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 Delhi held that demanding the duty drawback unsustained as payment for goods exported is duly supported by BRC and re-certified after verification by the Bank. Further, revenue has not brought on record any evidence relating to diversion of goods or return of any remittance.
CESTAT overturned order that required payment of Service Tax on expenses incurred for spares and materials used in provision of complimentary services during warranty period.
Analysis of CESTAT Mumbai case – Commissioner’s order lacking reasoning set aside, violating justice principles. Learn the details, issues, and the remand decision.
Explore the Network vs. Commissioner of Central Excise case – CESTAT Chandigarh ruling on penalty, service tax, and Section 80 benefits. Full analysis and order details.
Universal Packaging Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Mumbai) The legality of availing Small Scale Industries (SSI) exemption without including the value of supplies to Merchant Exporters has been challenged in four appeals. The appellant, a manufacturer of Corrugated Carton Boxes, had availed the SSI exemption under Notification No. 8/2003. However, periodic show-cause notices were […]
Denial of CENVAT credit for non-registration of premises is not justified as per Section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Further held that, when conditions like payment of tax and receipt of service are satisfied, in such case credit cannot be denied on the basis that the credit was availed few days before the payment of tax.
CESTAT Delhi held that the extended period of limitation could have been invoked only if there was suppression of facts with intent to evade payment of service tax.
CESTAT Delhi held that denial of CENVAT Credit due to procedural irregularities/ lapses is unsustainable in law. Substantive benefit cannot be denied due to procedural irregularities/ lapses.
CESTAT Delhi held that as appellant failed to produce document proving discharge of customs duty liability, it can easily be concluded that gold so procured has passed the customs area in concealed manner and accordingly the same is smuggled goods.
CESTAT overturned the decision to demand excise duty based on the differential quantity of goods as per the ER-1 returns and the audited books of accounts. The tribunal determined that the discrepancy between the values mentioned in the RG-1 and the physical stock statement provided by the assessee was inherently inaccurate, as both values were estimated.
