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 ...
Commissioner, CGST & Central Excise Vs Manglam Build Developers Ltd. (CESTAT Delhi) We find that the appeal is filed by the Revenue under the wrong assumption that the maintenance deposit taken by the respondent from the buyers is to be utilized for maintenance of the complexes and any unutilized amount will be transferred to the […]
Scale Arts In Vs Commissioner of Customs (NS-IV) (CESTAT Mumbai) Difficulties, or commercial detriment, in complying with the sampling prescriptions is not justifiable ground for excluding the import consignment from the rigours of prescribed testing that is obligated on the importer by the Foreign Trade Policy. Indeed, the policy has afforded sufficient latitude for such […]
Hubergroup India Pvt Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT 1find that the lower authorities had not denied the cenvat credit on gardening service per se but on the ground that the appellant have not established that the garden is maintained for the purpose of Pollution Control. This reason of the lower authorities is […]
Once, the appellant have reversed the Cenvat Credit proportionately, they have opted for the reversal of proportionate credit then the Revenue cannot insist for some other option which the appellant has not opted for. As regard, non-filing of the declaration, which is only the procedural requirement. Due to lapse of procedural requirement, substantial benefit of proportionate reversal of Cenvat credit cannot be objected to.
Matrix Comsee Pvt Ltd Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) CESTAT find that the limited issue to be decided that whether the Appellant is entitled for cenvat credit on Courier Service. I find that the Appellant claimed that the Courier Service was used for delivery of their export goods from their factory premises to the […]
Sitaram India Ltd. Vs Commissioner CE & CGST Division-E (CESTAT Delhi) It is observed that activity of collecting toll is covered under the negative list of services. The Appellant has been provided with the Fee Collection Rights i.e., the right to collect toll tax and not to provide any service on behalf of NHAI. Further, […]
Nu Vista Limited Vs Commissioner (Appeals) CGST, Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) It is not in dispute that prior to 01.03.2015 cess was leviable on manufactured goods, in addition to excise duty and the appellant had availed credit under the provisions of the Credit Rules on cess paid on procurement of goods and services. It is […]
Shree Rajasthan Syntex Ltd. Vs Commissioner, Central Goods and Service Tax (CESTAT Delhi) The appellant have admittedly made sales on FoR destination basis. Further, it is the appellant who have borne the incidence of freight and has paid the service tax on the same. I further hold that the place of removal is the premises […]
Kriti Industries (India) Ltd. Vs Commissioner, Customs, Central Goods Service Tax & Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) While confirming a demand in relation to availment of cenvat credit of service tax paid on ‘rent-a-cab’ service, the CESTAT, Delhi bench has held that since the availment was without malafide intention, the penalty on the appellant shall be deleted. The […]
Deccan Mining Syndicate (P) Ltd Vs CCE (CESTAT Bangalore) Admittedly, the assessee appellant has only engaged the services of individual truck owners for transporting the iron ore and ore burden from its mine head up to the port and hence he would become the recipient of GTA service. We have gone through the findings of […]
