![Used Machinery cannot be imported under EPCG Scheme: CESTAT Finds No Fraud, Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/16/500x300_2097100-cestat-epcg-scheme-taxscan.webp "Used Machinery cannot be imported under EPCG Scheme: CESTAT Finds No Fraud, Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]")
Used Machinery cannot be imported under EPCG Scheme: CESTAT Finds No Fraud, Sets Aside Penalty [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Chennai Benchheld that while used machinery cannot be imported under the Export...
![No Transfer of Effective Control: CESTAT rules Medical Equipment Leasing as Service, Not Deemed Sale, upholds Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096921-deemed-sale-taxscan.webp "No Transfer of Effective Control: CESTAT rules Medical Equipment Leasing as Service, Not Deemed Sale, upholds Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Wrongly Paid Service Tax under SEZ Act: CESTAT Remands Claim for Fresh Examination and Directs Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096919-cestat-hyderabad-service-tax-sez-act-taxscan.webp "Wrongly Paid Service Tax under SEZ Act: CESTAT Remands Claim for Fresh Examination and Directs Refund [Read Order]")
![Legal Uncertainty Over Service Tax Liability for Municipal Council Renting Out Properties: CESTAT Quashes Extended Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096869-service-tax-liability-taxscan.webp "Legal Uncertainty Over Service Tax Liability for Municipal Council Renting Out Properties: CESTAT Quashes Extended Limitation [Read Order]")
![S. 113(h)(i) Customs Act Applies Only When Goods Have Actually Entered For Exportation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/250x150_2096861-section-113hi-customs-act-customs-act-entered-for-exportation-exportation-taxscan.webp "S. 113(h)(i) Customs Act Applies Only When Goods Have Actually Entered For Exportation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Export Valuation Based on CRCL Moisture Content: CESTAT Rules Transaction Value in Invoice and BRC Must Be Accepted [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT ) ruled that in exports of iron ore, the transaction value reflected in the final invoices and supported by the Bank...
![Export Valuation Based on CRCL Moisture Content: CESTAT Rules Transaction Value in Invoice and BRC Must Be Accepted [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/500x300_2096823-export-valuation-export-crcl-moisture-content-crcl-moisture-cestat-taxscan.webp "Export Valuation Based on CRCL Moisture Content: CESTAT Rules Transaction Value in Invoice and BRC Must Be Accepted [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 Cess were payable on the net service tax amount...
![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/2025/10/15/500x300_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]")
Mismatch Between Income Tax and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand for Unexplained Discrepancy [Read Order]
The Bangalore Bench of Customs,Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) upheld service tax demand after finding a clear mismatch between Income Tax and ST-3 returns for FY 2014-15, ...
![Mismatch Between Income Tax and ST-3 Returns: CESTAT Upholds Service Tax Demand for Unexplained Discrepancy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/500x300_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]
The Hyderabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) remanded the appeal and held that the tenant’s payment under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution)...
![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/2025/10/15/500x300_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]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that reliance on Wikipedia instead of verified expert evidence to determine the classification of...
![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/2025/10/15/500x300_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]
The Allahabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that the department had no scientific or documentary evidence to prove that the seized dry dates were of...
![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/2025/10/14/500x300_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/2025/10/14/500x300_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]")