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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...
For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this notification, “Mineral” does not include crude petroleum oils and the expression “Mineral based” shall be construed accordingly.
Spcfd. new/expanded industrial units in Assam/Tripura : exempt from basic & addl. duties equivalent to duty paid by manufacturer from account current.
Circular No. 468/34/99-CX I am directed to say that the progress in Central Excise Computerization was reviewed by the board in a meeting held on 22.6.99. It has noted that 42 Commissionerates have started capturing assessee profile (ECCMAST) and the monthly returns (RT-12). More Commissionerates are expected to commence this job shortly. The quality of the data is still not satisfactory but it was felt that a period of six moths will be adequate to improve quality to the desired level.
Circular No. 467/33/99-CX the personnel selected for audit work should be those having sufficient knowledge of Central Excise Rules and procedures. The executive personnel viz. Inspectors selected for audit should have a minimum of 5 years service in that cadre, preferably in a Range. The tenure of the incumbent who would be getting special pay, will be in 3 years
Circular No. 466/32/99-CX All instruction / clarifications would be issued by the board only through numbered circulars as hitherto. In case any clarification / instruction having relevance for all field formation is issued to a particular commissioner without being numbered, such cases should be referred back to the concerned section of the Board for issue of a numbered circular.
Circular No. 465/31/99-CX I am directed to say that the trade and industry has represented before the High Powered Committee on Transaction Costs, for certain modifications in the procedures, especially relating to exports which will ultimately ensure reduction in the transaction costs for the exporters.
Circular No. 464/30/99-CX This is with reference to manufacture of particle boards (plain and pre-laminated) made from sugarcane bagasse and other agricultural wastes. during the process of manufacture specially developed binders and mixed with the agricultural residues like dried sugarcane bagasse. These binder/resin/glues are specifically developed and made by the industry only for captive consumption and not for external sale.
Circular No. 463/29/99-CX Zafrani Zarda & Pan Masala Association of India has represented that their member units are engaged in manufacture of pan masala falling under chapter heading 21.06 and marketing in pouches of varous sizes, i.e. 2 gms, 4 gms., and 20 gms. The pouches are filled inby the automatic form fill and seal machines which are certified for weient by the competent authority under Section 37 of the Standards of Weights
Circular No. 462/28/99-CX I am directed to say that a doubt has arisen whether the rebate of central excise duty paid processed textiles fabrics notified under section 3A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 for the period 16.12.98 (the day processed fabrics were covered were covered under this levy based on capacity of production) and 15.2.99 (the preceding day to the date when notifications providing method of computation of rebate were issued) can be granted in respect of the goods removed from the factory of independent manufacturers and exported
Circular No. 461/27/99-CX Your attention is invited to Board”s earlier Circular No. 7/90-CX.3 dated 23.2.90 regarding Central Excise classification of products made out of combination of plastics and material other than textiles.
