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 Mumbai held that Rule 16(2) of the Central Excise Rules does not mandate that remanufactured goods be supplied back to the ...
Service Tax : The Tribunal observed that payment of licence fees for exclusive use of demarcated spaces amounted to renting of immovable propert...
Service Tax : CESTAT held NHAI's transfer of toll collection rights to contractors was a taxable service, not a sovereign function, and upheld s...
Service Tax : ESTAT held demurrage linked to transportation contracts is not consideration for services and cannot be taxed under Port Services ...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that reimbursable expenses recovered on an actual basis could not be included in taxable value for periods pri...
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 Bangalore held that differential duty demand u/s. 28(4) of the Customs Act sustainable as investigation clearly established that product ‘Brush Cutter’ mis-declared and cleared as ‘Power Operated Reapers’.
CESTAT Bangalore held that there is no requirement to make declaration of MRP in bill of entry under notification no. 21/2012-Cus. Dated 17.03.2012 granting exemption of 4% of SAD.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that wood roughly squared and half squared and not further manufactured is classifiable under tariff heading 4403.99 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 and not under tariff heading 44.07.
CESTAT Ahmedabad rules that oil in bunker tanks is integral to vessels, affecting customs duty. Appeals allowed following Supreme Court’s decision.
CESTAT Mumbai held that rejection of refund claim on procedural grounds of non-furnishing of documents required to process the claim in invalidated. Accordingly, order set aside and matter restored to original authority.
Consequently, the assessable value and duty must be redetermined. The goods were correctly held to be liable for confiscation under section 111(m) but were not actually confiscated nor any redemption fine was imposed.
There was no indication of action for cancellation having taken by DGFT authorities or any information provided by Revenue that an action was later taken by DGFT authorities.
CESTAT Bangalore held that no excise duty is leviable on the subject goods i.e. [imported ‘Insoluble Sulphur’] and therefore no additional duty will be levied. Accordingly, levy of CVD @10% unsustainable.
Reclassification of AC remote components made by assessee was accepted as specific Chapter Notes and Section Notes were to be preferred over General Interpretative Rules while classifying product.
CESTAT Chennai held that air compressors used in car air conditioners are correctly classifiable under CTH 8414 8011 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. Appeal allowed and duty demand set aside.
