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Excise Duty Cannot Rest on Assumptions: CESTAT Rules Clandestine Clearance Allegation Fails for Lack of Cogent Evidence [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata (CESTAT) has held that excise duty cannot be demanded on the basis of assumptions,...
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![Provision for Future Expenses Allowable under Matching Principle: ITAT Quashes Reassessment due to Lack of New Material [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/09/250x150_2111077-provision-future-expenses-matching-principle-itat-quashes-reassessment-lack-new-material-taxscan.webp "Provision for Future Expenses Allowable under Matching Principle: ITAT Quashes Reassessment due to Lack of New Material [Read Order]")
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![Provision for Future Expenses Allowable under Matching Principle: ITAT Quashes Reassessment due to Lack of New Material [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/09/750x450_2111077-provision-future-expenses-matching-principle-itat-quashes-reassessment-lack-new-material-taxscan.webp "Provision for Future Expenses Allowable under Matching Principle: ITAT Quashes Reassessment due to Lack of New Material [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Based only on ITR–ST-3 Mismatch Unsustainable: CESTAT Holds Revenue must Establish Taxable Value before Levy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/750x450_2110562-service-tax-demand-trst-3-cestat-taxable-value-before-levy-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based only on ITR–ST-3 Mismatch Unsustainable: CESTAT Holds Revenue must Establish Taxable Value before Levy [Read Order]")
![When Dept Admits No Service Tax Liability, It cannot Deny Refund of Deposit made during Investigation on Limitation: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/500x300_2111017-chhattisgarh-hc-taxscan.jfif "When Dept Admits No Service Tax Liability, It cannot Deny Refund of Deposit made during Investigation on Limitation: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]")
![Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/07/500x300_2110695-construction-govt-residential-quarters-gsphcl-taxable-cestat-drops-service-tax-demand-works-contract-upholds-gta-liability.webp "Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]")
![Karnataka HC Quashes OIA Since Issue Already Settled by Coordinate Bench, Remands Service Tax Dispute on Labour Charges [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/01/500x300_2109295-karnataka-hc-taxscan.jfif "Karnataka HC Quashes OIA Since Issue Already Settled by Coordinate Bench, Remands Service Tax Dispute on Labour Charges [Read Order]")
![Copolymer vs. Homopolymer: CESTAT Raps Customs for confirming ADD on PVC Import without Verifying Material Composition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107826-copolymer-vs-homopolymer-cestat-raps-customs-confirming-pvc-import-without-verifying-material-composition-taxscan.webp "Copolymer vs. Homopolymer: CESTAT Raps Customs for confirming ADD on PVC Import without Verifying Material Composition [Read Order]")
![NCLT dismisses Ex-Employee’s 18 Month delayed Salary Claims in Yes Bank Insolvency Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/02/750x450_2109451-nclt-mumbai-yes-bank-taxscan.webp "NCLT dismisses Ex-Employee’s 18 Month delayed Salary Claims in Yes Bank Insolvency Case [Read Order]")
Kavi Priya
![Service Tax Not Payable on liquidated damages collected from supplier on account of non-performance of the contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CESTAT-CESTAT-Bangalore-Service-Tax-liquidated-damages-Taxscan.jpg "Service Tax Not Payable on liquidated damages collected from supplier on account of non-performance of the contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Yogitha S. Yogesh
Rupesh Sharma
Saagarika Gopinath
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