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No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 972 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Imposes Penalty on Commissioner for Non-Compliance

Custom Duty : CESTAT, Allahabad penalizes Commissioner for delaying Tribunal order implementation. Rs. 2,00,000 penalty imposed, and contempt pr...

December 3, 2023 873 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 903 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty Without Sufficient Evidence in Abetment Case: CESTAT Bangalore

Custom Duty : CESTAT Bangalore's ruling in case of Rafeek K.T. v. Commissioner of Customs, emphasizing need for substantial evidence to impose p...

November 21, 2023 504 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Advance Club Membership Fees: CESTAT Ruling

Service Tax : Learn about a CESTAT ruling regarding service tax on advance membership fees collected by clubs. Analysis and implications include...

November 2, 2023 771 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


CESTAT e-Filing Software User Manual

CA, CS, CMA : CESTAT e-Filing Software User Manual explains about New User Registration, User Home Page Navigation, Filing,  (Petition/Appeal) ...

March 9, 2023 2871 Views 0 comment Print

E-Compendium of CESTAT Case Laws – Pro – Revenue

Goods and Services Tax : This is the fourth year since the introduction of GST in July, 2017. Despite a sizeable liquidation of appeals under the Sabka Vis...

May 18, 2021 1896 Views 0 comment Print

Govt approves creation of six new Benches of CESTAT

Excise Duty : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for setting up six additional Benches of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate T...

October 18, 2013 1121 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal directed JetLite to pay Rs 100 crore as a pre-deposit on a service tax dispute

Service Tax : The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has directed JetLite (formerly Sahara Airlines Ltd) to pay Rs 100 crore (Rs 1...

July 2, 2010 405 Views 0 comment Print

Can a CESTAT Member who has not completed probation can be relived from his duty without assigning any reason?

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...

December 3, 2009 2974 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 108 Customs Act Statements Admissible in Court: CESTAT

Custom Duty : Explore the CESTAT Delhi order on the admissibility of Section 108 statements under the Customs Act, revealing violations and pena...

April 19, 2024 99 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on Goods Sales or Inclusion of goods in Service Value

Service Tax : Read the detailed analysis of the CESTAT Ahmedabad order in the case of Hamon Shriram Cottrel Pvt Ltd vs Commissioner of C.E. & S....

April 18, 2024 144 Views 0 comment Print

Intent to smuggle prohibited goods is not equivalent to attempting to export them

Custom Duty : Explore the detailed analysis of Sh Mohammed Mustafa Vs Pr. Commissioner of Customs case by CESTAT Hyderabad. Learn why intention ...

April 18, 2024 93 Views 0 comment Print

Freight Insurance cost not includible in ATF Duty Calculation for Aircraft Fuel Tanks

Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi's ruling favors Indian Airlines Ltd, excluding freight & insurance from duty calculation for ATF consumed in aircraft...

April 16, 2024 150 Views 0 comment Print

Refund of 4% SAD cannot be denied for trivial procedural requirement

Custom Duty : Read the detailed analysis of Hamilton Housewares Pvt Ltd Vs C.C. Ahmedabad case where CESTAT Ahmedabad allows refund of 4% SAD, d...

April 12, 2024 306 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CESTAT Virtual Hearings & Procedures

Custom Duty : Read Notification No. 02/2023 from CESTAT, New Delhi, introducing virtual hearings. Learn about the procedure, technical requireme...

September 21, 2023 1293 Views 0 comment Print

Selection for the posts of Member, Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)

Goods and Services Tax : Applications are being invited for 2 anticipated vacancies of Member (Technical) and 4 anticipated vacancies of Member (Judicial) ...

February 3, 2023 2664 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure for Physical Hearing of Appeals by CESTAT

CA, CS, CMA : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations requesting for physical hearing of appeals. As there is improvement i...

November 15, 2021 2796 Views 0 comment Print

Benches of Tribunal must strictly adhere to period of limitation prescribed by SC

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...

July 26, 2021 1368 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure For E-Hearing of Appeals by CESTAT

Goods and Services Tax : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations at Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Hyderabad Benches of ...

August 10, 2020 5532 Views 0 comment Print


Service tax not leviable on transfer of know-how

July 11, 2023 606 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chandigarh held that know-how is not an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) within the meaning of service tax law and consequently its transfer is not liable to service tax.

Ranger (non-electric) and Ranger (electric) is classifiable under CTH 8704 and CTH 8709 respectively

July 11, 2023 300 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that the Ranger (non-electric) Vehicles deserve to be classified under CTH 8704 and Ranger (electric) and Brutus Vehicles deserve to be classified under CTH 8709.

Venture of Indian Railways is a deemed railway company- not exigible to service tax

July 10, 2023 618 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai, in the case of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited v. Commissioner of Service Tax, ruled that the appellant, being a deemed railway company under the Indian Railways Act, is exempt from service tax liability. Gain insights into the ruling and its implications.

Filing of an appeal against order whose correctness was decided by High Court is untenable

July 10, 2023 558 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that order passed by Commissioner (A) is without jurisdiction as the appeal is filed by the department before the Commissioner (A) against an order the correctness of which stood decided against the department by the Delhi High Court.

Sports coaching is excluded from the applicability of service tax

July 10, 2023 783 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Mumbai held that coaching in the field of sports has been specifically excluded from the applicability of service tax vide the definition of commercial training or coaching centre under section 65(27) of the Finance Act 1994

Service by branch office in USA to AE situated outside India is not covered under Finance Act, 1994

July 10, 2023 312 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that branch office located in USA rendered the ‘onsite support service’ to its associated enterprise (AE) situated outside India and hence the same is not exigible to tax under the Finance Act, 1994 and accordingly all charges under the Finance Act are set aside.

Correct classification of ‘tomato dry flavour’ is CTH 3302 10 10

July 9, 2023 573 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that as Chapter Heading 3302 covers both natural and/or synthetic mixtures of odoriferous substances, ‘tomato dry flavour’ is correctly classifiable under CTH 3302 10 10 instead of 2106 90 60.

Services relating to construction of roads etc. to Government authorities is exemption vide notification 25/2012-ST

July 9, 2023 3405 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Ahmedabad held that services related to construction of roads etc. the Government authorities/ agencies are covered under Mega Exemption of Service Tax notification no. 25/2012-ST and hence demand unsustainable.

CENVAT credit on warranty services eligible as such service are in relation to manufacture

July 9, 2023 327 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Hyderabad held that the services provided to fulfil warranty obligation would be eligible as input services being a service in relation to manufacture. Further, also the warranty charges were included in the assessable value of goods sold to the customers.

Extended period not invocable in absence of suppression of facts with an intent to evade payment of service tax

July 9, 2023 1971 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that extended period of limitation cannot be invoked in absence of suppression of facts with an intent to evade payment of service tax. Here, it was merely suppression of facts but intent to evade payment of service tax was absent.

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