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...
Custom Duty : CESTAT examined whether Bluetooth headsets should be treated as communication devices or ordinary headphones. It held that devices...
Service Tax : The Tribunal examined a service tax demand raised on the basis of DGARM data and financial statements. It held that reliance solel...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that food testing kits were wrongly described as being for “diagnostic use only” to claim a customs exemptio...
Service Tax : CESTAT Chennai held that villas constructed on separate plots under individual agreements and approvals do not constitute a reside...
Service Tax : The Tribunal held that interest under Section 75 of the Finance Act is mandatory when service tax is paid after the due date. Admi...
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 ...
CESTAT confirms revocation of GMC & Co.’s Customs Broker Licence and security forfeiture due to G-card holder’s alleged misconduct.
CESTAT Bangalore held that State Cricket Association rendering services to their members cannot be leviable to service under ‘Club or Association Services’. Accordingly, demand confirmed on this count is set aside.
CESTAT Hyderabad ruled that crude shea butter with high FFA content is not edible grade, denying customs duty exemption and upholding the original assessment.
CESTAT Ahmedabad has dismissed Customs duty and penalty demands against Sterling Generators (EOU), ruling the extended limitation period was not invokable due to full disclosure in records.
Commissioner of Customs had confirmed the entire differential duty. Assessee submitted that the intended use of these products was explicitly outlined by the medical licenses that had been awarded to assessee under Medical Devices Rules, 2017.
CESTAT Delhi has upheld the confiscation of 2.95 Kg of foreign-marked gold from Kailash Chander Varshney, citing mismatched invoices and lack of duty payment proof.
CESTAT Bangalore held that since tests were not conducted in accordance with International Organization Standardization [ISO] the consignment is classifiable as ‘Newsprint’ under Customs Tariff Heading [CTH] 480180. Accordingly, order set aside.
CESTAT Chennai held that order passed without adhering to timelines specified in the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2013 [CBLR] cannot be sustained. Accordingly, consequential relief granted to customs broker and order revoking customs broker licence set aside.
CESTAT Delhi ruled that ocean freight for imported goods is not liable for service tax, citing a Gujarat High Court decision that the tax is extraterritorial.
CESTAT Mumbai held that unreported cenvat credit doesn’t lapse merely the same is not shown in ST-3 return. Thus, denomination as anything other than procedural lapse in not reporting the existence of such credit, the impugned order cannot survive.
