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 rules exporters are not liable for service tax on foreign bank charges deducted from export proceeds, citing previous judicial precedents.
CESTAT Chennai dismisses Customs’ appeal against Vasta Biotech, upholding prior ‘Martech DHA’ classification due to settled legal precedent and res judicata.
CESTAT Kolkata held that club not being an advertising agency, service tax cannot be levied for advertisement published in souvenir or any display carried out in club premises. Accordingly, service tax demand set aside.
ESTAT Chennai confirms penalties on importer and alleged mastermind for misdeclaration and undervaluation of glass chatons, dismissing cross-examination plea.
CESTAT Chennai dismisses Revenue appeal, affirming no redemption fine or penalty when prior Tribunal order set aside goods’ confiscation and penalty.
CESTAT Delhi rules license fee for brewery endorsement is deemed sale of rights, not taxable as immovable property rent, clarifying service tax scope.
CESTAT Delhi has quashed a service tax demand on Balajee Loha Ltd., ruling that weigh bridge facilities are not business support services and double taxation is impermissible.
CESTAT Chennai abates customs appeals for Chand Kavar Bhandari, citing appellant’s death and invoking the principle of ‘no taxation of the dead’ as per Supreme Court precedent.
CESTAT Kolkata held that recovery of cenvat credit alleging receipt of only paper invoice without actual receipt of inputs is not tenable due to incomplete investigation carried out on the part of the department. Also held that recovery is not sustainable since vendor is not made co-noticee.
CESTAT Delhi held that bank charges paid to foreign bank is not taxable in India under Reverse Charge Mechanism as the said services has been provided outside the taxable territory and hence outside the purview of section 66B for levy of service tax.
