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...
Service Tax : Dive into the legal battle over corporate guarantees' taxability as Business Auxiliary Service. Explore the CESTAT's decision, the...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Bangalore's ruling in case of Rafeek K.T. v. Commissioner of Customs, emphasizing need for substantial evidence to impose p...
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...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that granting “call option” is not an activity of rendering service. Thus, appellant has wrongly been held t...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that imposition of penalty and revocation of customs broker license justified as customs broker abetted the ille...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Chennai rejection of refund claim merely for non-mentioning of period particulars in CA’s certificate unjustifiable as re...
Service Tax : Oceanic Consultants Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner or Central Excise And Service Tax (CESTAT Chandigarh) CESTAT Chandigarh held that Indi...
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...
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 Chennai held that extended period of limitation invoked as appellant suppressed provision of service falling under the category of ‘Erection, Commissioning and Installation’ service with intention to evade payment of tax.
CESTAT Delhi held that order passed without assigning any reasons is non-speaking order and, accordingly, the same is bad-in-law and is liable to be set aside.
CESTAT Chennai held that merely billing customers for booking of space does not make one a Freight Forwarder. Therefore, the appellant whose activity has failed to establish his credential as a Freight Forwarder is found to satisfy the classification of Business Support Service. Accordingly, demand sustained.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that appellant are entitled for the interest from the 3 months of the order of the tribunal till the refund of pre-deposit was granted.
CESTAT Allahabad held that any delay in filing of an appeal beyond the extended period of thirty days after expiry of normal period of sixty days, cannot be condoned
CESTAT Kolkata held that duty demand alleging overvaluation cannot be sustained as authority didn’t considered details of Bank Realisation Certificate (BRC) which establishes full realization of value of export invoices from overseas importer.
CESTAT Kolkata held that CENVAT Credit of service tax paid on Employees Health Insurance and Group Accidental Insurance Policy is within the scope and ambit of input service as provided under Rule 2(l) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004.
CESTAT Mumbai held that demand of service tax on reimbursement of expenditure by the ship owner goes beyond the mandate of Section 67 the Finance Act, 1994. Accordingly, demand of service tax confirmed u/r 5 doesn’t survive as rule 5 itself has been held to be ultra vires of section 67.
CESTAT Chennai held that the Savoury Oats / Silk Oats are classifiable under Chapter Heading 1104 12 00 attracting NIL rate of duty and the Muesli is classifiable under Chapter Heading 1904 10 90.
CESTAT Delhi held that definition of tour operator has been amended from time to time since it was brought into the service tax net. Accordingly, on account of confusion with regard to scope of tour operator service, demand of only normal time period sustained and demand of extended time period set aside.
