Excise Duty : Explore the Madras High Courts decision in India Cement Limited v. Commissioner of Customs, allowing Cenvat credit for electricity...
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Excise Duty : CESTAT, Kolkata made a significant ruling regarding the amendment in Rule 14 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004. Previous version of the...
Excise Duty : A vexed issue, being eligibility of CENVAT credit on Sales Commission Agent's Services, post the judgment of the Hon’ble Gujarat...
Excise Duty : Introduction of CENVAT credit rules across goods and services in the year 2004 was one of the major steps in indirect taxes reform...
Excise Duty : We observed instances of non-submission of various prescribed returns by the assessees. Non-submission of returns would hinder th...
Excise Duty : However, the said goods would be exempt from excise duty subject to non availment of Cenvat credit on input. [Notification No 30/2...
Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Gulmohar Park Mall Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner of Central Excise And Service Tax (CESTAT Ahmedabad) wher...
Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of Sai Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd Vs C.C.-Ahmedabad (CESTAT Ahmedabad) where CESTAT rules on procedur...
Service Tax : CESTAT set aside demand of service tax on amounts received as booking cancellation charges, price difference & corporate discount,...
Excise Duty : Gauhati High Court rules no mandatory installation of capital goods in the year of procurement for Cenvat credit eligibility. Key ...
Excise Duty : In Combitic Global Caplet Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, Bombay High Court mandates cash refund instead of CENVAT credit for excess ...
Service Tax : Is reversal under rule 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules 2004 additionally required for all the services specified in notification 2...
Goods and Services Tax : The CENVAT credit of service tax paid under section 66B of the Finance Act, 1994 was available as transitional credit under sectio...
Excise Duty : CENVAT credit. - (1) A manufacturer or producer of final products shall be allowed to take credit (hereinafter referred to as the ...
Excise Duty : I am directed to invite your attention to the landmark judgement of the CESTAT Larger Bench in the case of Vandana Global Ltd. V/s...
Excise Duty : It has been brought to the notice of the Board that some of the manufacturers of exempted goods are exporting such goods under bon...
Samir Transport Company Vs C.C.E & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) In the present case the penalty was imposed on the appellants under Rule 26 (2) of Central Excise Rules, 2002. In connection with fraudulent passing of cenvat credit on the invoices issued by M/s Accord Industries Limited to M/s Archon Engicon Limited. The fact is not […]
Reliance Industries Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabed) The limited issue to be decided in the present case is that when the appellant were granted the refund of excess reversal of cenvat credit whether they are entitled for the interest for the delayed sanction of refund in terms of Section 11 BB. I find […]
Gujarat Metal Cast Industries Ltd. Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT held that if the sale of goods is on FOR, freight is included in assessable value on which excise duty was paid and the freight was not separately charged to the customer of the goods, the assessee is entitled for the Cenvat Credit. […]
Manikgarh Cement Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Mumbai) The question that arises is whether ‘welding electrodes’ are ‘consumables’ as held by the original authority or are used in the manufacture of excisable goods and, therefore, eligible for MODVAT credit as claimed by the assessee. It is the claim of the appellant that within ‘capital […]
It is not in dispute that the said electricity is supplied to the factory of the respondent and the same is used for manufacturing activity. Merely because the wind generation plant is situated far away from the manufacturing activity, credit cannot be denied.
Principle of ‘user test’ also need to be considered while deciding the entitlement of assessee to avail CENVAT Credit as laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CCE Vs. Rajasthan Spinning & Weaving Mills Limited 2010 (255) ELT 481 (SC).
Aurum Pharmachem Private Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST & Excise (CESTAT Kolkata) Issue that has to be considered in the present appeal is whether the Appellant not having maintained separate accounts in respect of the common input services used for manufacture of dutiable final products as well as exempted goods is mandatorily required to pay […]
CESTAT Chennai held that levy of excise on bagasse and press mud was under litigation, hence the amount of credit reversed under Rule 6(3A) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 has been reversed under protest and refund claim of such reversal done under protest is not hit by time-bar.
CESTAT find that, had the appellant not utilized the Cenvat credit of EC & SHEC for payment of output tax/duty in December 2016, the same would have become refundable as on 30/06/2017.
CESTAT Mumbai held that amended rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 prescribes the formula for claiming refund of service tax by the service provider. Under such amended rule in vogue, there is no requirement of satisfying the nexus between the input service and the output service and hence order rejecting refund claim for the finding on nexus is not in accordance with law.
