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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...
Clubbing of clearance values of proprietorship and Pvt Ltd Company for the purpose Excise Duty Assessment was remanded back to Tribunal on the basis of the principle as to whether the order assailed suffered from perversity or not.
The CESTAT ruled that interest on refundable pre-deposits is mandatory, regardless of whether it’s claimed, in the India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. case.
The MOOWR scheme offers deferred duties, export benefits, and operational ease for manufacturers in India, aiding growth but facing practical challenges.
The Ministry of Finance reduces the excise duty to nil per tonne for an item under Notification No. 25/2024, effective 18th September 2024.
CESTAT ruled extended demand period unsustainable without proven intent to evade tax, setting aside Rs. 11 Cr excise duty demand on Kanoria Energy & Infrastructure.
CESTAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty under section 11AC(1)(a) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 mandatory on account of shortage detected during the course of search. Accordingly, penalty upheld.
CESTAT Mumbai directs refund verification of ₹24 lakhs pre-deposit in Shiva Steel Industries case, remanding for fresh proceedings and verification of documents.
The Sikkim High Court dismissed an appeal by the Commissioner of Central Goods and Services Tax and Central Excise, upholding a refund claim by Alkem Laboratories Ltd. The court rejected the appellant’s attempt to reopen a settled matter and imposed a cost on the appellant, which was later waived.
Guwahati High Court held that invocation of extended period of limitation unjustified as entire details of availment of CENVAT Credit disclosed in STR-3 return and there is no allegation of wilful suppression and misstatement with intent to evade service tax in notice.
Calcutta HC affirms CESTAT’s ruling, rejecting revenue’s appeal against CENVAT duty remission under Rule 21 due to insufficient evidence.
