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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 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...
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No. 64/95-C.E. dated 16th March, 1995 [G.S.R. 256(E), dated the 16th March, 1995] and was last amended by notification No. 46/2000-Central Excise, dated the 28th August, 2000[G.S.R.680(E), dated the 28th August, 2000.
Circular No 551/47/2000-CX I am directed to refer to instructions issued by the Board under Circular No.491/57/99- CX (F.N0.206/10/99-CX.6) dated 28th October, 1999 regarding implementation of Excise Audit-2000 and other subsequent instructions issued thereafter by Circular No.514/10/2000-CX dated 16th February, 2000 and by D.O. of Member, Central Excise of even number dated 19th July, 2000 and to say that initially it was decided that for the first six months,
Notification No. 6/97-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 1997 was published vide G.S.R.112 (E), dated the 1st March, 1997 and was last amended by notification No. 11/2000-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2000 [G.S.R. 189(E), dated the 1st March, 2000.
Circular No. 550/46/2000-CX Please refer to Board”s circular No. 519/15/2000-CX dated 03/03/2000 issued from F.No. 390/31/2000-JC vide which Commissioners were directed to forward comments on appeals filed by assessees in a prescribed proforma. Despite issue of aforesaid circular, there is no appreciable improvement in forwarding of relevant papers to the Board after receipt of the same in commissionerate. The Commissioners should be aware that the Central Board of Excise
Circular No.549/45/2000..CX.I Attention is drawn to Board” s Circular No. 223/ 57/96-CX (F.N0.332/85/94-TRU). dated 21.06.1996. In the circular, it was mentioned that prices of the petroleum products falling under the category of “formula products” are determined taking into account number of factors by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Moreover number of petroleum products falling under this category are generally transported from the refineries to the warehouses, known as storage points.
Circular No.548/44/2000-CX The matter relating to classification of plastic grills used in air conditioners was earlier examined by the Board and by issue of circular No.121/32/95 dated 2.5.1995 it was clarified that plastic grills used in air conditioners are identifiable parts of air conditioners and are more appropriately classifiable under heading 84.15 of Central Excise Tariff. The same ratio was made applicable to steel and aluminium grills used in air conditioners vide circular No.227/61/96 dated 4.7.96
Trade Notice No. 33/2000 Attention of the Trade is invited to this Commissioner ate Trade notice No. 13/2000 dated 31.3.2000 and trade notice no. 20/2000 dated 26.4.2000. Consequent upon the amendment in Central Excise Rules with effect from 1.4.2000 allowing the Central Excise assessees to pay duty on fortnightly basis instead of payments consignment – wise, it became essential to review the format of Returns being submitted by assessees. Notification No. 48/2000-CX(NT) dated 18th August, 2000 (copy enclosed) has since been issued whereby new RT-12 Form has been prescribed,
Circular No. 546/42/2000-CX I am directed to refer to Board”s Circular No. 62/90-CX.3, dated the 7th December, 1990 (vide F.No. 112/9/90-CX.3) on the subject cited above. In the circular, it was interalia clarified on the basis of opinion given by the Chief Chemist that the ultramarine blue in bulk form is appropriately classifiable under chapter heading 32.06; and the same when put up in small packings,
Circular No. 545/41/2000-CX I am directed to refer to Board”s Circul;ar No. 28/90.CX.4 dated 20.7.90 based recommendation of Tariff Conference, issued from F.No. 139/23/90-CX.4 dated 20.7.90 regarding classification of Steel Tubular Poles and to say that the matter has been re-examined on dismissal of Department”s appeal by the Supreme Court filed against CEGAT decision in the case M/s Quality Steel Products Pvt. Ltd. [1993 (65) ELT 513 (T). The Hon”ble Supreme Court in the case of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd
Circular No. 544/40/2000-CX Please refer to the instructions issued by the Board from time to time on scrutiny of CEGAT’s/High Court”s Orders by Commissioners and forwarding of proposals to the Board for filing of civil appeals/SLPs. It has been observed that one long standing problem faced by the Department is with regard to furnishing of up to date information on the status of connected matters relied upon in the impugned order/Deptt”s appeal, to the Court at the time of final hearing.
