Finance Ministry Updates Customs Tariff Values for Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Gold, Silver, and Areca Nut
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) under the Ministry of Finance issued Notification No. 50/2025-Customs (N.T.) dated August 14,...
![CESTAT Dismisses Transport Finance Companys Plea, Confirms Taxability of Financial Collection Services [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/250x150_2082158-cestat-dismisses-transport-finance-companys-plea-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Dismisses Transport Finance Companys Plea, Confirms Taxability of Financial Collection Services [Read Order]")
![Refund cannot be adjusted against Disputed Penalty when 25% Reduced Penalty Paid within Time: CESTAT Orders Refund with Interest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/250x150_2082172-refund-cestat-refund-interest-taxscan.webp "Refund cannot be adjusted against Disputed Penalty when 25% Reduced Penalty Paid within Time: CESTAT Orders Refund with Interest [Read Order]")
![Syntel Wins Key Tax Refund Case as CESTAT Backs SEZ Unit on Input Service Classification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/250x150_2082170-sez-unit-taxscan.webp "Syntel Wins Key Tax Refund Case as CESTAT Backs SEZ Unit on Input Service Classification [Read Order]")
![Relief for ITC Ltd: CESTAT Rules Quicklime with 92% Purity Classifiable under ‘Quicklime’, Not as ‘Other Inorganic Chemicals’ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/250x150_2082106-quicklime-taxscan.webp "Relief for ITC Ltd: CESTAT Rules Quicklime with 92% Purity Classifiable under ‘Quicklime’, Not as ‘Other Inorganic Chemicals’ [Read Order]")
Denial of Refund by Invoking Rule 9(1)(b) of Cenvat Credit Rules Without Fraud or Suppression is Invalid: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the denial of a refund by invoking Rule 9(1)(b) of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004, without any ...
![Denial of Refund by Invoking Rule 9(1)(b) of Cenvat Credit Rules Without Fraud or Suppression is Invalid: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/30/500x300_2082103-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Denial of Refund by Invoking Rule 9(1)(b) of Cenvat Credit Rules Without Fraud or Suppression is Invalid: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Customs Duty on Imports Mistakenly Paid Twice on Same Bills of Entry: CESTAT Orders Refund of Second Payment [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Mumbai has allowed a refund claim after holding that the company had paid customs duty twice on the same imports, which could...
![Customs Duty on Imports Mistakenly Paid Twice on Same Bills of Entry: CESTAT Orders Refund of Second Payment [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081895-customs-duty-cestat-refund-cestat-orders-customs-duty-on-imports-mistakenly-taxscan.webp "Customs Duty on Imports Mistakenly Paid Twice on Same Bills of Entry: CESTAT Orders Refund of Second Payment [Read Order]")
Maintenance Charges Collected from Tenants Not Liable to Service Tax under “Management, Maintenance or Repair Service”: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that maintenance charges collected from tenants by the owner of a commercial mall are not liable to ...
![Maintenance Charges Collected from Tenants Not Liable to Service Tax under “Management, Maintenance or Repair Service”: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081869-service-tax-cestat-maintenance-charges-taxscan.webp "Maintenance Charges Collected from Tenants Not Liable to Service Tax under “Management, Maintenance or Repair Service”: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Absence of Contractual Obligation Shows Branch Transfer, Not Inter-State Sale: CESTAT Remands Matter [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has remanded the matter involving M/s CMS Computers Ltd. for verification, after observing that the...
![Absence of Contractual Obligation Shows Branch Transfer, Not Inter-State Sale: CESTAT Remands Matter [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081807-cestat-obligation-taxscan.webp "Absence of Contractual Obligation Shows Branch Transfer, Not Inter-State Sale: CESTAT Remands Matter [Read Order]")
Refurbishing of Cranes Falls Under MMR Services, Not Motor Vehicles: CESTAT Quashes Demand on Limitation [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that refurbishing of cranes falls within the scope of Management, Maintenance or Repair (MMR) services and...
![Refurbishing of Cranes Falls Under MMR Services, Not Motor Vehicles: CESTAT Quashes Demand on Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081774-mmr-services-motor-vehicles-cestat-demand-on-limitation-taxscan.webp "Refurbishing of Cranes Falls Under MMR Services, Not Motor Vehicles: CESTAT Quashes Demand on Limitation [Read Order]")
Customs Dept Cannot Question DGFT’s Export Obligation Discharge: CESTAT Sets aside Demand & Penalties on EPCG Licence [Read Order]
The New Delhi bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that Customs authorities cannot question the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)'s discharge of...
![Customs Dept Cannot Question DGFT’s Export Obligation Discharge: CESTAT Sets aside Demand & Penalties on EPCG Licence [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081772-customs-dgfts-export-obligation-discharge-cestat-demand-penalties-epcg-licence-taxscan.webp "Customs Dept Cannot Question DGFT’s Export Obligation Discharge: CESTAT Sets aside Demand & Penalties on EPCG Licence [Read Order]")
![Relief to Polycab Wires: CESTAT Quashes Demand of service tax on Ocean Freight [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/08/29/500x300_2081755-polycab-wires.webp "Relief to Polycab Wires: CESTAT Quashes Demand of service tax on Ocean Freight [Read Order]")