Custom Duty : The Union Budget 2025 introduces changes in Customs duties, excise, and tax rates, focusing on tariff rationalization, support for...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore tax & GST updates for Nov 25–Dec 1, 2024, including safe harbour for diamonds, GST e-invoicing, HC rulings, Section 194N...
CA, CS, CMA : Stay updated with key notifications and circulars on Income Tax, GST, Central Excise, Customs, DGFT, and SEBI issued between 29th ...
CA, CS, CMA : Stay updated with the latest income tax exemptions, GST advisories, customs amendments, and more from the week of 22nd-28th July 2...
Goods and Services Tax : Directorate of Legal Affairs, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs is entrusted with defending all indirect taxes matters (...
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Custom Duty : Article contains Explanatory Memorandum to Notification Nos. 02 to 12-Customs, dated the 1st February, 2023 and Explanatory Memora...
Custom Duty : Articles explains Explanatory Memorandum To Notification Nos. 02 To 15-Customs Dated 1st February, 2022, Notification Nos. 07/2022...
Excise Duty : Finance Minister has introduced the Finance Bill, 2022 in Lok Sabha today, that is 1st February, 2022. Changes in Customs, Central...
Custom Duty : Govt has issued following notifications related to Excise and Custom duty to give effect to Provisions of Union Budget 2021- ̵...
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 : Govt extends provisions under Excise Notification 11/2017 from 2025 to 2026. Changes take effect on February 2, 2025....
Goods and Services Tax : Finance Bill 2025 introduces changes to Customs & Excise, impacting duties, exemptions, and GST provisions effective from 2nd Febr...
Excise Duty : Notification 01/2025 outlines appointments and roles of Central Excise Officers for handling appeals under the Excise Act, specify...
Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance rescinds Central Excise Notification No. 08/2022 with immediate effect under public interest provisions....
Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance amends Central Excise Rules, 2017, removing specific provisos in Rules 18 and 19. Changes take effect imme...
Circular No. 1010/17/2015-CX it has been decided to revise the limits for arrests in Central Excise and Service tax. Henceforth, arrest of a person in relation to offences specified under clause (a) to (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 or under clause (i) or (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Finance Act, 1994, may be made in cases where the evasion of Central Excise duty or Service Tax or the misuse of Cenvat Credit is equal to or more than rupees one crore.
Circular No. 1009/16/2015-CX Whoever commits any of the offences specified under sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 or sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Finance Act, 1994, can be prosecuted.
Chief Commissioners should assign the cases of adjudication on a monthly basis in his jurisdiction to the officers in personam and ensure that the officer to whom the case has been assigned disposes of the said case. In the event of his transfer out of that jurisdiction he should not be relieved till he has disposed of the said cases.
Circular No. 1008/15/2015-CX A large number of references have been received from the trade as well as the field formations to clarify whether exemption Notification No. 12/2012-Central Excise, dated 17.03.2012 covers part/components of Wind Operated Electricity Generators (WOEG).
Notification No. 42/2015-Central Excise Specified biodiesel is exempt from central excise duty. However, its inputs namely, RBD Palm Stearin, Methanol and Sodium Methoxide are chargeable to central excise duty leading to CENVAT credit accumulation. Central excise duty has been exempted on RBD Palm Stearin, Methanol and Sodium Methoxide used in the manufacture of such biodiesel subject to actual user condition for a period upto 31.03.2016. Notification No.42/2015-Central Excise, dated 19.10.2015 may be referred to in this regard.
Kind attention is invited to Circular No. 890/10/2009 dated 3.6.2009 by which Board (CBEC) issued Order under Section 37B on classification of Coconut Oil packed in containers of the sizes up to 200ml. References have been received on the subject from field formations on need to review the Circular due to judicial pronouncements on the subject.
Notification No. 21/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, namely:
Government of India has taken-up a number of initiatives for promoting Ease of Doing business. One of the ways make cargo clearance easier is to reduce the use of paper and to introduce electronic messaging and paperless processing.
Central Excise-Notification No. 20/2015 CE (NT) Dated: 24-9-2015 -100% EOU – DTA Clearance – conditions, safeguards and procedures for supply of items like tags, labels, printed bags, stickers, belts, buttons and hangers for the purpose of their exportation out of India
Notification No. 20/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby notifies the conditions, safeguards and procedures for supply of items like tags, labels, printed bags, stickers, belts, buttons and hangers (hereinafter referred as specified goods) produced or manufactured in an Export Oriented Undertaking (hereinafter referred to as EOU) and cleared without payment of duty to a Domestic Tariff Area (hereinafter referred to as DTA) unit in terms of Para 6.09 (g) of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, for the purpose of their exportation out of India (hereinafter referred as specified purpose), namely:-
