![Relief for Maruti Suzuki: CESTAT Rules Education Cess Payable on Net Service Tax after Deducting R&D Cess [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/2096807-maruti-suzuki-taxscan.webp "Relief for Maruti Suzuki: CESTAT Rules Education Cess Payable on Net Service Tax after Deducting R&D Cess [Read Order]")
Relief for Maruti Suzuki: CESTAT Rules Education Cess Payable on Net Service Tax after Deducting R&D Cess [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that Education Cess and Secondary & Higher Education...
![Mismatch Between Income Tax and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand for Unexplained Discrepancy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/2096796-cestat-bangalore-service-tax-demand-income-tax-taxscan.webp "Mismatch Between Income Tax and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand for Unexplained Discrepancy [Read Order]")
![Tenant’s SVLDRS Payment Satisfies 7.5% Pre-Deposit Requirement for Service Tax on Rental Income: CESTAT Remands Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/2096801-svldrs-payment-pre-deposit-service-tax-rental-income-cestat-taxscan.webp "Tenant’s SVLDRS Payment Satisfies 7.5% Pre-Deposit Requirement for Service Tax on Rental Income: CESTAT Remands Appeal [Read Order]")
![AA Relied On Wikipedia Instead Of Expert Evidence To Classify Epoxy Resin Under DFIA: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/2096785-wikipedia-epoxy-resin-cestat-quashes-demand-taxscan.webp "AA Relied On Wikipedia Instead Of Expert Evidence To Classify Epoxy Resin Under DFIA: CESTAT Quashes Demand [Read Order]")
![No Scientific Test or Documentary Proof to Establish Foreign Origin of Dry Dates: CESTAT Sets Aside Confiscation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/2096592-dry-dates-cestat-taxscan.webp "No Scientific Test or Documentary Proof to Establish Foreign Origin of Dry Dates: CESTAT Sets Aside Confiscation [Read Order]")
ER-1 Return Qualifies as a Valid Duty-Paying Document under Rule 9(2) of CENVAT Credit Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that an ER-1 return can be treated as a valid duty-paying document under Rule 9(2) of the CENVAT...
![ER-1 Return Qualifies as a Valid Duty-Paying Document under Rule 9(2) of CENVAT Credit Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/2096599-valid-duty-paying-cenvat-credit-rules-cestat-taxscan.webp "ER-1 Return Qualifies as a Valid Duty-Paying Document under Rule 9(2) of CENVAT Credit Rules: CESTAT [Read Order]")
'Input' Not 'Capital Good' under Cenvat Rules: CESTAT Upholds CENVAT Credit on Dredger [Read Order]
The Hyderabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed an appeal, holding that a dredger used for providing taxable services is to be classified as an 'input'...
![Input Not Capital Good under Cenvat Rules: CESTAT Upholds CENVAT Credit on Dredger [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/2096606-cenvat-rules-cestat-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "Input Not Capital Good under Cenvat Rules: CESTAT Upholds CENVAT Credit on Dredger [Read Order]")
Commissioner must examine Factual matrix of service of an order before Dismissal of Time barred Appeal: CESTAT remands Sri Balaji Electricals Case [Read Order]
]Recently, the Hyderabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed an appeal, holding that a Commissioner (Appeals) must examine the factual matrix regarding ...
![Commissioner must examine Factual matrix of service of an order before Dismissal of Time barred Appeal: CESTAT remands Sri Balaji Electricals Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/2096494-gst-evasion-allahabad-hc-taxscan.webp "Commissioner must examine Factual matrix of service of an order before Dismissal of Time barred Appeal: CESTAT remands Sri Balaji Electricals Case [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Fixed Facility Charges, allows Inox Air Products Appeal [Read Order]
Recently, the Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed an appeal, holding that service tax is not leviable on 'Fixed Facility Charges' (FFC) when...
![CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Fixed Facility Charges, allows Inox Air Products Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/2096495-service-tax-demand-taxscan1.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Fixed Facility Charges, allows Inox Air Products Appeal [Read Order]")
![CENVAT Credit on Lease Termination Penalty Refundable, Nexus Theory Inapplicable: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/2096493-refund-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit on Lease Termination Penalty Refundable, Nexus Theory Inapplicable: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Permanent Assignment of Film Copyrights and In-Film Branding Agreements Executed Before Oct 1, 2014 Are Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the permanent transfer of film copyrights and in-film branding agreements executed before October...
![Permanent Assignment of Film Copyrights and In-Film Branding Agreements Executed Before Oct 1, 2014 Are Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/2096511-cestat-service-tax-film-branding-agreements-taxscan.webp "Permanent Assignment of Film Copyrights and In-Film Branding Agreements Executed Before Oct 1, 2014 Are Not Taxable Under Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief to Fox International Channels Case: CESTAT Upholds dismissal of Appeal as Review Order is Time-Barred [Read Order]
Recently, the Chandigarh bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the dismissal of a Revenue Department appeal against Fox International Channel, affirming...
![Relief to Fox International Channels Case: CESTAT Upholds dismissal of Appeal as Review Order is Time-Barred [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/2096424-fox-international-channel-taxscan-2.webp "Relief to Fox International Channels Case: CESTAT Upholds dismissal of Appeal as Review Order is Time-Barred [Read Order]")