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...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that works contract services used for repair and maintenance of existing plant and machinery qualify as input se...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that unsigned invoices, unauthenticated e-mails, and uncorroborated statements were insufficient to reject tra...
Custom Duty : The Tribunal held that a medicine containing Ergotamine was merely a preparation and not “Ergotamine and its salts” under Sche...
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 : 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 Allahabad held that material imported based MOEF permission by a company cannot be diverted to any other unit for any purpose other than one stated in permission letter.
CESTAT Chennai held that no customs duty could be demanded on the material intended for use in the factory, however, were destroyed by fire accident. Accordingly, duty demand not sustained.
CESTAT Hyderabad ruled that extended limitation under service tax cannot be invoked for mere opinion change by revenue. Case involves services by Varsity Education Pvt Ltd.
CESTAT Kolkata taking a sympathetic view further reduced redemption fine and penalty on import of green peas due to extension of restriction. Redemption fine and penalty reduced to Rs. 25 Lakhs each.
Central Sales Tax was not applicable on mere stock transferring of beer from manufacturing units to depots situated in other State as movement of goods could not be considered incidental to the Master Agreement
CESTAT Chennai held that enhancement of transaction value solely on the basis of NIDB data, without determining how imported goods are comparable and contemporaneous, not justified. Hence, order set aside.
CESTAT Delhi permits Micromax to raise an alternative classification of LCD/LED panels under CTI 9013 80 10, challenging the Customs duty exemption denial by authorities.
CESTAT Kolkata reduces penalties on Ess Ess Overseas for unlicensed import of used clothing, condoning delays in appeals and affirming earlier rulings.
CESTAT Delhi held that initiation of proceedings against customs broker for violation of regulation 11(d) and 11(n) of CBLR, 2013 not justified as CHA not required to enquire and verify the genuineness of IE code given to it by a client for each import/export transaction.
CESTAT Kolkata dismisses Revenue’s appeal, maintaining reduced fines and penalties for Maa Lakshmi Enterprises over imported used clothing.
