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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...
Circular No. 452/18/99-CX I am directed to invite reference to Board”s Circular No. 410/43/98-CX dated 30.7.98 regarding finalization of pending assessments on the basis of orders issued by Central Board of Excise and Customs under Section 37B. It was clarified that an order issued under Section 37B has only prospective effect from the date of its issue, however, demands can be raised for the last six months under section 11A of Central Excise Act, 1944.
Circular No. 451/17/99-CX I am directed to say that the trade and industry has represented that often different duty-paid excisable goods manufactured in two different units of a manufacturer/management are required to be loaded in the same conveyance for delivery to the consignee. Under the present rule 173H(3), the Chief Commissioner is empowered to give such permission.
Circular No. 450/16/99-CX The Board has been perturbed with the increasing pendency of appeals including stay petitions with commissioners (Appeals). Since as per Board”s instructions issued in June, 1998 no coercive action for recovery of duty/penalty involved in the appeal is normally to be taken by field officers till the disposal of stay petitions by the Commissioners (Appeals), delay in disposal of such stay petitions comes in the way of recovery of Government”s legitimate duties.
the manufacturer maintains an account of the quantity of cement cleared in bulk from the factory, the quantity of the cement received at the declared bagging plant, and the cement cleared in bags from the bagging plant thereafte.
Circular No. 449/15/99-CX References have been received from the field formations regarding doubts on the dutiability of waste packages/containers used for packaging Modvatable inputs when cleared from the factory of manufacturer availing Modvat Credit. The doubt arose in view of conflicting judgments of CEGAT rendered in the case of M/s. West Coast Industrial Gases Ltd. v. CCE, cochin reported in 1996 (83) ELT (358 CEGAT and in the case of M/s IOL v. CCE reported in 1993 (68) ELT (624).
Circular No. 448/14/99-CX I am directed to refer to the provisions of Notification No. 56/98-Cus. dated 1.8.98 (earlier Notification No. 29/98 dated 2.6.98 and 34/98 dated 13.6.98). In terms of serial no. 12 of the table annexed to this notification and mutates mutandis, under the corresponding entries in the earlier notifications , all the goods falling within the first schedule to the Customs Tariff Act which are imported for sale as such, other than by way of high sea sale,
Circular No. 447/13/99-CX I am directed to say that on dismissal of Departments appeals by Supreme Court on 2.9.97 in the case of CCE v. M/s Ram Body Builders [1997 (94) ELT 442 (SC)], various references have been received for a clarification regarding the Department”s stand on classification of body built on duty paid chassis by the independent body builders
Circular No. 446/12/99-CX A dispute has been raised regarding classification of “Phenyl” manufactured by M/s. Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., whether under sub-heading 3808.90 – as others or 3808.10 – as pesticide.
Circular No. 445/11/99-CX Your attention is drawn to the Para 7 of the Circular which specifies the procedure for examination of goods at the port/place of export in cases goods are cleared under the aforesaid special facility. Subsequently, the Customs Wing of the Board has issued a comprehensive Circular (no. 90/98 – Cus. IV dated 08.12.98) on the manner of examination at the port/place of export,
Circular No. 444/9/99-CX I am directed to draw your attention to Board”s Circular No. 5/83-CX.6 ( F.No. 210/29/81-CX.6) dated 10.3.83, wherein it has been directed, inter alia, that immediately on receipt of objection from the Accountant-General”s Audit Party, demand-cum-show-notice should be issued without any loss of time even if the Central Excise Officers do not agree with the Audit”s point of view and such demand-cum-show-cause-notice may be withdrawn where Department”s stand is ultimately accepted by the Accountant General”s Office and the objective is settled.
