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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


Circular No. 862/20/2007-Central Excise, Dated: 27.12.2007

December 27, 2007 2026 Views 0 comment Print

The undersigned is directed to refer to notification No.42/2007-C.E.(N.T) dated 27.12.2007, wherein amendments have been carried out in the Central Excise (Compounding of Offences) Rules, 2005

Optional compounded levy scheme on pan masala

December 19, 2007 2086 Views 0 comment Print

Except in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Central Government may by notification specify in this behalf, no rebate of excise duty shall be granted under rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules,2002, in respect of specified goods manufactured in the premises for which special procedure under this notification has been availed and exported out of India.

Notification No 41 /2007- Central Excise (N.T.); dated: 19.12.2001

December 19, 2007 586 Views 0 comment Print

In exen3lbC of the powers conferred by sub-section (1B) of section 35B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Board of Excise and Cusiorns hereby makes the fallowing further arnondrnent5 in the 110tifiCalitifi of the Government et India, Ministry di Finance, Department of Revenue.

Circular No. 861/19/2007-Central Excise, Dated: 07.12.2007

December 7, 2007 523 Views 0 comment Print

Para I: (a)- Filing of returns (Central Excise and Service Tax) – As a transitional measure, the returns for the month of November, 2007 ( to be filed in December, 2007) will be filed with the erstwhile jurisdictional officers and the returns for the month of December, 2007, onwards shall be filed in the LTU.

Notification No. 40/2007-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated: 30.11.2007

November 30, 2007 397 Views 0 comment Print

In pursuance of the provisions of sub- rule (ea) of rule 2 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, made under Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and sub-rule (cccc) of rule 2 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, made under Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.20/2006-Central Excise (N.T), published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 609(E), dated the 30th September, 2006, namely.

Circular No. 860/18/2007-Central Excise, Dated: 22.11.2007

November 22, 2007 4945 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to refer to Boards circular no. 736/52/2003-CX dated 11.08.2003 on the above subject. Vide this circular, the facility of self-sealing was extended to all categories of manufacturer-exporters. In this regard, references have been received from field formations that in spite of this facility being available to the exporters, a large number of exporters prefer stuffing and sealing of export containers in the presence of Central Excise officers.

Circular No. 859/17/2007-Central Excise, Dated: 13.11.2007

November 13, 2007 1609 Views 0 comment Print

in sub-para (b) of para 2, for the words and figures the proper officer shall issue a certificate in Form C.T.-3 annexed to the notification as Annexure-VI in quadruplicate, the words and figures the proper officer shall issue a certificate in Form C.T.-3 annexed to the circular as Annexure-A in quadruplicate shall be substituted

Notification No. 39/2007-Central Excise (N.T.); dated: 13.11.2007

November 13, 2007 1198 Views 0 comment Print

The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) Extraordinary vide notification No. 23/2004-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 10th September, 2004, G.S.R. 600 (E), dated the 10th September 2004, and subsequently amended by notification No. 35/2007-Central Excise (N.T.). dated the 14th September 2007, G.S.R. 596 (E), dated the 14th September, 2007.

Circular No. 858/16/2007-Central Excise, Dated: 08.11.2007

November 8, 2007 1810 Views 0 comment Print

It is clarified that para- 2 of the said circular stands amended to the extent that in case, credit taken on inputs used in the manufacture of the said goods cleared under notification No.14/2002-CE or notification No. 30/2004-CE, has been reversed before utilization, it would amount to credit not having been taken.

Circular No. 857/15/2007-Central Excise, Dated: 02.11.2007

November 2, 2007 4702 Views 0 comment Print

I am directed to invite your attention to Board’s circular No. 809/6/2005-CX dated 01.03.2005, wherein the procedure relating to sanction and pre-audit of refund/rebate claims has been prescribed. It has been brought to the notice of the Board that various court judgments have held that the procedure of pre-audit before sanction of refund amounts to interference with the quasi-judicial function of the refund sanctioning authority

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