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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...
CESTAT Bangalore held that differential duty demand for extended period of limitation unsustainable in absence of suppression of fact. Accordingly, interest and penalty for extended period set aside.
ITAT Delhi ruled in favor of appellant, holding that they had indeed complied with statutory notice and therefore levy of penalty under section 272A(1)(d) of the Act was not justifiable
CESTAT held that services such as Courier Agency, Exhibition, Insurance, Internet fall under Input Service, thus qualifies for Cenvat credit
CESTAT Chennai held that differential duty demand unsustainable as invoices for purchase of raw materials and invoices for clearances of finished products indicate that the appellant is an independent manufacturer.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has secured a conviction in a disproportionate assets case, sentencing former Deputy Commissioner, Shri P.R. Vijayan, and four of his family members to two years of rigorous imprisonment. The accused were found guilty of amassing assets worth Rs. 79,93,859/- during the period from July 2003 to July 2005, exceeding their […]
Analysis of CESTAT Mumbai case – Commissioner’s order lacking reasoning set aside, violating justice principles. Learn the details, issues, and the remand decision.
Universal Packaging Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Mumbai) The legality of availing Small Scale Industries (SSI) exemption without including the value of supplies to Merchant Exporters has been challenged in four appeals. The appellant, a manufacturer of Corrugated Carton Boxes, had availed the SSI exemption under Notification No. 8/2003. However, periodic show-cause notices were […]
CESTAT overturned the decision to demand excise duty based on the differential quantity of goods as per the ER-1 returns and the audited books of accounts. The tribunal determined that the discrepancy between the values mentioned in the RG-1 and the physical stock statement provided by the assessee was inherently inaccurate, as both values were estimated.
However, the lower authorities failed to verify the documents before reaching a conclusion. Therefore, the Appellant is granted another opportunity to present the necessary documents to the Adjudicating Authority.
CESTAT allows CENVAT Credit to a sugar and molasses manufacturer for insurance and consultancy services
