CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive review of significant developments across Income Tax, GST, Customs, DGFT, SEBI, MCA, IBBI, and RBI. The update hig...
Excise Duty : India reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to offset rising global crude prices due to geopolitical tensions. The move aimed t...
Goods and Services Tax : Budget 2026 revamps Customs, Excise, and GST to simplify compliance and boost exports. The key takeaway is a trust-based, technolo...
Goods and Services Tax : The Bill introduces relief on post-supply discounts, export taxation, refunds and intermediary services. It also simplifies custom...
Excise Duty : Discover how the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 revamps tobacco taxation, introducing steep excise duties on cigarettes, che...
Custom Duty : New baggage rules and processing regulations are notified, replacing earlier frameworks and aligning customs procedures for passen...
Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...
Excise Duty : The FAQs clarify how excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda, and gutkha will be levied based on packing machine capacity rather tha...
Income Tax : MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING THE PROVISIONS IN THE FINANCE BILL, 2025 FINANCE BILL, 2025 PROVISIONS RELATING TO DIRECT TAXES Introduction...
Custom Duty : Article contains Explanatory Memorandum to Notification Nos. 02 to 12-Customs, dated the 1st February, 2023 and Explanatory Memora...
Excise Duty : CESTAT Hyderabad held that rule 7 of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 is just a procedure and procedural lapse cannot be ground to deny t...
Excise Duty : CBIC has amended Notification No. 08/2026-Central Excise to revise the SAED rate on ATF exports outside India to Rs. 12.5 per litr...
Excise Duty : CBIC has amended Notification No. 06/2026-Central Excise to revise the SAED rate on diesel exports outside India to Rs. 14 per lit...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 29/2026-Central Excise grants Nil Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess on E22, E25, E27 and E30 petrol...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 28/2026-Central Excise exempts E22, E25, E27 and E30 petrol blends from additional excise duty in the form of Roa...
Excise Duty : Notification No. 27/2026-Central Excise extends Nil special additional excise duty benefits to E22, E25, E27 and E30 petrol blends...
Circular No. 214/48/96-CX Representations have been received from the Trade that Central Excise Field formations have been collecting cess on tea waste. Cess is leviable on all tea produced in the country under the provisions of Tea Act, 1953 and no cess is leviable on tea waste or sweepings collected in tea factories.
Circular No. 213/47/96-CX I am directed to refer to rule 52A and 57GG of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 according to which the manufacturer and the registered dealers are required to maintain the invoice-book in a bound form.
Circular No. 212/46/95-CX I am directed to refer to the Board”s Circular No. 160/71/95-CX dated 29th November “95” issued from F.No. 209/31/95-CX.6, whereby it is provided that the AR 4 procedure is required to be followed for export clearances even by a unit whose value of clearances for home consumption was less than Rs. 30 lakhs in the preceding financial year or during the current financial year.
Circular No. 211/45/96-CX Attention is invited to the Board”s Circular No. 179/13/96-CX dated 29.2.1996 providing for the facility for the endorsement of Bill of Entry where the Bill of Entry is in the name of the Registered Officer/ Head Office but the credit is to be availed by the manufacturing unit.
Circular No. 210/44/96-CX I am directed to say that under Notification No. 373/86-CE dated 29.7.86 and subsequent Notification No. 48/94-CE dated 1.3.94, Television Chassis (Populated Printed Circuit Board) is exempt from payment of Central Excise duty provided that such TV. chassis is used in the manufacture of Black & White TV and where such use is else where than the factory of production
Circular No. 208/42/96-CX I am directed to say that with the introduction of the Section 11AA in the year 1995-96 in the Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944, and with the issuance of Notification No. 21/95- Central Excise (Non – Tariff) (F.No. 268/29/95-CX.8) dated 29.5.1995, a doubt has arisen about the rate of interest to be charged on delayed payments of Central Excise dues. After consideration of the matter,
Circular No. 207/11/96-CX It has been represented that the assesses often face problems when the goods consigned by the manufacturer are not accepted by the customer in whose favour the invoice in made out on account of certain changes in the consuming pattern or other problems at the customer”s end.
Circular No. 206/40/96-CX The Board has been receiving representations on the issue relating to availment of MODVAT credit on material which is not received directly inside the manufacturer”s premises and the same is required to be stored outside the factory premises and subsequently transshipped to the manufacturer”s factory.
Circular No. 205/39/96-CX Board has received representations from Indian Food Industries “Association and other s seeking clarification as regards the classification of various Indian traditional convenience food mixes, masalas, spices and condiments such as puliyogare powder, vangibath mix, instant samber mix, vangibath powder, sambar powder, instantbisibe lebath, rasam powder, bisibelebath masala, mix spiced chutney powder, cury powder, pickle masala, garam masala etc.
Circular No. 204/38/96-CX Representations have been received from the Trade and various Chambers of Commerce that invoice issues under rule 57G against Gate – passes are not being recognised as duty paying document for availing credit.
