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 ...
Ram Sewak Tiwari Vs Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Central GST (CESTAT Delhi) The issue in the matter is about the classification as to: whether the services rendered by the appellant are that of Erection, Commissioning and Installation or are of the nature of Works Contract Services. Since the contracts are mentioned to be […]
Dhoot Compack Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Mumbai) Assessee appointed Del Credere Agent, to guarantee the solvency of their customer and ensure speedy recovery of the amounts due from them. These services are in relation to the activities which are post sale and clearance of goods and hence these cannot be treated […]
Asiatic Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner CGST (CESTAT Delhi) The issue in this appeal is whether the refund claim of the appellant-asseesse have been rejected which was collected on ocean freight. CESTAT find that the transaction value for Custom duty and Excise duty (CVD), includes the ocean freight, and accordingly I hold that […]
India Cements Ltd. Vs Commissioner of GST & Central Excise (CESTAT Chennai) CESTAT held that that the credit on outward transportation from the place of removal upto the buyers’ premises / dealers for period upto 31.03.2008 is eligible. FULL TEXT OF THE CESTAT CHENNAI ORDER The above matters have come up for hearing as per […]
Sun Sea Shipping Agency Vs The Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Chennai) The goods are counterfeit and have been confiscated. However, penalty u/s 112(a) being on higher side is reduced Facts- The assessee filed a Bill of Entry dated 22.12.2017 through their Customs Broker M/s. Sun Sea Shipping Agency for the clearance of import consignment in […]
S.D. Overseas Vs Joint Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Delhi) Penalty u/s 114AA leviable in case of misdeclaration of the value of the imported goods as per the manufacturer’s price lists. Facts- The appellant had imported a consignment of Food Supplements through ICD, Tughlakabad and filed a Bill of Entry dated 04.01.2013 and the goods were […]
The appellant engaged in the manufacture of iron ore pellets. One of the raw materials required for the same is iron ore fines.
Souvenir Developers India Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (CESTAT Mumbai) Conclusion: Any amount retained by a toll collector while undertaking toll-collection activity did not attract service tax since the said activity did not constitute a service rendered by a commission agent and thus it did not fall within the purview of a ‘business […]
Hakamichand D & Sons Vs C.S.T. Service Tax (CESTAT Ahmedabad) Appellant has supplied bedroll kits to passengers of Air-Conditioned class and other classes on behalf of IRCTC. As per the contract with IRCTC, the Appellant has to compulsorily provide the bedroll kit to passengers on demand. For the said services a monthly bill was raised […]
Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd Vs C.S.T. Service Tax (CESTAT Ahmedabad) SEZ Act allows duty free receipt of services required for the authorized operations. Notification No. 12/2013-ST provides the route of refund of such service tax paid. There is no requirement of approval of any specified service by approval committee in the SEZ Act. Requirement arise only […]
