steel items used for maintenance and repair of manufacturing machinery fall within the scope of inputs used in relation to manufacture. The demand for reversal of Cenvat credit and penalty was set aside.
CESTAT Chennai held that service tax credit on business support and management consultancy services cannot be denied as such services fall within “activities relating to business,” making them eligible input services under the CENVAT Credit Rules.
The Tribunal declined to treat the retail outlet price as the assessable value under valuation rules, noting that the Department’s case relied on grounds not properly established in the notice.
CESTAT held that regular filing of returns and disclosure during audits negates allegations of suppression of facts. The demand based on extended limitation was therefore unsustainable.
The Tribunal found that authorities had not determined the minimum percentage of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium required for classification as fertiliser. It set aside the order and remanded the case for fresh examination.
The Tribunal held that an amount paid under protest before adjudication cannot be treated as duty under the Central Excise Act. It ruled that interest at 12% per annum must be paid from the date of deposit until refund.
CBI Court in Siliguri sentences former Central Excise Superintendent to four years RI and Rs. 40,000 fine in a bribery case registered in 2015.
