![15% Retention on Statutory Port Dues is Reimbursement of Overheads, Not Commission Under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/07/2128275-15-retention-on-statutoryjpg.webp "15% Retention on Statutory Port Dues is Reimbursement of Overheads, Not Commission Under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]")
15% Retention on Statutory Port Dues is Reimbursement of Overheads, Not Commission Under BAS: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise andService Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Hyderabad has clarified that the 15% retention on statutory port dues was only a...
![Hindustan Shipyard Not Liable to Include Travel & Accommodation Costs of Foreign Consultants in Service Tax Value: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/06/2128039-hindustan-shipyard-liable-include-travel-accommodation-costs-consultants-service-tax-value-cestat-.webp "Hindustan Shipyard Not Liable to Include Travel & Accommodation Costs of Foreign Consultants in Service Tax Value: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Transactions where Supplied Material is Subjected to VAT are Work Contract Services: CESTAT Rejects Depts Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/05/2127954-transactions-supplied-material-vat-work-contract-services-cestat-rejects-appeal-.webp "Transactions where Supplied Material is Subjected to VAT are Work Contract Services: CESTAT Rejects Depts Appeal [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Confirms ₹16.78 Crore Service Tax Demand and Equal Penalty on Wrongful Double Availment of Cenvat Credit [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/05/2127927-cestat-confirms-service-tax-demand-and-equal-penalty-wrongful-double-availment-cenvat-credit-.webp "CESTAT Confirms ₹16.78 Crore Service Tax Demand and Equal Penalty on Wrongful Double Availment of Cenvat Credit [Read Order]")
![CA Certificate Insufficient to Conclude that the Incidence of Tax has been Passed on to the Customer: CESTAT Remands Matter to RSA [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/05/2127921-cestat-remands-matter-to-rsa-taxscan.webp "CA Certificate Insufficient to Conclude that the Incidence of Tax has been Passed on to the Customer: CESTAT Remands Matter to RSA [Read Order]")
Service Tax Demand on Cab Services to Wipro SEZ Unit Set Aside: CESTAT Quashes ₹20.23 Lakh Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) Hyderabad has quashed a service tax demand of ₹20.23 lakh against Nine Wheels Rent‑A‑Cab, holding that cab...
![Service Tax Demand on Cab Services to Wipro SEZ Unit Set Aside: CESTAT Quashes ₹20.23 Lakh Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/03/05/2127891-wiprojpg.webp "Service Tax Demand on Cab Services to Wipro SEZ Unit Set Aside: CESTAT Quashes ₹20.23 Lakh Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
CSIR-IICT Providing Data to Private Entity as per Govt. Order Not Taxable under Scientific and Technical Consultancy Service: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad Bench, held that the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology’s (IICT) provision of data to private entities in accordance...
![CSIR-IICT Providing Data to Private Entity as per Govt. Order Not Taxable under Scientific and Technical Consultancy Service: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/02/17/2125993-cestat-hyderabad-csir-iict-technical-consultancy-csir-iict-scientific-consultancy-service-technical-consultancy-service-taxscan.webp "CSIR-IICT Providing Data to Private Entity as per Govt. Order Not Taxable under Scientific and Technical Consultancy Service: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Penalty Not Sustainable Where Service Tax Under RCM Paid Before SCN & No Intent to Evade Shown: CESTAT in Reliance Cellulose Case [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service TaxAppellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that penalty under Section 78 cannot be imposed when service tax under Reverse Charge...
![Penalty Not Sustainable Where Service Tax Under RCM Paid Before SCN & No Intent to Evade Shown: CESTAT in Reliance Cellulose Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/27/2122080-penalty-not-sustainable-where-service-tax-under-rcm-paid-before-scn-no-intent-evade-shown-cestat-reliance-cellulose-case-taxscan.webp "Penalty Not Sustainable Where Service Tax Under RCM Paid Before SCN & No Intent to Evade Shown: CESTAT in Reliance Cellulose Case [Read Order]")
![Tobacco Leaves Threshing Not Taxable under BAS: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2026/01/25/2121843-tobacco-leaves-bas-cestat-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Tobacco Leaves Threshing Not Taxable under BAS: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) partly allowed the appeal, holding that peanut butter is an “edible preparation similar to margarine,” making...
![Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/2111269-peanut-butter-margarine-cestat-cenvat-credit-demand-credit-reversal-written-off-inputs-taxscan.webp "Peanut Butter Classified as Similar to Margarine: CESTAT Sets Aside ₹1.35Cr Cenvat Credit Demand While Upholding Credit Reversal on Written-Off Inputs [Read Order]")
Mobilization Advances Not Taxable Prior to POT Rules, 2011: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed the appeal, holding that mobilization advances received during 2009-2010 were not taxable services,...
![Mobilization Advances Not Taxable Prior to POT Rules, 2011: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/2111260-cestat-hyderabad-service-tax-demand-mobilization-not-taxable-pot-rules-2011-taxscan.webp "Mobilization Advances Not Taxable Prior to POT Rules, 2011: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
VAT/CST Incentive Not Additional Consideration and Not Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT Holds Reimbursement cannot be Included u/s 4 [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed the appeal, holding that the VAT/CST reimbursements received by the appellant from the Government of...
![VAT/CST Incentive Not Additional Consideration and Not Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT Holds Reimbursement cannot be Included u/s 4 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/2111237-vat-cst-incentive-additional-consideration-not-part-assessable-value-cestat-reimbursement-taxscan.webp "VAT/CST Incentive Not Additional Consideration and Not Part of Assessable Value: CESTAT Holds Reimbursement cannot be Included u/s 4 [Read Order]")