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Excise Duty Cut on Petrol and Diesel: A Bold Governance Move Amid War

Excise Duty : India reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to offset rising global crude prices due to geopolitical tensions. The move aimed t...

March 27, 2026 3657 Views 0 comment Print

Notes on Health Security se National Security (HSsNS) Cess Act, 2025

Excise Duty : Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2025 introduces a standalone statutory cess aimed at funding national health ...

January 18, 2026 3159 Views 1 comment Print

Interest on Excise Duty Not Payable in Revenue-Neutral Situations: Calcutta HC

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...

January 16, 2026 729 Views 0 comment Print

Bought-Out Items Excluded from Excise Value for CKD Plant Supplies: SC

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...

December 17, 2025 585 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise Act 2025: Reshapes Tobacco Taxation Landscape

Excise Duty : Discover how the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 revamps tobacco taxation, introducing steep excise duties on cigarettes, che...

December 17, 2025 20997 Views 2 comments Print


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CBI Court Sentences Ex-Central Excise Officer

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...

February 28, 2026 3532 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise and Service Tax Inspector Jailed for Disproportionate Assets

Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...

January 7, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs for Health Security se National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2026 & HSNS Cess Rules, 2026

Excise Duty : The FAQs confirm that cess is computed on maximum rated machine speed rather than actual production. This ensures certainty in tax...

January 5, 2026 3348 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Machine-Based levy in case of Chewing Tobacco, Jarda Scented Tobacco & Gutkha

Excise Duty : The FAQs clarify how excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda, and gutkha will be levied based on packing machine capacity rather tha...

January 4, 2026 1917 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Guidelines for Online Filing of Appeals

Excise Duty : CESTAT issues instructions for e-filing appeals, detailing registration, filing process, documents, fees, and compliance with Proc...

October 1, 2025 3624 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit as Rule 16 Not Requires Goods to Be Returned to Same Buyer

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 ...

June 10, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied for Plant Maintenance Services Misclassified as Civil Construction: CESTAT Delhi

Excise Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that works contract services used for repair and maintenance of existing plant and machinery qualify as input se...

June 9, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit Demand Set Aside as Export Turnover Cannot Be Included in Exempted Turnover

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that exports made under Notification No. 30/2004-CE and the DEPB scheme cannot be included in exempted turnove...

June 8, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Excise Penalty Quashed as Duty and Interest Were Paid Before Show Cause Notice

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-...

June 7, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Export Turnover Cannot Be Added for Rule 6 Credit Reversal

Excise Duty : CESTAT held that where the value of goods sent for job work had already been considered for credit reversal purposes, including it...

June 5, 2026 342 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Lakshadweep Introduces New Excise Law to Regulate Liquor Trade and Consumption

Excise Duty : The Lakshadweep Excise Regulation, 2026 establishes a comprehensive framework for licensing, manufacture, sale, transport, and con...

June 6, 2026 237 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises ATF Export Duty Rate From 1 June 2026

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 ...

May 30, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises SAED Rates on Petrol and Diesel Exports WEF 1st June 2026

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 ...

May 30, 2026 216 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Raises SAED on ATF Exports to Rs. 16 per Litre from 16 May 2026

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...

May 15, 2026 336 Views 0 comment Print

SAED on Petrol and Diesel Exports Revised from 16 May 2026

Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance amended the central excise notification issued in March 2026 by revising rates applicable to specified goo...

May 15, 2026 483 Views 0 comment Print


Department cannot insist to avail particular option under Rule 6

May 20, 2016 2332 Views 0 comment Print

They were availing Cenvat credit of education cess paid on the inputs used by them in the manufacture of tractors. The tractors manufactured by the appellants are exempted from payment of excise duty vide Notification No. 23/2004-CE dated 09/07/2004.

Excise on jewellery: CBEC invite suggestions on Procedural Issues

May 20, 2016 2959 Views 0 comment Print

Associations related to the Jewellery trade may send their representation by 28th of May, 2016 on the procedural issues related to the imposition of Central Excise duty on articles of jewellery in the Union Budget 2016-17.

Penalty on Firms than No separate penalty on partners

May 19, 2016 4393 Views 0 comment Print

Once partnership firm penalized, separate penalty not imposable upon partner of the firm because the partner is not a separate legal entity as there is no difference between the partner and the partnership firm.

Appointment/extension of tenure of SPPs handling CBEC cases Reg

May 19, 2016 1678 Views 0 comment Print

The Board vide Instruction dated 29.2.2016 (copy available on CBEC Website) has prescribed the procedure for selection of Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) for handling CBEC cases before the Subordinate Courts/Courts of Session and High Court. Para ‘2’ of the said Instruction dated 29.02.2016, inter alia, provides times lines for processing and forwarding the proposal to Board.

Budget 2016: New Issues in Service Tax, Excise, Customs Duty

May 19, 2016 10519 Views 1 comment Print

We are summarising herewith broader changes in the arena of Indirect Taxes, majorly Service tax coupled with analyses of the two sides of the Union Budget, 2016 along with highlighting some of the key areas requiring immediate attention of the Board:

Limitation in Recovery of delayed interest payment of Excise Duty

May 19, 2016 12697 Views 3 comments Print

The judicial precedent always plays vital role to clarify the law particularly when statute is not clear cut in regard to any issue. There is the same situation in the case of demand of interest on delayed payment of Central Excise Duty. The Central Excise Act, 1944 provides provision for recovery of interest under Section 11AA.

Excise on jewellery: Constitution of sub-committee of HL Committee

May 18, 2016 1516 Views 0 comment Print

Circular, nominating trade representatives in the Sub-Committee of the High level Committee, on the issue of imposition of Central Excise duty on articles of jewellery in the Union budget 2016-17.

Partial excise exemption on bio-diesel fuel till 31.03.2017

May 17, 2016 2113 Views 0 comment Print

The following goods for use in the manufacture of alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids obtained from vegetable oils, commonly known as bio-diesels, namely:- (i) RBD Palm Stearin (ii) Methanol (iii) Sodium Methoxide.

All about Filing of Advance Ruling under Central Excise Act,1944

May 17, 2016 5320 Views 0 comment Print

INTRODUCTION AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS CENTRAL EXCISE Advance rulings enable foreign investors to know in advance into certainty their indirect tax duty liability on production and manufacture of goods in India.2. Relevant provisions for obtaining an advance ruling are contained in Chapter IIIA in the Central Excise Act, 1944; 2.1. The Central Excise (Advance Rulings) […]

No Cenvat Credit on MS Channels, Angles to Tower Infra Companies

May 15, 2016 3715 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case, duty paid items are MS Angles and Channels/Shelters which are brought to the site installed/erected and further put to use for mounting/installing telecommunication antenna and other equipment.

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