Goods and Services Tax : Explains when recovery proceedings are triggered after a confirmed tax demand. Highlights that non-payment within the prescribed p...
Excise Duty : CESTAT remands Kohler India case, stating Supreme Court's Safari Retreats judgment under CGST cannot be mechanically applied to CE...
Goods and Services Tax : An overview of India's pre-GST excise duty and CENVAT credit system, explaining how taxes were levied, credits claimed, and the ra...
Excise Duty : The Supreme Court upholds CENVAT credit for telecom infrastructure, ruling in favor of telecom operators on towers and shelters....
Excise Duty : Explore the Madras High Courts decision in India Cement Limited v. Commissioner of Customs, allowing Cenvat credit for electricity...
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...
Excise Duty : CESTAT ruled that wrongly availed CENVAT credit could not discharge June 2017 excise liability and sustained duty recovery with in...
Service Tax : CESTAT Remands CENVAT Credit Dispute Because Rule 6 Reversal Was Not Properly Examined...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that tax authorities cannot compel an assessee to adopt a particular compliance option under Rule 6 of the CENVA...
Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata held that the respondent had paid the Service Tax before availing CENVAT credit on the disputed invoices. Finding n...
Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata held that CENVAT credit on tippers could not be denied merely because they were received before their inclusion as ...
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...
Reliance Industries Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Appellant’s factory is admittedly huge existing petroleum industry and working for decades. The ECIS service was used for expansion, renovation and modernization of overall existing petroleum plant. As per inclusion clause of the definition the services relating to modernization, renovation is an admissible input service. In […]
M/s IPF Vikram Sulphonation Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST, Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) The case of the Revenue is that the Spent Acid is an exempted goods, therefore, they are liable to pay an amount of equivalent 6% of the value of such Spent Acid in terms of Rule 6(3) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, […]
Varun Beverages Limited Vs Commissioner of CGST & CX (CESTAT Kolkata) I find that the sales commission is directly attributable to sales of the products. Any activity which amounts to sale of the products is deemed to be sales promotion activity in the normal trade parlance. The commission paid on sales of the products/services with […]
Once, the appellant have reversed the Cenvat Credit proportionately, they have opted for the reversal of proportionate credit then the Revenue cannot insist for some other option which the appellant has not opted for. As regard, non-filing of the declaration, which is only the procedural requirement. Due to lapse of procedural requirement, substantial benefit of proportionate reversal of Cenvat credit cannot be objected to.
Matrix Comsee Pvt Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT find that the limited issue to be decided that whether the Appellant is entitled for cenvat credit on Courier Service. I find that the Appellant claimed that the Courier Service was used for delivery of their export goods from their factory premises to the […]
Shree Rajasthan Syntex Ltd. Vs Commissioner, Central Goods and Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The appellant have admittedly made sales on FoR destination basis. Further, it is the appellant who have borne the incidence of freight and has paid the service tax on the same. I further hold that the place of removal is the premises […]
Kriti Industries (India) Ltd. Vs Commissioner, Customs, Central Goods Service Tax & Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) While confirming a demand in relation to availment of cenvat credit of service tax paid on ‘rent-a-cab’ service, the CESTAT, Delhi bench has held that since the availment was without malafide intention, the penalty on the appellant shall be deleted. The […]
Infosys BPO Ltd Vs C.C.E & C.S.T. (CESTAT Bangalore) We find that almost all input services used by the assessee in the case in hand have been considered by various Benches as well as higher judicial fora. Larger Bench of this Tribunal in the case of CCE Vs. Span Infotech (India) Pvt. Ltd. [2018(12) GSTL […]
Hitachi Home And Life Solutions India Ltd. Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) The CESTAT, Ahmedabad bench has held that the cenvat credit cannot be denied on warranty services provided free of cost during the warranty period. The appellants approached the Tribunal challenging the order of the department denying Cenvat Credit of services provided by […]
Mangalam Cement Ltd. Vs Commissioner, Central Excise & CGST (CESTAT Delhi) Appeal is filed against denial of cenvat credit of service tax taken by the appellant on maintenance and repair work of their residential colony on the ground that the said service has no nexus with the manufacture of final product. Rule 2(l) of Cenvat […]
