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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. 258/92/96-CX I am directed to refer to instructions contained in Board”s letter F.No. 6/64/80-CX.1 dated 6.12.80, Circular F.No. 6/72/85-CX.1 dated 11.3.86 and Issue A of Section 37B order No. 24/14/93 dated 31.12.93 regarding the method to be followed for determining assessable value of goods captively consumed
Circular No. 257/91/96-CX The transshipment of goods from one vehicle to other vehicle (s) en route the destination (s) can be of two categories:- a) Where the entire quantity is transshipped from one vehicle to another vehicle, which may be on account of- (i) breakdowns
Circular No. 256/90/96-CX I am directed to say that a doubt has been raised on the classification of Henna Powder made out of natural henna leaves by the leaves by the process of grinding or pulverising. The Notfn. No. 13/95-CE dt. 16.3.95 exempted Henna Powder considering it classifiable under Chapter 32. After rescinding of Notfn. No. 13/95-CE vide Notfn. No. 19/96-CE dated 23.7.96, Henna Powder if classifiable under Chapter 32 has become liable to duty at 20% adv.
Circular No. 255/89/96-CX Attention is drawn to Board”s Circular No. 251/85/96-CX dated 14.10.96 relating to determination of assessable value on account of changes made in the Finance Act 1996-97.
Circular No. 254/88/96-CX I am directed to draw your attention to Board”s Circular No. 6/91 dated 11.4.91 wherein it was clarified that wax coated canvas cloth would merit classification under heading 59.06 of the Central Excise Tariff if there is formation of visible layer on the surface of the fabric and not merely a change of colour or some residue. If, on the other hand, there is no visible layer formation
Circular No. 252/87/96-CX I am directed to refer to the above mentioned subject and to say that the instructions contained in the letter F.No. 585/7/96 dated 29.8.96 of the Director General of Inspection, Customs and Central Excise, New Delhi (which has already been communicated to you) should be strictly followed.
Circular No. 252/86/96-CX Representations have been received by the Board regarding difficulties faced by the manufacturers in documentation where a consignment of capital goods like heavy machinery etc. which are first assembled by the manufacturer and are later dis- assembled only for the convenience of transport is loaded in more than one vehicle and travel separately.
Circular No. 251/85/96-CX In the Finance Act of 1996, definition of “place of removal” has been amended to included depot, consignments agent or any other place or premises from where the goods are sold by or on behalf of the assessee within its scope. However, time of removal for these other places of removal added in Section 4 shall be deemed to be the time at which such goods are cleared from the factory
Circular No. 250/84/96-CX-6 Attention is invited to the d.o. letter F.No. D-21019/6- Modvat/ 95/CC- CBEC dated 15th January, 1996, of Shri P.R.V. Ramanan, J.S. (Customs) addressed to all Commissioners of Central Excise. It is observed however, that only a few Commissionerates have issued Trade Notices following the same.
Circular No. 249/83/96-CX As in the past, every assessee is required to file, as per the prescribed frequency, (i.e. Quarterly for SSI units and Monthly for others) a return in the from of RT-12, which shall be accompanied by two copies of extracts of PLA and one copy of RG-23 Part- I & Part-II.
