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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 Delhi held that works contract services used for repair and maintenance of existing plant and machinery qualify as input se...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that exports made under Notification No. 30/2004-CE and the DEPB scheme cannot be included in exempted turnove...
Excise Duty : The Tribunal held that the show cause notice issued more than three years after the Department became aware of the facts was time-...
Excise Duty : CESTAT held that where the value of goods sent for job work had already been considered for credit reversal purposes, including it...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...
Excise Duty : The Lakshadweep Excise Regulation, 2026 establishes a comprehensive framework for licensing, manufacture, sale, transport, and con...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 25/2026 revises SAED on ATF exports to Rs 9.5 per litre with effect from 1 June 2026; domestic petrol and diesel ...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 24/2026 revises SAED rates on petrol and diesel exports from 1 June 2026, setting duty at Rs 1.5 and Rs 13.5 per ...
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...
Tax payers Survey got conducted by Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) for garnering a feedback on impact that reforms undertaken during the last two years; Responses showed that 45% of the respondents saw an attitudinal change in senior functionaries (Commissioner level and above); and 51% acknowledged an improvement at the ground level, at the level of inspectors and above .
In pursuance of sub-rule (2) of rule 9 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby specifies that‑ (i) a person who is registered as a first stage dealer shall not be required to take registration as an importer; or (ii) a person who is registered as an importer shall not be required to take registration as a first stage
An assessee who conducts business both as an importer and a First Stage Dealer may take only one registration as he has been exempted from the requirement of taking a second registration. It may be noted that the facility is optional and any assessee needing separate registration for his own business purposes, may so register.
Constitution of a fresh panel of Senior/Junior Standing Counsels against existing slots for handling CBEC cases of Indirect taxation before the various High Courts and other fora – Calling for fresh recommendations – Regarding.
it is requested to put up the list of proposed withdrawals/withdrawn cases of CESTAT and High Court below the threshold limit on the respective websites of the Comissionerates under your charge and also inform the concerned assessees who are the respondents in all such cases.
The arrears if any accumulated on this account may be identified and be factored into the additional requirement to be sent to EMC DGHRD for incorporation in the requirement for RBE (2016-17) and BE (2017-18).
After reviewing the reports of the zones, it is noticed that some of the zones have changed their zone’s figures in respect of number of appeals identified for withdrawal before HC/CESTAT reducing the total number by around 400 Nos. The earlier reported figures were already taken up for presentation in the Chief Commissioners Conference.
The take-aways from the Conference on the CBEC side are:- 1. Need for preparation for roll-out of GST with focus on IT and increased capacity building through training of officers. 2. Need to focus on Dispute Resolution: Identify 20 topmost litigated issues and examine from policy perspective whether any intervention is required.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against an Inspector working in Directorate General of Central Excise (Intelligence), Dehradun U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for possession of alleged disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs. 54.55 lakh (approx).
Basic necessity for a prosperous living for any human being is food, clothing & shelter. Out of these three, food contributes as a major necessity. Changing lifestyles and appropriate fiscal policies has given a considerable push to the food processing industries. I
