Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...
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...
Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...
Custom Duty : CESTAT, Allahabad penalizes Commissioner for delaying Tribunal order implementation. Rs. 2,00,000 penalty imposed, and contempt pr...
CA, CS, CMA : CESTAT e-Filing Software User Manual explains about New User Registration, User Home Page Navigation, Filing, (Petition/Appeal) ...
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...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : Applications are being invited for 2 anticipated vacancies of Member (Technical) and 4 anticipated vacancies of Member (Judicial) ...
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 Delhi rules in favor of Ambuja Cements, allowing CENVAT credit for service tax on GTA services used to transport goods to buyers on FOR basis.
CESTAT sets aside the rejection of refund claim in Shriram Impex case, citing failure to consider Chartered Accountant certificate for SAD paid.
CESTAT Kolkata rejects Revenue’s case against Agrasen Sponge Pvt Ltd, citing lack of evidence for alleged clandestine removal and production discrepancies.
Two numbers of Writ Petitions were filed by the importer before the Hon’ble High Court of Rajasthan, challenging various notifications issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (‘DGFT’).
CESTAT Mumbai held that transfer of mandatory stipulations in regulation17 of Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 as directory without demonstrating customs broker fault is unjustifiable.
The CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in RTI Spinners Vs C.C.- Mundra considers pre-deposit requirements under Section 129E of the Customs Act. Appeals remanded for further review.
CESTAT Delhi held that import of ‘hCG Pregnancy Rapid Test Strip’ and ‘hCG Pregnancy Rapid Test Cassette’ i.e. pregnancy detection kits based on ‘agglutinating sera’ are eligible for exemption notification. Accordingly, customs duty not leviable on the same.
CESTAT Mumbai held that invocation of provisions of immediate suspension of Customs Broker License after more than four years of alleged act is not sustainable in law. Accordingly, order of continuation of immediate suspension is set aside.
Associate Lumber Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Customs (Import) (CESTAT Chennai) CESTAT Chennai has emphasized that recovery cannot be made effective from the assessee before completion of the appeal period mentioned in section 129 A (3) of the Customs Act, 1962. Legislature has prescribed three months time from the communication of the order. In the […]
The appellants herein is a Customs Broker (CB). In pursuance of specific intelligence regarding customs duty evasion in import consignment CFS was put on hold and further investigation ware carried out.
