Follow Us:

Excise Duty

Excise Duty Act, Rules Articles News Notification Circulars Instructions. Input Credit, Cenvat, Duty Rate, SSI Exemption, Excise on Jewellery,Excise on Garment

Latest Articles


Excise Duty Cut on Petrol and Diesel: A Bold Governance Move Amid War

Excise Duty : India reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to offset rising global crude prices due to geopolitical tensions. The move aimed t...

March 27, 2026 3657 Views 0 comment Print

Notes on Health Security se National Security (HSsNS) Cess Act, 2025

Excise Duty : Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2025 introduces a standalone statutory cess aimed at funding national health ...

January 18, 2026 3153 Views 1 comment Print

Interest on Excise Duty Not Payable in Revenue-Neutral Situations: Calcutta HC

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...

January 16, 2026 729 Views 0 comment Print

Bought-Out Items Excluded from Excise Value for CKD Plant Supplies: SC

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...

December 17, 2025 585 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise Act 2025: Reshapes Tobacco Taxation Landscape

Excise Duty : Discover how the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 revamps tobacco taxation, introducing steep excise duties on cigarettes, che...

December 17, 2025 20988 Views 2 comments Print


Latest News


CBI Court Sentences Ex-Central Excise Officer

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...

February 28, 2026 3529 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise and Service Tax Inspector Jailed for Disproportionate Assets

Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...

January 7, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs for Health Security se National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2026 & HSNS Cess Rules, 2026

Excise Duty : The FAQs confirm that cess is computed on maximum rated machine speed rather than actual production. This ensures certainty in tax...

January 5, 2026 3342 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Machine-Based levy in case of Chewing Tobacco, Jarda Scented Tobacco & Gutkha

Excise Duty : The FAQs clarify how excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda, and gutkha will be levied based on packing machine capacity rather tha...

January 4, 2026 1908 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Guidelines for Online Filing of Appeals

Excise Duty : CESTAT issues instructions for e-filing appeals, detailing registration, filing process, documents, fees, and compliance with Proc...

October 1, 2025 3594 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied for Plant Maintenance Services Misclassified as Civil Construction: CESTAT Delhi

Excise Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that works contract services used for repair and maintenance of existing plant and machinery qualify as input se...

June 9, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit Demand Set Aside as Export Turnover Cannot Be Included in Exempted Turnover

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that exports made under Notification No. 30/2004-CE and the DEPB scheme cannot be included in exempted turnove...

June 8, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Excise Penalty Quashed as Duty and Interest Were Paid Before Show Cause Notice

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-...

June 7, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Export Turnover Cannot Be Added for Rule 6 Credit Reversal

Excise Duty : CESTAT held that where the value of goods sent for job work had already been considered for credit reversal purposes, including it...

June 5, 2026 324 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeals as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Lakshadweep Introduces New Excise Law to Regulate Liquor Trade and Consumption

Excise Duty : The Lakshadweep Excise Regulation, 2026 establishes a comprehensive framework for licensing, manufacture, sale, transport, and con...

June 6, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises ATF Export Duty Rate From 1 June 2026

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 ...

May 30, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises SAED Rates on Petrol and Diesel Exports WEF 1st June 2026

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 ...

May 30, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Raises SAED on ATF Exports to Rs. 16 per Litre from 16 May 2026

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...

May 15, 2026 336 Views 0 comment Print

SAED on Petrol and Diesel Exports Revised from 16 May 2026

Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance amended the central excise notification issued in March 2026 by revising rates applicable to specified goo...

May 15, 2026 483 Views 0 comment Print


Budget 2016: Excise Duty Applicability on articles of Jewellery

March 1, 2016 64315 Views 13 comments Print

Gold and diamond jewellery are set to become dearer, with the government deciding to hike excise duties. Consumers will have to shell out more for the gold and diamond jewellery as the budget has imposed 1 per cent excise duty, which comes as a blow to the gems and jewellery sector.

Budget 2016: Excise Duty on Ready Made Garments

March 1, 2016 83998 Views 53 comments Print

The Central Excise duty of 2% (without CENVAT credit) or 12.5% (with CENVAT credit) is being levied on readymade garments and made up articles of textiles falling under Chapters 61, 62 and 63 (heading Nos. 6301 to 6308) of the Central Excise Tariff except those falling under 6309 and 6310 of Retail Sale Price (RSP) of Rs.1000/- and above when they bear or are sold under a brand name.

Notification No. 21/2016-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated: 01.03.2016

March 1, 2016 3076 Views 0 comment Print

The declaration filed under paragraph (1A) shall be accompanied by a Chartered Engineer’s certificate in respect of correctness of the ratio of input and output where a copy of the Standard Input Output Norms notified by Director General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, if fixed, is made available to the Chartered Engineer before obtaining the certificate, in respect of goods

Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods), 2016

March 1, 2016 6541 Views 0 comment Print

Short title, extent and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable and Other Goods) Rules, 2016

Notification No. 19/2016-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated: 01.03.2016

March 1, 2016 4537 Views 0 comment Print

hereby declares that if two or more premises of the same factory are located within a close area in the jurisdiction of a Range Superintendent, the manufacturing process undertaken therein are interlinked, and the units are not operating under any of the area based exemption notifications, the Commissioner of Central Excise, may, subject to proper accountal of the movement of goods from

Notification No. 18/2016-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated: 01.03.2016

March 1, 2016 4249 Views 0 comment Print

under heading “(3) Procedures”, in paragraph (b), in sub-paragraph (i), after the words “shall be lodged”, the words, figures, letter and brackets “before the expiry of the period specified in section 11B of Central Excise Act, 1944(1 of 1944)” shall be inserted

Notification No. 17/2016-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated: 01.03.2016

March 1, 2016 1117 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification No.31/2007-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 2nd August, 2007, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) , vide, number G.S.R. 528(E), dated the 2nd August, 2007, namely

Notification No. 16/2016-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated: 01.03.2016

March 1, 2016 2101 Views 0 comment Print

In the said notification, in paragraph 2, in clause (v), in sub-clause (b), for the word, figures and letters, “section 11AB”, the word, figures and letters, “section 11AA” shall be substituted

Seeks to prescribe interest rate at 15% p.a. for section 11AA of Central Excise Act, 1944

March 1, 2016 51994 Views 1 comment Print

1st March, 2011 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide, number GSR 136 (E), dated the 1st March, 2011, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby fixes the rate of interest at fifteen per cent. per annum for the purposes of the said section

Time limit for filing CENVAT Credit refund application in case of service export

March 1, 2016 6226 Views 1 comment Print

Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 27/2012 – C.E. (N.T.) dated 18th June, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary , Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 461(E), dated the 18th June, 2012, namely

Search Post by Date
June 2026
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930