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Excise Duty : Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2025 introduces a standalone statutory cess aimed at funding national health ...
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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. 414/47/98-CX “From the perusal of the order we find that the Superintendent has placed the draft appeal along with the grounds of appeal and put up for approval with the authorisation letter before the Collector. There is no indication whether Collector had applied his mind with reference to the impugned order for filling appeal or not. There was no mention of his approval for filing the appeal.
Circular No. 413/46/98-CX It has recently come to Board”s notice that in a number of cases. CEGAT has dismissed the Department”s appeals on the Technical ground That these did not have proper authorisation by the concerned Commissioners, even though the merits of the cases were prima faciein favour of the Department. But for the aforesaid deficiency in authorisation required to be issued by the concerned Commissioners, the chances of success of Revenue appeals were quite high.
Circular No. 412/45/98-CX It has been brought to the notice of the Board that Trade & Industry is facing problem in the availment of Modvat credit of the duty paid on inputs on the basis of the original copy of the invoice in case where the duplicate copy of the invoice is lost in transit.
To create a level playing field for the domestic manufacturers of marine freight containers the notification exempts the marine freight containers from payment of duty when cleared from 100% EOU into DTA for exports.
manufactured by a manufacturer of newsprint specified under Schedule 1 of the Newsprint Control Order, 1962, and supplied against a purchase order placed upon such manufacturer by a newspaper which is registered by the Registrar of Newspapers of India under the provisions of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1
Circular No. 407/40/98-CX I am directed to say that it has been brought to the notice of the Board that the rebates are not being sanctioned to the exporters who paid duty from the “deemed credit register” on the processed fabrics, especially where duty paid fabrics were used in the manufacture of made-up articles and rebate was claimed under the provisions of rule 12(1)(b) of the Central Excise Rules, 1944.
Circular No. 409/42/98-CX As you are aware, in pursuance of the Supreme Court”s decision for reducing litigation between one Govt. Department and another, a Committee on Disputes was created in the Cabinet Sectt. to examine the disputes and give clearance or otherwise to pursue the litigation. Accordingly, Board started receiving a number of proposals from different Commissionerates.
Circular No. 406/39/98-CX I am directed to draw your attention to Board”s Circular No. 212/46/96-CX dated 20.5.96 from F.No. 209/16/96-CX.6 whereby the units exempted from obtaining registration under rule 174 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 have been provided a Simplified Export Procedure. Your attention is also drawn to Notification No. 22/98-CE(NT) dated 4th June, 1998 whereby for specified categories of small scale manufacturers availing exemption based on value of clearances,
Circular No.405/38/98-CX It has come to the notice of the Board that Commissioner forward in certain cases proposals for review of the Supreme Court decisions which are adverse to revenue. These proposals in most cases do not give any detailed reasons with facts and earlier case laws on the issues which may justify the Hon”ble Court being approached for a review/ reconsideration of their order. Copies of the relevant documents on records, various judgements, copies of authoritative opinion of experts/ trade organisations/ bodies or extracts from authentic technical books etc
Circular No. 404/37/98-CX The issue regarding inclusion of notional interest on advance deposits in the assessable value of excisable goods has been re-examined by the Board in view of several references received from the field formations and the trade seeking clarifications.
