Cestat judgments

Hanil Automotive India Pvt.Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Customs-III (CESTAT Chennai) The CESTAT Chennai has held that the declared prices cannot be reviewed without any evidence to the effect that the relation between the appellant and the foreign supplier has influenced the declared price or to the effect that there was a flow back of money [...

CESTAT Bangalore, in M/S. Anheuser Busch Inbev India Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Tax [Service Tax Appeal No. 20374 of 2020, decided on February 18, 2021] held that no service tax under reverse charge mechanism is payable on the license fee and other application fee paid to the State Excise department for grant of liquor license. Furth...

he appellants were not maintaining separate records of receipt, consumption of inventory of inputs and input services in terms of Rule 6(2) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 and therefore, they opted to pay CENVAT Credit as determined under Rule 6(3A) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 in terms of Rule 6(3)(ii) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004....

Transpeed Logistics Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Delhi) Regulation 10(n) of Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 requires the Customs Broker to verify the correctness of Importer/Exporter Code Number, Service Tax Identification Number, identity card of the client and functioning of the client at the declared address...

Bhardwaj Infrastructure Private Limited Vs Commissioner, Central Goods & Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) Learned Counsel pointed out that there are 28 contracts in respect of which demand has been made. Learned Counsel stated that they have paid the service tax in respect of Serial Number 14 and 20 of the said list and these are […]...

Sak Soft Limited Vs Commissioner Of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) ld. Counsel for appellant has also raised an argument that the demand under MRSA cannot sustain for the period prior to 16.5.2008 when the transactions of the very same nature have been subjected to service tax under Information Technology Software Services afte...

Service rendered by Tata Sons Ltd. under BEBP agreement  between Tata Steel Ltd. and Tata Sons Ltd. was eligible as 'input service' for TSL and the service tax paid was available as cenvat credit to TSL under the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004....

The goods imported by assessee, such as, Big Cola, Big Orange Cola, Big Lemon etc., which they described as 'carbonated beverage with fruit juice' were neither carbonated beverage alone nor fruit juice alone gave the essential character of the products in question; both contribute to its essential character. The issue could not be resolve...

All the services related to transmission and distribution of electricity were bundled services, as contemplated under section 66F(3) of the Finance Act, and were required to be treated as a provision of a single service of transmission and distribution of electricity, which service was exempted from payment of service tax. Thus, it was no...

Initially, the adjudicating authority rejected the refund claim holding that the appellant has not contested the service tax liability, therefore, the refund claim of service tax paid is not admissible....