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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 3156 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 20991 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 3600 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit as Rule 16 Not Requires Goods to Be Returned to Same Buyer

Excise Duty : CESTAT Mumbai held that Rule 16(2) of the Central Excise Rules does not mandate that remanufactured goods be supplied back to the ...

June 10, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

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 60 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


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


Government likely to come up with export sops for the textiles industry

June 16, 2009 813 Views 0 comment Print

The government is likely to come up with export sops for the domestic textiles industry in the upcoming Budget, including a rise in duty drawback rates. The over $55-billion industry, one of the  three largest foreign exchange earners along side IT and gems and jewellery, is not keeping pace with the government’s projections for the current […]

Govt. Considering increase in Excise duty on some products

June 16, 2009 648 Views 0 comment Print

The Union finance ministry is considering an increase in the central excise duty for some of the products that had benefited from the two rounds of reductions announced by the government as part of its fiscal stimulus measures last year. In December 2008, the government had reduced the general rate of central excise duty for […]

Eligibility of exemption Notification No 6/2006_CE to pipe fittings ( joints, sleeves, elbow, couplings, etc. ) -reg

June 15, 2009 583 Views 0 comment Print

It has been brought to the notice of the Board that the manufacturers of pipe fittings (joints, sleeves, elbow, couplings, etc.) are claiming the benefit of the Sl No. 7 of the Notification No. 6/06-CE. It is also reported that some units are manufacturing pipes and pipe fittings and claiming benefit of notification for pipe fittings which are cleared alongwith pipes. The issue is whether the ‘pipe fittings’ in the water supply network are also exempted.

Notification No. 15/2009-Central Excise (N.T.); Dated: 10.06.2009

June 10, 2009 541 Views 0 comment Print

In pursuance of rule 12CC of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 and rule 12AA of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 , the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number 32/2006-Central Excise (N.T.),

Notification No. 14/2009-Central Excise (N.T.); Dated: 10.06.2009

June 10, 2009 730 Views 0 comment Print

The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification No. 34/2001-CE (NT) dated the 21st June, 2001[G.S.R. 448(E) dated the 21st June, 2001] and were last amended vide notification No. 37/2003-CE(NT) dated 17th April, 2003[G.S.R. 339 (E) dated 17th April, 2003.

Government mulling levy of small cess on natural gas

June 3, 2009 984 Views 0 comment Print

The government is mulling levy of small cess on natural gas to fund construction of national gas highway network even as it plans to extend LPG reach to rural areas and launch smart cards for kerosene. Petroleum minister Murli Deora discussed the idea of levy of $0.20 per million British thermal unit as cess on […]

Regarding excise duty on Agriculture grade Zinc Sulphate

June 3, 2009 1363 Views 0 comment Print

Provided that the benefit of this notification shall not be admissible unless the unit claiming the benefit of this notification pays an amount equivalent to the cenvat credit attributable to inputs and input services used in, or in relation to the manufacture of said goods:

Classification of Coconut Oil packed in small containers

June 3, 2009 2368 Views 0 comment Print

Circular No. 890/10/2009-CX For the purposes of uniformity with respect to classification of ‘coconut oil’ packed in small containers and levy of excise duty, to issue the following instructions. Same issue was examined in the year 1995 but subsequently the Central Excise Tariff was amended w.e.f. 28.2.2005 and therefore, the issue has been re-examined.

Nomination of Chartered Accountants u/s 14A and 14AA of the Central Excise Act, 1944 for special audit

June 2, 2009 3993 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI given the proposal of for Nomination of Chartered Accountants u/s 14A and 14AA of the Central Excise Act, 1944 for special audit. Copy of letter written by ICAI President CA. UTTAM PRAKASH AGARWAL to The Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs is as follows:- No.1-CA(Rep Com) /2009,  Dated: 2nd June, 2009 The Chairman, Central Board of Excise […]

CBI arrested excise Inspector accepting bribe

May 26, 2009 1496 Views 0 comment Print

THE CBI has arrested an Inspector of Customs & Central Excise posted in the office of Commissioner, Central Excise, CR Building, ITO, New Delhi for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 8,000/- from the complainant. The complainant, an Accountant in a private firm had deposited a bank guarantee of Rs.1,00,000/ – with Central Excise […]

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