![Ineligible Scrips for White Poppy Seed Imports Approved by Customs, Rs. 30 Lakh Duty Demand Issued After 4 Years: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand as Time-Barred [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CESTAT-CESTAT-Kolkata-White-Poppy-Seed-Duty-Demand-Customs-and-Excise-taxscan.jpg "Ineligible Scrips for White Poppy Seed Imports Approved by Customs, Rs. 30 Lakh Duty Demand Issued After 4 Years: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand as Time-Barred [Read Order]")
Ineligible Scrips for White Poppy Seed Imports Approved by Customs, Rs. 30 Lakh Duty Demand Issued After 4 Years: CESTAT Sets Aside Demand as Time-Barred [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) set aside a Rs. 30 lakh duty demand, issued after 4 years,...
![CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit on Input Services Valid for Commercial Property Rentals, Reverses ₹3.23 Crore Denial [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CESTAT-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-CESTAT-Kolkata-CESTAT-Rules-CENVAT-Credit-Input-Services-TAXSCAN.jpg "CESTAT Rules CENVAT Credit on Input Services Valid for Commercial Property Rentals, Reverses ₹3.23 Crore Denial [Read Order]")
![Demanded Service Tax PaidbBefore Show Cause Notice issuance: CESTAT sets aside Penalty under S.77 and S.78 of Finance Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CESTAT-Customs-Excise-and-Service-Tax-Appellate-Tribunal-CESTAT-Kolkata-Service-Tax-Show-Cause-Notice-TAXSCAN.jpg "Demanded Service Tax PaidbBefore Show Cause Notice issuance: CESTAT sets aside Penalty under S.77 and S.78 of Finance Act [Read Order]")
![Customs Brokers and Intermediary’s Negligence in Smuggling of Prohibited Red Sanders Logs: CESTAT Lowers Penalty u/s 114 of Customs Act [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CESTAT-Kolkata-red-sanders-smuggling-case-Customs-Broker-TAXSCAN-1.jpg "Customs Brokers and Intermediary’s Negligence in Smuggling of Prohibited Red Sanders Logs: CESTAT Lowers Penalty u/s 114 of Customs Act [Read Order]")
![Marketing Margin on Gas Sale Subject to VAT, not Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CESTAT-Kolkata-Service-Tax-Demand-order-Gas-sale-TAXSCAN.jpg "Marketing Margin on Gas Sale Subject to VAT, not Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]")
MDC for under-consumption of Gas Deemed a Penalty, Not Consideration for Service: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of Customs, Excise, And Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) quashed the service tax demand order ruling that Minimum Demand Charges ( MDC ) for under-consumption of gas are...
![MDC for under-consumption of Gas Deemed a Penalty, Not Consideration for Service: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CESTAT-Kolkata-Gas-penalty-Penalty-for-gas-consumption-TAXSCAN.jpg "MDC for under-consumption of Gas Deemed a Penalty, Not Consideration for Service: CESTAT quashes Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Demand of Interest u/s 11B of Central Excise Act not valid in absence of knowledge on Price Escalation: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent case the Kolkata bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has held that the demand of Interest under section 11B of Central Excise Act, 1944 is not...
![Demand of Interest u/s 11B of Central Excise Act not valid in absence of knowledge on Price Escalation: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-CESTAT-Kolkata-Interest-Demand-Central-Excise-Act-Price-Escalation-section-11B-Central-Excise-Act-taxscan.jpg "Demand of Interest u/s 11B of Central Excise Act not valid in absence of knowledge on Price Escalation: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Dept classifies Transport Contractor as Mining Service Provider without Proper Evidence: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Kolkata bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) overturned the service tax demand on transportation services as the department was unable to...
![Dept classifies Transport Contractor as Mining Service Provider without Proper Evidence: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-Kolkata-CESTAT-Service-Tax-Service-Tax-Demand-Taxscan.jpg "Dept classifies Transport Contractor as Mining Service Provider without Proper Evidence: CESTAT sets aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
Extended Period of Limitation not Invocable on Non-Inclusion of VAT in Assessable Value: CESTAT sets aside Duty Demand Order [Read Order]
Recently in a ruling, the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata, set aside a duty demand order against an assessee concerning the non-inclusion of Value Added Tax (...
![Extended Period of Limitation not Invocable on Non-Inclusion of VAT in Assessable Value: CESTAT sets aside Duty Demand Order [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-CESTAT-Kolkata-CESTAT-duty-demand-order-TAXSCAN.jpg "Extended Period of Limitation not Invocable on Non-Inclusion of VAT in Assessable Value: CESTAT sets aside Duty Demand Order [Read Order]")
Extended Period of Limitation not invokable in Classification Issue when Date and Method of Duty Payment known to Department: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Kolkata bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) held that the extended period of limitation cannot be invoked in classification issues as...
![Extended Period of Limitation not invokable in Classification Issue when Date and Method of Duty Payment known to Department: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-CESTAT-Kolkata-Duty-Payment-Customs-and-Excise-Method-of-Duty-Payment-taxscan.jpg "Extended Period of Limitation not invokable in Classification Issue when Date and Method of Duty Payment known to Department: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![CESTAT quashes Penalty based on Time-Barred Excise Duty Demand Order [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CESTAT-CESTAT-Kolkata-Excise-Duty-Excise-Duty-Demand-Order-Penalty-Taxscan.jpg "CESTAT quashes Penalty based on Time-Barred Excise Duty Demand Order [Read Order]")
Operation, Maintenance of External Coal Handling System Exempt from Service Tax Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) of Kolkata, the tribunal clarified that the operation and maintenance of external coal handling systems, such...
![Operation, Maintenance of External Coal Handling System Exempt from Service Tax Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Operation-Maintenance-External-Coal-Handling-System-Exempt-Service-Tax-Prior-CESTAT-taxscan.jpg "Operation, Maintenance of External Coal Handling System Exempt from Service Tax Prior to 01.07.2012: CESTAT [Read Order]")