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 ...
Infosys BPO Ltd Vs C.C.E & C.S.T. (CESTAT Bangalore) We find that almost all input services used by the assessee in the case in hand have been considered by various Benches as well as higher judicial fora. Larger Bench of this Tribunal in the case of CCE Vs. Span Infotech (India) Pvt. Ltd. [2018(12) GSTL […]
Rakesh Dhamir Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Delhi) Learned Commissioner (Appeals) recording the finding that the appellant had evidently involved himself in the illegal export of non-basmati rice and have also admitted his role in so many words in his various statement recorded, and also have explained the details of modes operandi. Accordingly, the appeal […]
Ashok Singhla Vs Principal Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Delhi) The first issue that arises for consideration is whether the Additional Director General, DRI had the jurisdiction to issue the notice. This precise issue was examined by the Supreme Court in Canon India. The Supreme Court observed that the nature of the power to recover the […]
MedGenome Labs Ltd. Vs Commissioner Of Central Tax (CESTAT Bangalore) As per Rule 3 of POPS Rules, the place of provision of service shall be the location of the recipient of service. In the present case, the location of the recipient of service is in abroad. Therefore, the service deemed to have been provided in […]
CESTAT Bangalore rules in favor of Anil Kumble, citing precedent. No service tax liability for services provided under agreements with M/s. RCSPL and franchisee.
Callmate India Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner of Customs (CESTAT Delhi) CESTAT finds that there is no case of deliberate mis-declaration made out on the part of the Appellant importer. The Bill of Entry had been filed as per the packing list and Bill of Lading. Further, the Shipper/Exporter have accepted their mistake, there being error […]
Porteck India Info Services Pvt. Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Goods & Service Tax & Central Excise (CESTAT Delhi) CESTAT finds that the action of the Asstt. Commissioner, of issuing of fresh show cause notice, instead of granting refund, in terms of Final Order of this Tribunal amounts to interference in the justice delivery system. […]
Hitachi Home And Life Solutions India Ltd. Vs C.C.E. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) The CESTAT, Ahmedabad bench has held that the cenvat credit cannot be denied on warranty services provided free of cost during the warranty period. The appellants approached the Tribunal challenging the order of the department denying Cenvat Credit of services provided by […]
Unitech International Vs C.C.C. & S.T. (CESTAT Ahmedabad) The fact of the case are that the appellant is a 100% EOU and have cleared paper waste after segregation process of waste imported during the period October, 2003 to January, 2005 on payment of excise duty by availing the benefit of concessional Notification No. 23/2003 dated […]
CESTAT held that the agriculture/cultivation includes irrigation or watering of the plants, as due to lack of irrigation, it is very difficult to have any agriculture produce. Accordingly, it was held that the activities carried out by the appellant is covered in the Negative List, which are exempt from Service tax.
