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’s ruling on Gelatin Mass Waste generated during manufacturing, addressing the demand for CENVAT credit reversal and its sustainability.
CESTAT Kolkata held that fabric containing both Cotton and polyester in the ratio of 79.2% and 16.8% respectively is rightly classifiable under the CTH 52113190 as Cotton Polyester fabric. Accordingly, demand of differential duty of customs set aside.
CESTAT Bangalore held that various processes i.e. blackening, buffing, final inspection, packing etc. carried out on the inputs results into manufacture. Accordingly, CENVAT Credit on duty paid on inputs is admissible.
CESTAT Bangalore held that admission/ enrolment fee collected from prospective members of the club cannot be subjected to levy of service tax under the category of ‘Club or Membership Association Services’. Accordingly, demand of service tax set aside.
CESTAT Chandigarh held that Travel Agency Service, AMC Photocopy Machines and Broadband services used for the purpose of business and not for any personal use is eligible for CENVAT Credit.
Services rendered by the respondents to M/s SB Plc, UK constitute export of service as the services were utilized by a company situated outside India and used outside India and the principal was located outside India with whom there was contract of service and such principal had paid for such services to the respondent in convertible foreign exchange.
Cenvat Credit on Input or Capital Goods could not be denied merely for showing tubes and flaps separately in invoices. Moreover, tubes and flaps were used in the manufacture of the tyres and as such qualify to be “inputs” given the definition given under Rule 2(k) of CCR, 2004.
CESTAT Bangalore held that TDS amount paid to the Government by the appellant from his own account not to be included in the gross taxable value. Accordingly, service tax not leviable on the same.
CESTAT Bangalore held that in the absence of any evidence regarding removal of the goods before completion of the project, the benefit of Notification No.108/95 CE dated 28.08.1995 amended vide Notification No.13/2008 CE dated 01.03.2008 cannot be denied. Accordingly, demand set aside.
CESTAT Kolkata held that notification no. 41/2012-ST grants refund of service tax paid on the taxable services used for export of goods. The said refund includes refund of Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) and Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC) too.
