Central Excise (Amendment) Bill 2025: End of GST Compensation Cess, What's Next for Tobacco and Sin Goods?
FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman made a historic move in the Taxation System by introducing the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok...
![Central Excise (Amendment) Bill 2025: Higher Duties Proposed on Cigarettes, Tobacco & Nicotine Product [Read Bill]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/02/250x150_2109499-india-puff-up-gst-cigarettes-tobacco-products-taxscan.webp "Central Excise (Amendment) Bill 2025: Higher Duties Proposed on Cigarettes, Tobacco & Nicotine Product [Read Bill]")
![Assumptions and Private Records from Third-Party Premises Cannot Prove Dept. Allegation: CESTAT Quashes ₹67 Cr Excise Duty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/250x150_2108497-cestat-kolkata-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Assumptions and Private Records from Third-Party Premises Cannot Prove Dept. Allegation: CESTAT Quashes ₹67 Cr Excise Duty [Read Order]")
![CESTAT Holds Type Test Charges Not Liable to Excise Duty Under Section 4: Quashes Demand and Penalty Against Crompton Greaves [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/11/250x150_2104241-cestat-type-test-charges-liable-excise-duty-under-section-4-quashes-demand-penalty-crompton-greaves-txn.webp "CESTAT Holds Type Test Charges Not Liable to Excise Duty Under Section 4: Quashes Demand and Penalty Against Crompton Greaves [Read Order]")
![Penalty for Delayed Excise Duty Payment to Be Calculated Only for Actual Days of Delay, Not Entire Month: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/03/250x150_2101877-penalty-delayed-excise-duty-payment-calculated-actual-delay-cestat-txn.webp "Penalty for Delayed Excise Duty Payment to Be Calculated Only for Actual Days of Delay, Not Entire Month: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Notional Cost of Specifications Provided by Maruti Suzuki Deemed “Buyer’s Assist”: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand on Vendor [Read Order]
The Principal bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi held that specifications provided free of cost by Maruti Suzuki to its vendor are merely “buyer’s...
![Notional Cost of Specifications Provided by Maruti Suzuki Deemed “Buyer’s Assist”: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand on Vendor [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/24/500x300_2099643-maruti-suzuki-cestat-cestat-quashes-excise-duty-demand-excise-duty-demand-on-vendor-taxscan.webp "Notional Cost of Specifications Provided by Maruti Suzuki Deemed “Buyer’s Assist”: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand on Vendor [Read Order]")
CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Fixed Facility Charges, allows Inox Air Products Appeal [Read Order]
Recently, the Chennai bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed an appeal, holding that service tax is not leviable on 'Fixed Facility Charges' (FFC) when...
![CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Fixed Facility Charges, allows Inox Air Products Appeal [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/14/500x300_2096495-service-tax-demand-taxscan1.webp "CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Fixed Facility Charges, allows Inox Air Products Appeal [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]")
No Excise Duty on Pipeline Intermixing of for-PDS Kerosene and Petroleum Products: Supreme Court Upholds Relief to Bharat Petroleum [Read Judgement]
The Supreme Court of India recently upheld a decision by the Mumbai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), by which the Tribunal granted excise duty relief to...
![No Excise Duty on Pipeline Intermixing of for-PDS Kerosene and Petroleum Products: Supreme Court Upholds Relief to Bharat Petroleum [Read Judgement]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/08/500x300_2094936-excise-duty-pipeline-intermixing-pds-petroleum-products-supreme-court-bharat-petroleum-taxscan.webp "No Excise Duty on Pipeline Intermixing of for-PDS Kerosene and Petroleum Products: Supreme Court Upholds Relief to Bharat Petroleum [Read Judgement]")
Micronutrient-Based Products Used for Soil Fertility are Fertilizers, Not Plant Growth Regulators: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty Payable [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that micronutrient-based products used to improve soil fertility and supplement nutrients are fertilizers...
![Micronutrient-Based Products Used for Soil Fertility are Fertilizers, Not Plant Growth Regulators: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty Payable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094398-cestat-kolkata-cestat-rules-excise-duty-taxscan.webp "Micronutrient-Based Products Used for Soil Fertility are Fertilizers, Not Plant Growth Regulators: CESTAT Rules No Excise Duty Payable [Read Order]")
CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Kolkata Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that CENVAT credit cannot be denied to the recipient when goods are received under valid invoices and the ...
![CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/10/06/500x300_2094244-cenvat-credit-taxscan.webp "CENVAT Credit Cannot Be Denied If Goods Are Received with Valid Invoices and Duty Is Paid and Accepted: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ), Kolkata has set aside a central excise duty demand of ₹2.67 crore along with penalties against bricks manufacturer and its...
![Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/09/30/500x300_2092805-type-of-fly-ash-bricks-eligible-for-excise-exemption-taxscan.webp "Sand Lime Bricks is Type of Fly Ash Bricks, Eligible for Excise Exemption: CESTAT Quashes Excise Duty Demand of Rs. 2.6 crores [Read Order]")