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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 Tribunal followed its own earlier rulings in the appellant’s cases and held that the dispute was no longer open to reconsideration. The impugned order was set aside accordingly.
The Tribunal held that services of commission agents fall within the scope of “sales promotion” under Rule 2(l) of the Cenvat Credit Rules. As a result, the demand denying Cenvat credit on sales commission services was set aside.
The dispute concerned Rule 6 demands on electricity transferred outside the manufacturing unit. CESTAT held that proportionate reversal of CENVAT credit amounts to non-availment of credit, making the demand unsustainable. The appeals were allowed and the demands, interest, and penalties were set aside.
CESTAT Kolkata held that shortages of raw materials and finished goods cannot be established through mere eye estimation. The Tribunal consequently quashed excise demands, interest, and penalties based on alleged stock shortages.
CESTAT Chandigarh held that various disputed services qualified as input services under Rule 2(l) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004. The Tribunal ruled that services having a direct or indirect connection with manufacturing were eligible for Cenvat credit.
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 duties unchanged.
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 litre.
CESTAT Kolkata held that Cenvat credit on Service Tax paid for outward freight and insurance was admissible where goods were delivered at the buyer’s premises and ownership passed there. The demand was set aside on merits and limitation.
The Supreme Court held that cutting, routing, and grooving Aluminum Composite Panels for building installation does not create a new product and therefore does not amount to manufacture under the Central Excise Act. The ruling also clarified that disputes on excisability fall within the Supreme Court’s exclusive jurisdiction.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed Revenue appeals challenging banks’ eligibility for CENVAT credit on service tax paid for deposit insurance premium. The Court held that the issue already stood concluded by earlier Kerala and Bombay High Court rulings.
