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...
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 : CESTAT Delhi held that food testing kits were wrongly described as being for “diagnostic use only” to claim a customs exemptio...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that villas constructed on separate plots under individual agreements and approvals do not constitute a reside...
Service Tax : The Tribunal held that interest under Section 75 of the Finance Act is mandatory when service tax is paid after the due date. Admi...
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 ...
The Tribunal held that whether conversion of GI wire into barbed wire and mesh amounts to manufacture requires fresh evaluation. It set aside earlier orders due to incomplete analysis. The case was remanded for re-examination of all issues.
The issue was whether post-manufacturing expense deductions on a weighted average basis are admissible. The Tribunal held that earlier rulings in the same case had settled the issue, leading to cancellation of demand and penalties.
Issue was whether reimbursement of advertisement expenses constitutes taxable service under BAS. Tribunal held that cost-sharing without a service provider–recipient relationship is not taxable and set aside demand.
Tribunal held that builders were not liable to service tax before 01.07.2010 based on statutory provisions and Board circulars. It set aside demand for disputed period accordingly.
The Tribunal held that failure to intimate the Superintendent under Rule 6(3A) does not invalidate proportionate credit reversal. It clarified that such intimation is procedural and not a substantive condition.
The Tribunal found that effective control and possession of tanks rested with customers, excluding the transaction from supply of tangible goods service. The demand was set aside accordingly.
The Tribunal examined whether threshing and redrying of tobacco leaves fall under Business Auxiliary Services. It held that the activity is not taxable, setting aside the demand.
The Tribunal examined whether gold coin sales amounted to consignment agent services. It held that the activity was trading involving transfer of title and not a taxable service.
The tribunal ruled that the six-month limit introduced in 2014 cannot be applied to invoices issued before the amendment, as it would retrospectively restrict an accrued credit entitlement.
The Tribunal ruled that before 01.04.2016 Rule 7 allowed discretionary distribution of credit by ISDs. As the disputed period fell within that timeframe, denial of credit on proportionality grounds was unsustainable.
