![CESTAT quashes Service Tax Penalties, upholds Admitted Demands [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/500x300_2056976-service-tax.webp "CESTAT quashes Service Tax Penalties, upholds Admitted Demands [Read Order]")
CESTAT quashes Service Tax Penalties, upholds Admitted Demands [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Allahabad bench, quashed significant service tax penalties on the assessee,...
![No Service Tax on Projects Completed Before July 2010, Even If Payments Are Received Later: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/250x150_2056881-no-service-tax.webp "No Service Tax on Projects Completed Before July 2010, Even If Payments Are Received Later: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/250x150_2056862-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Land and Material Costs Must Be Excluded When Calculating Service Tax on Works Contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Rectification Applications u/s 74 of Finance Act Can Extend Appeal Limitation Period If Disposed of Properly: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/30/250x150_2056853-rectification-applications-cestat-taxscan.webp "Rectification Applications u/s 74 of Finance Act Can Extend Appeal Limitation Period If Disposed of Properly: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Customs Broker Not Liable for Verifying Importers Document Correctness: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/29/250x150_2056235-customs-broker-importer-document-correctness-cestat-taxscan.webp "Customs Broker Not Liable for Verifying Importers Document Correctness: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Taxpayer’s Voluntary Confession Makes Cross-Examination Unnecessary: CESTAT Upholds Smuggled Foreign Origin Cigarettes Confiscation [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the confiscation of smuggled foreign-origin cigarettes and the imposition of a penalty, holding that...
![Taxpayer’s Voluntary Confession Makes Cross-Examination Unnecessary: CESTAT Upholds Smuggled Foreign Origin Cigarettes Confiscation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/29/500x300_2056175-taxscain-38.webp "Taxpayer’s Voluntary Confession Makes Cross-Examination Unnecessary: CESTAT Upholds Smuggled Foreign Origin Cigarettes Confiscation [Read Order]")
Foreclosure Charges Not Taxable as Liquidated Damages Under Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for Sundaram Finance [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT) allows refund for Sundaram Finance Ltd as the foreclosure charges collected by a non-banking financial company are...
![Foreclosure Charges Not Taxable as Liquidated Damages Under Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for Sundaram Finance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/28/500x300_2055932-service-tax-taxscan.webp "Foreclosure Charges Not Taxable as Liquidated Damages Under Service Tax: CESTAT Allows Refund for Sundaram Finance [Read Order]")
Customs Cannot Deny Benefit on 'Decalcified Fish Scale' Imported Under Advance Authorisation Scheme: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court ruled that imports of "decalcified fish scale" are covered by the advance permission program and that customs cannot refuse benefits. The import of raw materials and inputs...
![CESTAT WEEKLY ROUND-UP [June 23 to June 28, 2025]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/28/500x300_2055804-cestat-taxscan.webp "CESTAT WEEKLY ROUND-UP [June 23 to June 28, 2025]")
Denial of CENVAT Credit for Lack of Documents on Input Services: CESTAT Remands Matter for Fresh Verification [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) remanded a matter involving denial of CENVAT credit due to lack of documents on input services, directing fresh...
![Denial of CENVAT Credit for Lack of Documents on Input Services: CESTAT Remands Matter for Fresh Verification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/28/500x300_2055618-cestat-cestat-chennai-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Denial of CENVAT Credit for Lack of Documents on Input Services: CESTAT Remands Matter for Fresh Verification [Read Order]")
Concrete Pumps at Client’s Disposal Attract Supply of Tangible Goods, Not GTA: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the hiring of concrete pumps amounted to the supply of tangible goods and was not classifiable under...
![Concrete Pumps at Client’s Disposal Attract Supply of Tangible Goods, Not GTA: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055299-concrete-pumps-concrete-pumps-at-clients-disposal-attract-supply-clients-disposal-attract-supply-taxscan.webp "Concrete Pumps at Client’s Disposal Attract Supply of Tangible Goods, Not GTA: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Classifies RMC Transportation as GTA Service, Rejects Supply of Tangible Goods Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/27/500x300_2055288-rmc-cestat-gta-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Classifies RMC Transportation as GTA Service, Rejects Supply of Tangible Goods Tax Demand [Read Order]")