![No Blanket Exemption for SEZs: CESTAT Orders Refund Reassessment, Stresses Need for Proper Documentation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/05/500x300_2041327-sez-cestat-cestat-chennai-taxscan.webp "No Blanket Exemption for SEZs: CESTAT Orders Refund Reassessment, Stresses Need for Proper Documentation [Read Order]")
No Blanket Exemption for SEZs: CESTAT Orders Refund Reassessment, Stresses Need for Proper Documentation [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that Special Economic Zone (SEZ) units are not...
![Remuneration Paid to Whole-Time Directors Not Taxable under RCM: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/04/250x150_2041231-rcm.webp "Remuneration Paid to Whole-Time Directors Not Taxable under RCM: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![100% EOU Can Carry Forward Accumulated CENVAT Credit Upon De-bonding to DTA Unit: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/06/04/250x150_2041232-eou-cenvat-credit-de-bonding-dta-unit-cestat-taxscan.webp "100% EOU Can Carry Forward Accumulated CENVAT Credit Upon De-bonding to DTA Unit: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Relief for BMW India: CESTAT Rules Post-Clearance Fuel Adaptor Fitment Not Manufacturing, Quashes Excise Duty Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that post-clearance fitting of fuel adaptors in diesel vehicles by BMW India Pvt. Ltd. does not amount to...
CESTAT Allows 100% CENVAT Credit to Rambagh Palace Hotel, Holds IHCL Services Were Management Consultancy [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed 100% CENVAT credit to Rambagh Palace Hotel, holding that the services received from IHCL qualified as...
No Blanket Exemption for SEZs: CESTAT Orders Refund Reassessment, Stresses Need for Proper Documentation [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that Special Economic Zone (SEZ) units are not automatically entitled to service tax refunds and must...
Doctrine of Mutuality: CESTAT Quashes Service Tax Demand on Association Subscription Fees [Read Order]
The Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) quashed a service tax demand on association fees and donations, holding them non-taxable under the doctrine of...
CESTAT Overturns CENVAT Denial, Rules 11 Input Services Eligible Despite Department's Objections [Read Order]
In a significant ruling, the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Chennai Bench has set aside the denial of CENVAT credit on 11 input services availed, holding them eligible...
CESTAT Rules Reusable Packaging Not 'Tangible Goods Service': Volvo Logistics Case Decided [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai Bench, has ruled that the leasing of reusable packaging material by Volvo Logistics to Rolltec Engineering does not constitute...
![CESTAT Rules Reusable Packaging Not Tangible Goods Service: Volvo Logistics Case Decided [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/volvo.jpg "CESTAT Rules Reusable Packaging Not Tangible Goods Service: Volvo Logistics Case Decided [Read Order]")
CESTAT Abates Customs Appeals as Sole Appellant Dies, Invokes ‘No Taxation of the Dead’ Principle [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) in Chennai has abated two customs appeals following the death of the sole appellant, Smt. Chand Kavar Bhandari. The tribunal cited the...
![CESTAT Abates Customs Appeals as Sole Appellant Dies, Invokes ‘No Taxation of the Dead’ Principle [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Customs-Appeals-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.webp "CESTAT Abates Customs Appeals as Sole Appellant Dies, Invokes ‘No Taxation of the Dead’ Principle [Read Order]")