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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 Mumbai held that Rule 16(2) of the Central Excise Rules does not mandate that remanufactured goods be supplied back to the ...
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 : 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...
I am directed to say that the issue whether the amount of “Dharmada” collected from the buyers by the assessee is includible in the assessable value or not has been subject matter of dispute in a number of cases. Recently, this issue again came up before the Hon”ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal Nos. 7900-7902/95 in the case of CCE, Allahabad v. M/s. Panchmukhi Engg. Works & Ors. and the Hon”ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 28-11-2002 allowed the appeals in favour of Revenue.
I am directed to refer to Board’s Circular No.752/78/2003-CX dated 1st October, 2003. Clarification has been sought with regard to the cases that have been remanded by the appellate authorities for denovo adjudications. The issue is as to which level of officers would adjudicate such cases remanded back for de novo adjudication, whether an officer of the rank of one who originally adjudicated the cases or the one as per the revised monetary limit contained in the circular referred to.
I am directed to refer to Board’s letter F. No. 111/4/85-CX.3 dated 5th June 1985 on the above subject, wherein it was stated that all claims relating to grant of refund of duty on petrol upto a limit of Rs. 2,000/- may be sanctioned by the Assistant Collector (Technical), wherever such a post exists in a Collectorate and in such cases, claims of refund of duty on petrol exceeding Rs . 2000/- may be sanctioned by the Deputy Collector (P&E) of the Collectorate .
(1) The principal notification No. 49/2003-Central Excise, dated the 10th June, 2003, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary [G.S.R. 471(E), dated the 10th June 2003] and was last amended by notification No. 54/2003-Central Excise, dated the 20th June, 2003 [G.S.R. 506 {E}, dated the 10th June, 2003.
In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 9 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), number 35/2001-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 26th June, 2001
I am directed to say that the Board has received representation from manufacturers of hand rolled cheroots of tobacco falling under Sub-Heading No.2402.00 of Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 regarding difficulties being faced by them in following the existing procedure for registration. They have represented that the hand rolled cheroot manufacturing is an agriculture based industry in the non-mechanised sector and the rollers are illiterate labourers engaged on daily wages
The undersigned is directed to state that some doubts have arisen regarding applicability of notification nos. 34/2003-CE and 35/2003-CE, both dated 30.04.2003 in cases of readymade garments or the grey fabric manufactured on job work.
For the purposes of this notification, Maritime Commissioner means the Commissioner of Central Excise under whose jurisdiction one or more of the port, airport, land customs station or post office of exportation, is located.
In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.40/2001-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 26th June, 2001
I am directed to say that as you are aware that an exporter can execute bond or the Letter of Undertaking for export of goods without payment of excise duty or file claims of rebate of duty paid on finished goods exported with the Maritime Commissioner. Presently, the Maritime Commissioners are located at 10 places for the purpose of filing rebate claims vide notification No.40/2001-CE( N.T.), dated the 26th June, 2001
