![Wrongly Paid Service Tax under SEZ Act: CESTAT Remands Claim for Fresh Examination and Directs Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/15/500x300_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]")
Wrongly Paid Service Tax under SEZ Act: CESTAT Remands Claim for Fresh Examination and Directs Refund [Read Order]
Recently, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) at Hyderabad allowed an appeal against a part of the order of the...
![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/2025/10/15/250x150_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]")
![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/2025/10/15/250x150_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]")
![Input Not Capital Good under Cenvat Rules: CESTAT Upholds CENVAT Credit on Dredger [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/250x150_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]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/250x150_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 Upholds Inclusion of Freight in Excise Valuation for FOR Sales, Remands Ramco Cements Case for Recalculation [Read Order]
Recently, the Hyderabad bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) upheld the inclusion of freight charges in the assessable value for excise duty on goods sold on a...
![CESTAT Upholds Inclusion of Freight in Excise Valuation for FOR Sales, Remands Ramco Cements Case for Recalculation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/500x300_2096410-ramco-cements-taxscan.webp "CESTAT Upholds Inclusion of Freight in Excise Valuation for FOR Sales, Remands Ramco Cements Case for Recalculation [Read Order]")
Relief for HPCL: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on HR Plates and Sheets Used for Repair and Maintenance of Storage Tanks [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) allowed Cenvat Credit to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. on HR Plates and HR Sheets used for repair and ...
![Relief for HPCL: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on HR Plates and Sheets Used for Repair and Maintenance of Storage Tanks [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/13/500x300_2096191-hindustan-petroleum-corporation-ltd-cestat-hyderabad-taxscan.webp "Relief for HPCL: CESTAT Allows CENVAT Credit on HR Plates and Sheets Used for Repair and Maintenance of Storage Tanks [Read Order]")
FOB Value Cannot be Treated as CUM Duty Price for Export Duty: CESTAT Dismisses Essel Mining's Appeal [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax AppellateTribunal (CESTAT) dismissed Essel Mining's appeal, holding that the FOB (Free on Board) value of exported goods cannot be treated as a...
![FOB Value Cannot be Treated as CUM Duty Price for Export Duty: CESTAT Dismisses Essel Minings Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/12/500x300_2095938-fob-value-cum-duty-price-export-duty-cestat-essel-mining-taxscan.webp "FOB Value Cannot be Treated as CUM Duty Price for Export Duty: CESTAT Dismisses Essel Minings Appeal [Read Order]")
Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that free accommodation and other reimbursements provided by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) to CISF ...
![Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/500x300_2090893-cisf-security-services-cestat-taxscan.webp "Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that free accommodation and other reimbursements provided by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) to CISF ...
![Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/25/500x300_2090911-whatsapp-image-2025-09-25-at-1237043e051503.webp "Free Accommodation and Reimbursements to CISF Personnel Not Taxable as Consideration for Security Services: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Setback for HDFC: CESTAT Rules Imported Rectangular Gold Pieces are Not Coins, Concessional Duty Benefit Denied [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that rectangular gold pieces imported by HDFC Bank without engraved serial numbers do not qualify as “gold...
![Setback for HDFC: CESTAT Rules Imported Rectangular Gold Pieces are Not Coins, Concessional Duty Benefit Denied [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/24/500x300_2090578-hdfc-taxscan.webp "Setback for HDFC: CESTAT Rules Imported Rectangular Gold Pieces are Not Coins, Concessional Duty Benefit Denied [Read Order]")
Depreciation on Capital Goods under EOU Scheme Allowed Only up to Date of Debonding, Not Till Duty Payment: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that depreciation on capital goods imported under the Export Oriented Unit (EOU) scheme is admissible...
![Depreciation on Capital Goods under EOU Scheme Allowed Only up to Date of Debonding, Not Till Duty Payment: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/16/500x300_2087753-gst-gst-on-capital-goods-capital-goods-itc-goods-and-services-tax-taxation-under-gst-cgst-act-taxscan.webp "Depreciation on Capital Goods under EOU Scheme Allowed Only up to Date of Debonding, Not Till Duty Payment: CESTAT [Read Order]")