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No Service Tax payable on freight margin recovered from customer in case of outbound shipments

Service Tax : Understand the CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Vishal Tansukhbhai Gohel vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST. No service tax on freig...

May 30, 2024 1194 Views 0 comment Print

No Service Tax on CHA’s Reimbursable Expenses: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Service Tax : CESTAT Ahmedabad ruling in Shakti Enterprise vs Commissioner of Central Excise & ST clarifies that CHA's reimbursable expenses are...

December 8, 2023 1314 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Imposes Penalty on Commissioner for Non-Compliance

Custom Duty : CESTAT, Allahabad penalizes Commissioner for delaying Tribunal order implementation. Rs. 2,00,000 penalty imposed, and contempt pr...

December 3, 2023 1170 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Corporate Guarantee: CESTAT’s Verdict Challenged in SC

Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...

November 22, 2023 1038 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty Without Sufficient Evidence in Abetment Case: CESTAT Bangalore

Custom Duty : CESTAT Bangalore's ruling in case of Rafeek K.T. v. Commissioner of Customs, emphasizing need for substantial evidence to impose p...

November 21, 2023 651 Views 0 comment Print


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CESTAT e-Filing Software User Manual

CA, CS, CMA : CESTAT e-Filing Software User Manual explains about New User Registration, User Home Page Navigation, Filing,  (Petition/Appeal) ...

March 9, 2023 3204 Views 0 comment Print

E-Compendium of CESTAT Case Laws – Pro – Revenue

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...

May 18, 2021 2232 Views 0 comment Print

Govt approves creation of six new Benches of CESTAT

Excise Duty : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for setting up six additional Benches of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate T...

October 18, 2013 1217 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal directed JetLite to pay Rs 100 crore as a pre-deposit on a service tax dispute

Service Tax : The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal has directed JetLite (formerly Sahara Airlines Ltd) to pay Rs 100 crore (Rs 1...

July 2, 2010 468 Views 0 comment Print

Can a CESTAT Member who has not completed probation can be relived from his duty without assigning any reason?

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...

December 3, 2009 3037 Views 0 comment Print


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Activity of granting call option doesn’t qualify as rendering of service: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that granting “call option” is not an activity of rendering service. Thus, appellant has wrongly been held t...

August 16, 2024 66 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty imposed on customs broker for non-compliance with provisions of CBLR, 2018: CESTAT Delhi

Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty and revocation of customs broker license justified as customs broker abetted the ille...

August 16, 2024 108 Views 0 comment Print

Rejection of refund claim for non-mentioning of period particulars in CA’s certificate is harsh: CESTAT Chennai

Custom Duty : CESTAT Chennai rejection of refund claim merely for non-mentioning of period particulars in CA’s certificate unjustifiable as re...

August 16, 2024 135 Views 0 comment Print

Indian Companies Promotion of Australian Services is Export of Service: CESTAT Chandigarh

Service Tax : Oceanic Consultants Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner or Central Excise And Service Tax (CESTAT Chandigarh) CESTAT Chandigarh held that Indi...

August 13, 2024 180 Views 0 comment Print

No service tax on commission charged by Indian Bank for granting credit facility to foreign service recipient: CESTAT Chennai

Service Tax : Held that the appellant has satisfied all the conditions for treating the service as export of service but there is a need to veri...

August 13, 2024 81 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CESTAT Virtual Hearings & Procedures

Custom Duty : Read Notification No. 02/2023 from CESTAT, New Delhi, introducing virtual hearings. Learn about the procedure, technical requireme...

September 21, 2023 1659 Views 0 comment Print

Selection for the posts of Member, Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)

Goods and Services Tax : Applications are being invited for 2 anticipated vacancies of Member (Technical) and 4 anticipated vacancies of Member (Judicial) ...

February 3, 2023 2853 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure for Physical Hearing of Appeals by CESTAT

CA, CS, CMA : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations requesting for physical hearing of appeals. As there is improvement i...

November 15, 2021 3012 Views 0 comment Print

Benches of Tribunal must strictly adhere to period of limitation prescribed by SC

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...

