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Tax Recovery Proceedings Under GST Law

Goods and Services Tax : Explains when recovery proceedings are triggered after a confirmed tax demand. Highlights that non-payment within the prescribed p...

April 17, 2026 1197 Views 0 comment Print

Safari Retreats decision cannot be mechanically applied to all CENVAT Credit Rule cases

Excise Duty : CESTAT remands Kohler India case, stating Supreme Court's Safari Retreats judgment under CGST cannot be mechanically applied to CE...

July 16, 2025 1212 Views 0 comment Print

Demystifying Excise Duty and Cenvat Credit in A GST-Driven Supply Chain

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...

July 5, 2025 1968 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT credit can be claimed for telecom infrastructure: SC

Excise Duty : The Supreme Court upholds CENVAT credit for telecom infrastructure, ruling in favor of telecom operators on towers and shelters....

November 23, 2024 2574 Views 1 comment Print

Cenvat credit is allowed if inputs are wheeled out to sister company: Madras HC

Excise Duty : Explore the Madras High Courts decision in India Cement Limited v. Commissioner of Customs, allowing Cenvat credit for electricity...

February 29, 2024 1296 Views 0 comment Print


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Download ICAI Technical Guide to CENVAT Credit

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...

August 6, 2016 23100 Views 1 comment Print

Summary of Performance Audit on Cenvat credit scheme.

Excise Duty : We observed instances of non-submission of various prescribed returns by the assessees. Non-submission of returns would hinder th...

August 3, 2016 20674 Views 0 comment Print

Changes in Excise Duty Rates in Union Budget 2009

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...

July 11, 2009 4018 Views 0 comment Print


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CESTAT Delhi Upholds Recovery of Excise Duty as Cenvat Credit Was Not Available on 30 June 2017

Excise Duty : CESTAT ruled that wrongly availed CENVAT credit could not discharge June 2017 excise liability and sustained duty recovery with in...

July 3, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Remands CENVAT Credit Dispute as Rule 6 Reversal Was Not Properly Examined

Service Tax : CESTAT Remands CENVAT Credit Dispute Because Rule 6 Reversal Was Not Properly Examined...

July 1, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

CENVAT Credit Demand Quashed as Department Cannot Dictate Compliance Method

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that tax authorities cannot compel an assessee to adopt a particular compliance option under Rule 6 of the CENVA...

June 28, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Upholds CENVAT Credit as Service Tax Was Paid Before Credit Was Availed

Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata held that the respondent had paid the Service Tax before availing CENVAT credit on the disputed invoices. Finding n...

June 28, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit as Tippers Were Put to Use After Becoming Eligible Capital Goods

Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata held that CENVAT credit on tippers could not be denied merely because they were received before their inclusion as ...

June 23, 2026 120 Views 0 comment Print


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Provisions in Cenvat Credit Rules 2004 regarding reversal of credit

Service Tax : Is reversal under rule 6(3) of the Cenvat Credit Rules 2004 additionally required for all the services specified in notification 2...

July 5, 2019 6942 Views 0 comment Print

CGST (Amendment) Act, 2018- Clarification on Transitional Credit

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...

January 2, 2019 9609 Views 0 comment Print

CBEC notifies CENVAT Credit Rules, 2017

Excise Duty : CENVAT credit. - (1) A manufacturer or producer of final products shall be allowed to take credit (hereinafter referred to as the ...

June 30, 2017 14718 Views 0 comment Print

Availability of Cenvat Credit on inputs used in the manufacture of capital goods

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...

July 25, 2010 2453 Views 0 comment Print

Rule 5 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 – Refund of Cenvat Credit – Amendment to Notification No. 42/2001-CE (NT), dated 26-6-2001

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...

June 28, 2010 2275 Views 0 comment Print


Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Unsustainable for Genuine Accounting Entries

November 19, 2025 540 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal found no evidence of concealment since the assessee had transparently disclosed impairment, CENVAT credit treatment, and revenue recognition. It ruled that Section 271(1)(c) cannot be invoked merely because the AO made additions.

Exporters Entitled to Refund of Swachh Bharat Cess Even If Missed in Original Claim

November 2, 2025 327 Views 0 comment Print

 CESTAT Mumbai set aside an order that rejected an exporter’s supplementary claim for Swatch Bharat Cess (SBC) refund. The Tribunal ruled that Rule 5 of the Cenvat Credit Rules has no bar on filing multiple refund claims for the same period.

No ITC on compensation cess for electricity supplied to employee township

October 27, 2025 384 Views 0 comment Print

The amendment to Explanation 1(d) of Rule 43 of the CGST Rules, 2017, effected vide Notification No. 14/2022 – Central Tax dated 05.07.2022, was prospective in nature, therefore, any claim for ITC made in respect of periods antecedent to the notification could not be sustained.

Transitional CENVAT Credit Rejected Due to Missing ST-3 Returns & Documents

October 17, 2025 474 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court denies Airports Authority of India’s petition against the rejection of Rs. 9.34 Cr transitional CENVAT Credit claim, citing failure to submit supporting documents, not just a software glitch.

CESTAT Mumbai Remands CENVAT Credit Eligibility Case of Hawkins Cookers

September 25, 2025 345 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai sets aside order against Hawkins Cookers on alleged wrongful CENVAT credit of ₹68 lakh, remanding case to adjudicating authority for fresh review.

Department is under statutory obligation to refund amount to Rayban Sun Optics with interest

September 18, 2025 456 Views 0 comment Print

Rajasthan High Court held that department is under a statutory obligation to refund the amount with interest @12% p.a.. Therefore, rejection of claim of refund vide order dated 04th January 2023, is unsustainable in the eye of law.

Refund of CVD and SAD paid after Central Goods and Services Tax is granted

September 17, 2025 822 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that appellant is entitled for refund of credit admissible on account of payment of Countervailing Duty [CVD] and Special Additional Duty [SAD] paid after 01.07.2017 [paid after Central Goods and Services Tax].

Salary paid to directors is outside scope of service tax hence demand not sustained

September 17, 2025 651 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Kolkata held that any salary paid to the Directors of the Company for the service rendered by him as an employee of the company, is outside the scope of service. Accordingly, demand of service tax is not sustainable.

CESTAT Allows Cross-Utilisation of Cenvat Credit Between ER-1 & ST-3 Returns

September 8, 2025 705 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Hyderabad ruled that a company can transfer and utilize CENVAT credit between its Central Excise and service tax accounts, citing judicial precedent from the Gujarat High Court.

CENVAT Credit Refund was permissible even when exported output service was not being taxable

August 28, 2025 1152 Views 0 comment Print

Refund of CENVAT Credit was permissible on input services used in export, even if the exported output service was not taxable during the relevant period.

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