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 ...
Held that duty demand, alleging clandestine manufacture and clearance of chewing tobacco, on the basis of assumption and presumption is not permissible
Interest on delayed refund of amount would continue to be governed by the unamended provisions of section 35FF as the amended provisions of section 35F would not apply if stay applications and appeals were pending before the Tribunal prior to 06.08.2014.
Whether, on finalization of provisional assessment, the Respondent was entitled to deduction of discounts known at the time of clearance of goods from the depot but quantified later on and Whether request for provisional assessment has rightly been rejected?
Held that mandatory deposit under section 35F of the Central Excise Act cannot be made by way of debit in the Electronic Credit Ledger maintained under CGST Act.
S.K. Kanjilal Vs Commissioner of Customs (Airport & Administration) (CESTAT Kolkata) When the Revenue alleges violation, connivance, knowledge and intent, it is for the Revenue to justify its allegations by furnishing supporting documents and it cannot ask the Appellant to disprove its allegations. From the records, we do not find answers to the appellant’s contention […]
Held that the process of cleaning of waste oil to yield reclaimed fuel oil does not amount to manufacture as defined under Section 2(f) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 not liable to duty.
National Building Construction Corporation Limited Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Kolkata) Since the scope of contract included supply of goods, the same cannot be classified under the above service category of Commercial or Industrial Construction but under ‘Works Contract service’ which classification has not been invoked in the SCN proceedings. FULL TEXT OF THE […]
Held that longer period of limitation cannot be invoked on the ground that no specific instance of suppression of facts was proved against the assessee.
Currency was attempted to the exported and was brought within the limits of customs area contrary to the restrictions and prohibitions imposed by the Customs Act or any other law for time being in force, is liable for confiscation.
Taxable category Erection, Commissioning and Installation Services could only cover pure service contracts within its fold.