July 26, 2021 1530 Views 0 comment Print

Procedure For E-Hearing of Appeals by CESTAT

Goods and Services Tax : Representations have been received from the Bar Associations at Mumbai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Hyderabad Benches of ...

August 10, 2020 5772 Views 0 comment Print


No bar on utilization of Accumulated cenvat credit to pay ST on services on which abatement is claimed

January 15, 2013 652 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT, MUMBAI BENCH B.E. Billimoria & Co. Ltd. Versus Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai Application No. ST/S/729 of 2012 Appeal No. ST/211 of 2012 June 5, 2012 ORDER Ashok Jindal, Judicial Member   Appellant are in appeal against the impugned order confirming the service tax demand of Rs. 14,28,30,465/- along with interest and equivalent penalty […]

Service tax on interest for delayed payment of credit card dues

January 13, 2013 4356 Views 1 comment Print

The bank’s customers holding credit cards purchase goods from shops and the bank pays to the shop keeper on their behalf. Till the customers pay up the money to the bank, they are debtors and they stand in the shoes of borrowers. If that be the case, the amount transacted is a loan and interest must accrue to the bank in the event of delay in repayment thereof.

Client Referral income earned from banks & insurance co. is ‘Business Auxiliary Services’

January 13, 2013 2656 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was promoter and marketer of services of banks as well as insurance company, and was auxiliary in the chain of economic activity carried on by them. Assessee had accordingly provided Business Auxiliary Service to the banks as well as insurance company.

Direct Sales Association/Agents (DSA) of Banks taxable under ‘Business Auxiliary Services’

January 12, 2013 13684 Views 2 comments Print

The terms and conditions of the relevant Agreements show that the appellant was, in fact, using their infrastructure, staff and expertise to market products of the Banks. In both the Agreements, the appellant was referred to as Direct Sales Association/Agent.

Loading / unloading within factory premises of client is not cargo handling service

January 12, 2013 6899 Views 0 comment Print

It is undisputed in this case that the respondent is providing services for loading & unloading within the premises of M/s. J.M. Baxi & Co. The judgment of the Hon’ble High Court of Jharkhand categorically has settled law in as much, that any services provided within the factory premises would not come under the definition of Cargo Handling Services

‘Courier service’ is input service, if ownership of goods remains with sender till delivery

January 9, 2013 2911 Views 0 comment Print

‘Courier service’ is input service, if ownership of goods sent remains with sender till delivery to customer & courier charges form part of goods sent

Order of Commissioner (Appeals) remitting back case for verification or quantification is not a remand order

January 9, 2013 840 Views 0 comment Print

The order of the Commissioner (Appeals) is not a remand order and he has clearly held that the refund was available in respect of all services except ‘Air Travel Agent service’. Therefore, I do not find any merit in the submission that the Commissioner’s (Appeals) order is a remand order. In view of the above, the grounds raised by the department challenging the order of the Commissioner (Appeals) are not valid and the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of MIL India Ltd. (supra) does not applicable to the facts of the present case.

Services in relation to import of raw materials are input services

January 9, 2013 1634 Views 0 comment Print

In this case appellant is engaged in the manufacture of MG craft paper and they import waste paper and use the same in the manufacture of final product. The services received are in relation to the importation of waste paper such as container charges, handling charges incurred in the port etc.

In revenue neutral situation, department cannot enforce payment of demand

January 8, 2013 3028 Views 0 comment Print

It is not in dispute that every stage of conversion of thicker to thinner wire is a manufacturing activity. If that be so, all the units of the company are undertaking a manufacturing activity. Admittedly, all the units are separately registered with the Department. Therefore, all of them are registered manufacturers of Tungsten and Molybdenum wires. Each unit, therefore, has to maintain the relevant statutory records including CENVAT credit accounts.

Duty on Steel items used in fabrication of storage tank eligible for input credit

January 8, 2013 2780 Views 0 comment Print

As per explanation to Rule 2(k) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, storage tanks have been specified as capital goods and, therefore, inputs which are used in the manufacture of capital goods are also eligible for CENVAT credit. It is not in dispute that the steel items such as M.S. angles, H.R. sheets have not been used in the construction of storage tank which is a capital goods therefore, CENVAT credit on these M.S. angle and H.R. Sheet cannot be denied.

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