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 Kolkata rules in favor of Empire Exports, setting aside a ₹30 lakh duty demand as time-barred for White Poppy Seeds imports.
Section 27 of Customs Act, which specifies that limitation period for refunds must be calculated from date of reassessment, not from initial filing of bills of entry.
CESTAT dismisses Access Enterprises’ appeal for exceeding the 325-day statutory limit, citing medical reasons as insufficient for delay condonation.
CESTAT rules traders can claim SAD refund without invoice endorsements as per Notification No. 102/2007-Cus in Avon Cycles Ltd case.
CESTAT condones a 22-day delay in M.M. Saw Mills’ appeal for Special Additional Duty refund and remands the case to the Commissioner for merit review.
CESTAT Delhi rules that Revenue cannot appeal against a Commissioner’s order under Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, affirming Delhi High Court’s precedent.
Penalty imposed under Section 114AA of the Customs Act was quashed as declared value in bills of entry could not be rejected relying on proforma invoice and demands could not be raised without challenging the assessment orders.
CESTAT Bangalore allows Cappithan Agencies appeal, highlighting errors in penalty imposition under CBLR regulations and denying cross-examination rights.
Kriztle Bath and Wellness Pvt. Ltd. wins appeal on MRP declaration, ruling CESTAT finds no obligation to declare MRP in Bill of Entry.
Kohler India appeals for CENVAT credit denial on input services for factory construction. CESTAT directs fresh order within 2 months for proper consideration.
