![SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/500x300_2111025-scn-lacks-precise-bas-classification-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-against-amway-distributor-taxscan.webp "SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]")
SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) quashed the service tax demand against an Amway distributor since...
![PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/250x150_2112741-pims-registration-timeline-directory-not-mandatory-cestat-quashes-confiscation-delayed-pims-compliance-taxscan.webp "PIMS Registration Timeline Directory, Not Mandatory: CESTAT Quashes Confiscation for Delayed PIMS Compliance [Read Order]")
Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that non-compete fees paid by an assessee to prevent competition are allowable as revenue expenditure under the Income Tax Act, 1961, and do not amount to...
![Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113472-non-compete-fee-paid-ward-off-competition-revenue-expenditure-capital-asset-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]")
Recovery Beyond 20% of Disputed IT Demand Held Unfair During Appeal Stage: Calcutta HC Orders Refund [Read Order]
The Calcutta High Court, in a recent case, has affirmed the principle that recovery of a disputed tax demand during the pendency of an appeal cannot exceed 20% of the demand. The case arose from...
![Recovery Beyond 20% of Disputed IT Demand Held Unfair During Appeal Stage: Calcutta HC Orders Refund [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113458-calcutta-hc-vat-refund-taxscan.webp "Recovery Beyond 20% of Disputed IT Demand Held Unfair During Appeal Stage: Calcutta HC Orders Refund [Read Order]")
Failure to Supply Certificate and Consider Delay Vitiates OPDR Proceedings: Orissa HC Quashes ₹40.49‑Crore Electricity Duty Recovery [Read Order]
In a significant ruling reinforcing procedural fairness in recovery proceedings, the Orissa High Court has set aside the ₹40.49 Cr electricity duty demand raised through Certificate Case, holding...
![Failure to Supply Certificate and Consider Delay Vitiates OPDR Proceedings: Orissa HC Quashes ₹40.49‑Crore Electricity Duty Recovery [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113353-failure-supply-certificate-consider-delay-vitiates-opdr-proceedings-orissa-hc-quashes-4049crore-electricity-duty-recovery-taxscan.webp "Failure to Supply Certificate and Consider Delay Vitiates OPDR Proceedings: Orissa HC Quashes ₹40.49‑Crore Electricity Duty Recovery [Read Order]")
Drawback on Exports Delivered to Dubai Instead of Russia: CESTAT Quashes Rs. 31.66 Lakh Disallowance, sets aside Confiscation Order [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, held that export is complete once goods are taken out of India to any place outside India, and drawback...
![Drawback on Exports Delivered to Dubai Instead of Russia: CESTAT Quashes Rs. 31.66 Lakh Disallowance, sets aside Confiscation Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113372-drawback-exports-delivered-dubai-instead-russia-cestat-taxscan.webp "Drawback on Exports Delivered to Dubai Instead of Russia: CESTAT Quashes Rs. 31.66 Lakh Disallowance, sets aside Confiscation Order [Read Order]")
Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Ubico Network [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Exciseand Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that service tax cannot be levied on the reimbursement of electricity charges, as electricity is ...
![Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Ubico Network [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113168-reimbursement-electricity-charges-taxable-service-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-ubico-network-taxscan.webp "Reimbursement of Electricity Charges Not Taxable as Service: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand on Ubico Network [Read Order]")