CESTAT Rulings


Quarrying, transporting, unloading of boulders for national highway construction, exempt from tax 

CESTAT concurs with Commissioner (Appeals), extends service tax exemption to activities of quarrying, sorting, loading, transportation and unloading of boulders for contractor engaged in construction ...View More

Directs re-consideration of taxability of outside warranty vehicles servicing, absent principal-agency relationship

CESTAT sets aside adjudication order confirming service tax on activity of servicing / repairing of outside warranty vehicles from premises of authorized dealer & service centre of Tata Motors; Re...View More

Upholds reverse charge liability where freight reimbursed to agent for goods transportation 

CESTAT upholds reverse charge liability on assessee in respect of “transport of goods by road services” u/s 65(50b) r/w Section 65(105)(zzp) of Finance Act, where imported equipment was tr...View More

Upholds BCD concession on imported waste-paper; No CVD exemption upon Notification violation

CESTAT upholds concessional BCD rate of 5% on imported waste paper despite use thereof in the manufacture of paper other than newsprint, in terms of Notification No. 21/2002-Cus. as amended by Notific...View More

No tax on classes for Open University degrees & autonomous UPSC courses pre-2011 

CESTAT sets aside service tax levied on trust running classes for graduation and other degree / diploma courses run by Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), and which also imparts ed...View More

Service Tax inapplicable to services rendered in J&K, quashes reverse-charge levy on GTA

CESTAT sets aside service tax demand in respect of Goods Transport Agency (GTA) services rendered in the State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K); Rejects Revenue’s plea that assessee being a reci...View More

Advising foreign clients on investments in Indian real-estate cos. constitutes 'service export'

Delhi CESTAT allows refund of unutilized input services credit under Rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules r/w Notification No. 5/2006-CE (NT) against advisory services to clients situated abroad with respect...View More

Constructing Commonwealth Games parking facility not "works contract service"; Employee deputation non-taxable 

Construction of parking facility for Delhi Municipal Corporation for Commonwealth Games 2010 not taxable as ‘works contract service’; CESTAT holds that said service category covers only ci...View More

Upholds CENVAT credit reversal on capital goods destroyed at sister unit's premises

CESTAT upholds CENVAT credit reversal on ‘capital goods’ cleared under Rule 4(5)(a) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 (CCR) to sister unit and not returned within stipulated period of 180 days ...View More

Dutiability of re-packed 'talc powder' determinable through classification; Directs fresh adjudication

CESTAT sets aside excise duty demand on activity of re-packing of talc powder (soap stone) from bulk to small packs and affixing brand name, stating that it was premature to conclude on said aspect wi...View More