CENVAT credit Archives

Calcutta High Court |In absence of prescribed statutory form, filing of return/payment of tax sufficient compliance of Works Contract Composition Scheme

The High Court has also observed that the Service Tax Department cannot invoke the extended period on the sole ground of omission as the same can be invoked only when that there is a deliberate intention to evade payment of tax.

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Whether Cenvat credit of Service Tax be availed on debit notes under the scheme of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004? CESTAT answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): P.K. Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal holding that Cenvat Credit of Service Tax

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Does empty packaging drums of cenvatable input attract payment of excise duty or cenvat credit? CESTAT answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): While dealing with an issue relating to payment of 6% on empty packaging drums

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CESTAT | Cenvat Credit is allowed on Insurance services; Tribunal sets aside penalty and interest

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) partly allowed an appeal which raised the question as to

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Whether Membership Subscription Charges, which is an essential service for business promotion, will be eligible for CENVAT Credit? CESTAT explains

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai: While taking into consideration various of kinds of charges and whether they would qualify

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Interplay between CSR and GST

by Yash Vardhan Garu* and Akansha Bohra**

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Is there any provision under Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 or Finance Act, 1994 for reversal of CENVAT credit for services provided for which no consideration is received by an assessee? CESTAT analyses

Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chandigarh: Coram of Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) and CJ Mathew (Technical Member) addressed whether the

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CESTAT | Whether payment of service tax is right utilization of cenvat credit, and can the same tax be demanded again? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which involved the issue as to whether

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CESTAT | Whether the supplementary invoices relate to the date of original clearance or the date on which the supplementary invoice was raised? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) partly allowed

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CESTAT | Whether refund claim under R. 5 of CCR can be rejected on the ground that appellant did not debit amount of refund claimed at the time of filing refund claim, but have debited such amount subsequent to the filing of refund claim but before adjudication?

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed bearing the issue as

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CESTAT | Amount claimed as refund already debited in Returns, whether there would be entitlement for refund under Rule 5 of CCR, 2004? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): P Dinesha (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal in which the Tribunal had to decide

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CESTAT | Is sales commission an admissible input service; is it eligible for cenvat credit? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the order of

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CESTAT | Can cenvat credit be availed on event management services? Tribunal explains

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the impugned order

Case Briefs High Courts

Can Commissioner of Central Tax GST Commissionerate withhold the SVLDRS Discharge certificate for transition of disputes credits to GST?

Andhra Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Joymalya Bagchi and K. Suresh Reddy, JJ., held that, SVLDRS Discharge certificate cannot be withheld

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CESTAT | Admissibility of the Cenvat Credit in respect of outward GTA; Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical member) allowed an appeal

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CESTAT | No entitlement of Cenvat credit on Outdoor catering service; Tribunal partly allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): S.S. Garg (Judicial Member) partially allowed an appeal against the confirmation order of Commissioner

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CESTAT | Nexus between services and business activities to be established in order to avail Cenvat Credit; Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the impugned order

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CESTAT | Whether place of providing service play any role in entitlement of Cenvat Credit? Tribunal answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the denial order

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CESTAT | “At the time of entertaining the refund claim, the issue of admissibility of the CENVAT credit cannot be raised”: Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the impugned orders

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CESTAT | Demand of reversal Cenvat Credit, Interest, and Imposition of penalty set aside; Tribunal allows appeal in matter of Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rule 2001

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) allowed an appeal