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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. 148/59/95-CX I am directed to refer to Board”s Circular of even number dated 22nd September, 1994 on the subject mentioned above wherein the field formations were advised to safeguard revenue by issue of demand notices and not to take any precipitatory action.
Circular No. 147/58/95-CX I am directed to refer to notification No. 103/95-CE, dated 4th July, 1995 withdrawing the tariff values prescribed for polyester filament yarns. Consequent to removal of tariff values for polyester filament yarns, the excise duty on value addition on account of dyeing, bleaching, etc. carried out on polyester filament yarns is required to be paid on the basis of section 4 value.
Circular No. 146/57/95-CX Representations have been received from the manufacturers that some of their inputs on which modvat credit is taken by them have to be initially sent to another manufacture (job workers) for a part of process and then return the same to the manufacturers. For this purpose, the manufacturers clear the goods under Rule 57F(1) (ii) on payment of duty.
Circular No. 145/56/95-CX I am directed to say that doubts have been expressed regarding correct classification of coconut oil packed in small containers as to whether the same is classification of coconut oil packed in small containers as to whether the same is classifiable as a fixed vegetable oil under chapter 15 or as a cosmetic preparation under Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985.
Circular No. 144/55/95-CX I am directed to invite your attention to the enclosed copy of Chart showing delegation of powers under various rules relating to New Export Procedure for information
Circular No. 143/54/95-CX It has been represented to the Board that the existing description of the kit at serial number 185 of Heading A of the Schedule under the notification is slightly different from the description of the same kits which appeared at serial number 107 of Heading A of the Schedule under notification No. 208/81-Customs, which has resulted in restricting the scope of exemption to only those kits which are based on radioactive elements. The exemption on other immunoassay kits is reportedly not a available.
Circular No. 142/53/95-CX I am directed to enclose herewith a copy of judgement dated 20.3.95* passed by Hon”ble Supreme Court in CA No. 1315-18 of 1990 filed by CCE, Shillong Vs. M/s. Wood Craft Products Ltd., regarding classification of “Block Board” under the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985.
Circular No. 141/52/95-CX The production of photo-identity cards involves videography of the person, computerised capture of the videographed image, merging of the image with the data of the person already entered in the computer and the computerised printing out of the merged data and the image through a laser printer. This print out is verified, validated and pasted with the Holograms of the State emblem and then cut, folded and laminated before issue to the person.
Circular No. 140/51/95-CX In this regard it has been represented that football panel kits are unstiched part of inflatable balls and are used exclusively in the manufacture of footballs/ volley balls/ inflatable balls and that there is no other use of the same Accordingly these are classifiable under Chapter 95 as “toys, games and sports requisites”.
Circular No. 139/50/95-CX The undersigned in directed to say that during the course of briefing regarding a Parliament Question, the Finance Minister expressed concern over mounting arrears of court cases and cases and cases pending before CEGAT and Commissioners (Appeals), and emphasised the need for proper co-ordination and monitoring of such cases.
