International Tax Ruling


Gives last opportunity to Revenue to come up with concrete action-plan on persistent appeal-filing delay

SC in Revenue’s appeal against CESTAT order, calls upon UOI to come forth with a “concrete plan action” for sorting out the issue of monitoring litigations to which Union of India is...View More

Refers issue of refund maintainability absent any challenge, assessment, self-assessment in appeal to Larger Bench

CESTAT Chandigarh refers to Larger Bench (LB) the issue whether refund claim of service tax paid erroneously on export of service is maintainable in the absence of any challenge or assessment or self-...View More

Exclusive part supersedes main definition, denies input-credit on works-contract services for factory repairs

CESTAT Ahmedabad holds that exclusive part of Input Service definition "supersedes or overrides main definition and inclusive part”, thus, dismisses appeal filed by Assessee against denial of CE...View More

Provision of back-office & IT support by Macquarie to group entities not 'Intermediary service'

CESTAT Chandigarh holds that Assessee is not an ‘Intermediary' while providing data processing, back-office and IT enabled support services to various Macquarie Group entities worldwide and...View More

Bombay HC Notice in challenge to Office Memorandum imposing ‘extraneous conditions’ for issuing statutory forms

Bombay HC issues Notice in writ challenging the validity and legality of the Office Memorandum dated April 21, 2021, issued by the Commissioner of Sales Tax, Goa, vide which issuance of statutory form...View More

Inclusion of turnover of Assessee's manufacturing unit being ISD, for determining reversal amount, appropriate

CESTAT, Bangalore on observing that for activities in Puducherry manufacturing unit of Assessee, centralized service tax registration is applicable, which is as a service provider as well as an input ...View More

Reversal of proportionate CENVAT-credit attributable to wheeled-out electricity sufficient to meet manufacturer’s obligation

CESTAT Hyderabad holds that reversal of proportionate CENVAT credit under Rule 6(3A) of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, attributable to electricity wheeled out (exempted goods) by a manufacturer having a c...View More

Exemption Notification comes into force from 'publication date’, allows differential duty refund

CESTAT Ahmedabad allows refund of differential duty to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (assessee) being the difference between the higher duty paid on enhanced rate of petrol and diesel and lowe...View More

Companies registered Independently in respective countries not 'establishments outside India'; allows export status

CESTAT Ahmedabad holds that services provided by assessee to independent companies registered/located outside India (service recipients) are export of services under Rule 6A of Service Tax Rules, 1994...View More

Quashes impugned Notices being time barred, as Assessee filed complete declaration

Madras HC quashes impugned Notices being time barred, subject to the rider that the Assessee has filed a complete return for the respective year along with the declaration and document for completing ...View More