![CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty on Freight Forwarder as it Finds No Evidence of Intended Export [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/no-evidence.jpg "CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty on Freight Forwarder as it Finds No Evidence of Intended Export [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets Aside Penalty on Freight Forwarder as it Finds No Evidence of Intended Export [Read Order]
The Delhi bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in New Delhi has set aside a penalty of Rs. 5 lakhs imposed on...
![CESTAT Erred in Dismissing Appeal Without Noting AA’s Order Returned Undelivered: Madras HC directs CESTAT to Admit Appeal [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Appeal.jpg "CESTAT Erred in Dismissing Appeal Without Noting AA’s Order Returned Undelivered: Madras HC directs CESTAT to Admit Appeal [Read Order]")
![CESTAT denies CENVAT Credit on Iron and Steel Items due to Unverified Usage in Capital Goods [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Allahabad-CENVAT-Credit-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT denies CENVAT Credit on Iron and Steel Items due to Unverified Usage in Capital Goods [Read Order]")
![Reimbursed Expenses Excludable only When Pure Agent Conditions u/r 5 of Service Tax Rules are Satisfied: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/service-tax-site-img-1.jpg "Reimbursed Expenses Excludable only When Pure Agent Conditions u/r 5 of Service Tax Rules are Satisfied: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand, Holding Diesel Generator Set Lease Was Deemed Sale Not Taxable as Service [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-CESTAT-Quashes-Service-Tax-taxscan.jpg "CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand, Holding Diesel Generator Set Lease Was Deemed Sale Not Taxable as Service [Read Order]")
CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand, Citing Validity of Levy on Renting of Immovable Property [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has upheld a service tax demand on income earned from renting immovable property, dismissing an appeal filed by Satnam Kaur. The...
![CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand, Citing Validity of Levy on Renting of Immovable Property [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CESTAT-Service-Tax-Demand-service-tax-on-property-rental-income-TAXSCAN.webp "CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand, Citing Validity of Levy on Renting of Immovable Property [Read Order]")
Freight and Insurance Included in Assessable Value for FOR Destination Sales: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that in cases of FOR (Free on Road) destination sales, the cost of freight and insurance must be included...
![Freight and Insurance Included in Assessable Value for FOR Destination Sales: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Freight-Insurance-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "Freight and Insurance Included in Assessable Value for FOR Destination Sales: CESTAT [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit Availed Without Separate Records for Exempted and Dutiable Goods: CESTAT Orders Demand Recomputation [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that a manufacturer availing CENVAT credit on input services used for both dutiable and exempted goods...
![CENVAT Credit Availed Without Separate Records for Exempted and Dutiable Goods: CESTAT Orders Demand Recomputation [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/CENVAT-Credit-CESTAT-Orders-Demand-Exempted-and-Dutiable-Goods-taxscan.jpg "CENVAT Credit Availed Without Separate Records for Exempted and Dutiable Goods: CESTAT Orders Demand Recomputation [Read Order]")
Relief to Microsoft: Delhi HC Restores Customs Appeals after SC Ruling on DRI’s Jurisdiction to Issue Notice u/s 28 of Customs Act [Read Order]
In a recent decision, the Delhi High Court revived the Customs Department's appeals before the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), granting relief to Microsoft Licensing...
![Relief to Microsoft: Delhi HC Restores Customs Appeals after SC Ruling on DRI’s Jurisdiction to Issue Notice u/s 28 of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Microsoft-Customs-Appeals-after-SC-Ruling-Customs-Act-taxscan.jpg "Relief to Microsoft: Delhi HC Restores Customs Appeals after SC Ruling on DRI’s Jurisdiction to Issue Notice u/s 28 of Customs Act [Read Order]")
University Entitled to SSI Exemption on Renting of Immovable Services when Aggregate Income is Below ₹10 Lakh: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent decision on the tax exemption entitlements of educational institutions, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) of New Delhi bench held that the university is...
![University Entitled to SSI Exemption on Renting of Immovable Services when Aggregate Income is Below ₹10 Lakh: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SSI-Exemption-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "University Entitled to SSI Exemption on Renting of Immovable Services when Aggregate Income is Below ₹10 Lakh: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Affiliation Fees Collected by University from 2012- 2016 Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), New Delhi, has held that affiliation fees collected by a university from affiliated colleges from 2012 to 2016 are not liable to...
![Affiliation Fees Collected by University from 2012- 2016 Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Service-tax.jpg "Affiliation Fees Collected by University from 2012- 2016 Exempted from Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Importer’s Admission on Undervaluation of Goods Does not Absolve Customs from Verification before Redetermining Value: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) of New Delhi bench held that mere admission of undervaluation by an importer is not sufficient to re-determine the value of...
![Importer’s Admission on Undervaluation of Goods Does not Absolve Customs from Verification before Redetermining Value: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Customs-duty-1.jpg "Importer’s Admission on Undervaluation of Goods Does not Absolve Customs from Verification before Redetermining Value: CESTAT [Read Order]")