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CA, CS, CMA : A summary of key updates for Income Tax, GST, RBI, and legal matters issued from April 7-13, 2025, including exemptions, tax forms...
Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...
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Custom Duty : CESTAT, Allahabad penalizes Commissioner for delaying Tribunal order implementation. Rs. 2,00,000 penalty imposed, and contempt pr...
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Excise Duty : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for setting up six additional Benches of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate T...
Service Tax : The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has directed JetLite (formerly Sahara Airlines Ltd) to pay Rs 100 crore (Rs 1...
Excise Duty : RECENTLY the President of India was pleased to discharge Hon'ble member of the CESTAT Mr. PK Das, just a day before he was to comp...
Custom Duty : CESTAT examined whether Bluetooth headsets should be treated as communication devices or ordinary headphones. It held that devices...
Service Tax : The Tribunal examined a service tax demand raised on the basis of DGARM data and financial statements. It held that reliance solel...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that food testing kits were wrongly described as being for “diagnostic use only” to claim a customs exemptio...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that villas constructed on separate plots under individual agreements and approvals do not constitute a reside...
Service Tax : The Tribunal held that interest under Section 75 of the Finance Act is mandatory when service tax is paid after the due date. Admi...
Custom Duty : Read Notification No. 02/2023 from CESTAT, New Delhi, introducing virtual hearings. Learn about the procedure, technical requireme...
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CA, CS, CMA : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations requesting for physical hearing of appeals. As there is improvement i...
Custom Duty : F No. 01(05)/Circular/CESTAT/2021 Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal West Block No. 2, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-11006...
Goods and Services Tax : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations at Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Hyderabad Benches of ...
CESTAT examined whether Bluetooth headsets should be treated as communication devices or ordinary headphones. It held that devices capable of transmitting and receiving voice and data in wireless networks fall under CTI 85176290.
The Tribunal examined a service tax demand raised on the basis of DGARM data and financial statements. It held that reliance solely on such material could not sustain the extended limitation period, resulting in the demand and penalties being set aside.
CESTAT Delhi held that food testing kits were wrongly described as being for “diagnostic use only” to claim a customs exemption. The Tribunal upheld the duty demand, extended limitation period, and penalties.
CESTAT Chennai held that villas constructed on separate plots under individual agreements and approvals do not constitute a residential complex. Common amenities and gated community features alone were held insufficient to attract service tax.
The Tribunal held that interest under Section 75 of the Finance Act is mandatory when service tax is paid after the due date. Administrative or procedural delays cannot override the statutory liability to pay interest.
The Tribunal held that ledger entries and computer records recovered from a third party were insufficient to establish liability under Section 112(b). Independent corroborative evidence was necessary to sustain the penalty.
CESTAT Chennai held that exports made under Notification No. 30/2004-CE and the DEPB scheme cannot be included in exempted turnover for Rule 6(3A) credit reversal. The Tribunal consequently set aside the demand for alleged short reversal of CENVAT credit.
CESTAT Chennai held that CENVAT credit cannot be denied where the assessee establishes a real and sufficient nexus between the disputed input services and its output services. The Tribunal found that the Revenue failed to prove otherwise and set aside the credit denial.
The service tax demand arose from differences between income tax records and ST-3 returns. The Tribunal ruled that Form 26AS, which formed the basis of the investigation, required proper evaluation before confirming liability.
The Tribunal found no merit in Customs’ objections relating to classification, labelling and port restrictions for the purpose of provisional release. The appeal was dismissed and release of the goods was ordered.
