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Affiliation Fees – No Service Tax Can Be Demanded: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT rules that affiliation fees collected by universities are statutory functions, not taxable services. Service tax demand and...

August 29, 2025 966 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Notifications and Circulars for Week ending 13th April 2025

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...

April 15, 2025 6150 Views 0 comment Print

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 2541 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 2871 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 2457 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 5478 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 3375 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 1577 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 834 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 3439 Views 0 comment Print


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CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit as Rule 16 Not Requires Goods to Be Returned to Same Buyer

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 ...

June 10, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Not Payable under Support Service as Railways Merely Licensed Advertisement Space

Service Tax : The Tribunal observed that payment of licence fees for exclusive use of demarcated spaces amounted to renting of immovable propert...

June 9, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax Payable on Assignment of Toll Collection Rights: CESTAT Hyderabad

Service Tax : CESTAT held NHAI's transfer of toll collection rights to contractors was a taxable service, not a sovereign function, and upheld s...

June 9, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

Demurrage Charges Not Taxable as They Are Contractual Transportation Adjustments & Not Consideration for Services

Service Tax : ESTAT held demurrage linked to transportation contracts is not consideration for services and cannot be taxed under Port Services ...

June 9, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand as Reimbursable Expenses Were Not Taxable Before 2015 Amendment

Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that reimbursable expenses recovered on an actual basis could not be included in taxable value for periods pri...

June 9, 2026 66 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 4122 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 3699 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 4101 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 2079 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 7080 Views 0 comment Print


No Service tax on amount of lease rent equalization shown in Balance Sheet

November 11, 2015 2177 Views 0 comment Print

Reliance Infratel Ltd. Vs. CCE (CESTAT Mumbai) Reliance Infratel Ltd. was engaged in the business of providing ‘passive wireless telecom infrastructure’. The Appellant and its associated enterprise entered into an MOU whereby the Appellant granted Associated enterprise an indefeasible right to use 80% of the total capacity of its optic fibre cable network for 10 years.

Expenses actually incurred and reimbursed by service recipient would not form part of assessable value of services

November 11, 2015 1706 Views 0 comment Print

The Department has confirmed the demand against Expera India Pvt. Ltd. and others (the Appellants) and held that reimbursement of expenses are to be included in the gross value of the services in terms of the provisions of Rule 5(1) of the Service Tax Valuation Rules.

Remittance against export of services received in INR through foreign bank is deemed to be received in convertible foreign exchange

November 11, 2015 5694 Views 0 comment Print

AGM India Advisors Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAST Mumbai)- Remittance against export of services received in Indian Rupees but through foreign bank is deemed to be received in convertible foreign exchange – Export condition stands satisfied.

Service Tax on Transmission & exchange of financial messages

November 5, 2015 1444 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Bank of Baroda VS Commissioner of Service Tax it was held that the service of transmission and exchange of financial messages falls under the category of Banking and Other Financial Services and service tax should be levied accordingly

Free supplies in works contract service should not be added in ‘Gross amount’: CESTAT

October 21, 2015 4156 Views 0 comment Print

Works contract service is a complex subject for discussion whether it may be for valuation of service in the contract price or for computing value added tax in the consideration. This complication manifolds while determining whether free supplies should form part of gross amount

Adjudicating Authority can reject transaction value if assessee fails to prove that relationship had not influenced price

October 16, 2015 1174 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Chennai in the case of Ansaldo STS Transportation Systems India Pvt. Ltd vs. Commissioner of Customs, Chennai held that if the importer had entered into transaction with related persons and failed to prove that the price had not been influenced by the relationship

Head Office not registered as Input Service Distributor – CENVAT Credit cannot be denied

September 23, 2015 2387 Views 0 comment Print

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal Jaipur has ruled in the case of National Engineering Industries Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Central Excise that CENVAT credit cannot be denied for non-registration of head office as Input Service Distributor (ISD), since omission to obtain registration as an ISD can at best be considered as procedural irregularity which cannot stand in the way of allowing substantial benefit of CENVAT credit,

Recovery cannot be made from bonfide purchaser of DFIA/DEPB license – CESTAT

August 31, 2015 5394 Views 1 comment Print

In the case of Sumit Wool Processors vs. Commissioner of Customs (Import) / (Export) it was held that it is a settled law that even a license obtained by fraud or mis-representation of facts is only voidable and not void ab-initio. It is good in law until it is avoided.

CENVAT credit of inputs lost during manufacturing process as floor sweepings is allowed- CESTAT

August 30, 2015 1888 Views 0 comment Print

The facts of the case are that assessee is a manufacturer of chocolates and coco products. During the course of the manufacturing final product certain floor spillage and sweeping arises which assessee is destroying.

Service tax cannot be levied on Job work that amounts to manufacture – CESTAT

August 30, 2015 3311 Views 0 comment Print

The appellants manufacture excisable goods falling under Chapter 29 of Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. On scrutiny of the records, departmental officers noticed that during the period 10/09/2004 to 28/02/2005 appellant had received some amount towards job-work charges and processing charges.

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