International Tax Ruling


Directs parties to approach Metrology Dept. for valuation of Food Processor accessories

CESTAT allows assessee’s appeal, remands issue for determination whether Food Processor accessories are assessable at MRP u/s 4A or at the transaction value u/s 4 of Central Excise Act, whe...View More

Titan's gold watch studded with precious stones taxable as "article of jewellery"

HC concurs with VAT Tribunal, classifies Titan’s ‘Nebula’ watch with precious stones / metals / diamonds as “Jewellery” taxable at 1% under Entry 13(ii) of Schedule-II to...View More

Grants credit of scrap received for manufacture; Correlation with duty-paying documents irrelevant

HC dismisses Revenue appeal, denial of MODVAT / CENVAT credit for lack of correlation between input scrap actually received and used in manufacture of excisable goods vis-a-vis scrap described in invo...View More

Motor vehicle / tractor 'bearings' classifiable under specific headings, not as their 'parts' 

HC holds that ‘bearings’ manufactured for motor vehicles and agricultural tractors are covered by specific Entry C-II-146 of Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959 (Act), not Entry C-II-102 as “...View More

Cannot deny SAD refund for packing list mismatch, when subsequent sale undisputed

CESTAT grants refund of 4% SAD on timber logs sold after paying sales tax/VAT, absent dispute that entire quantity so imported had been sold subsequently; Finds that Adjudication Authority did not dis...View More

ITC not reversible upon purchasing & selling dealers' data mismatch, absent proper enquiry 

Input Tax Credit not reversible by purchasing dealer under TNVAT Act where there is a mismatch of returns filed by such dealer with that of selling dealer; HC notes that since statute is silent on pro...View More

Assembling components & units into 'computer system' does not constitute "manufacture"

CESTAT rules that assembling various components into a computer system does not constitute ‘manufacture’, hence not liable to 'excise duty'; Referring to description of Automatic Data Proc...View More

Purchaser liable for ‘demurrage’ on goods imported before title acquisition; Directs appropriate remission 

SC partly allows assessee’s appeal, sets aside decision of Bombay Port declining the remission of demurrage charges claimed by assessee while directing appropriate decision on the application du...View More

No prohibition on discharge of EO in Indian Rupees under Advance Licence 

HC allows assessee’s writ, quashes cancellation of advance license where Export Obligation (EO) discharged in Indian Rupees (INR), rejecting Revenue’s plea that said license could be issue...View More

Disallows post-sale discount deduction; Credit-note amount includible in 'turnover' for tax payment

HC disallows deduction of discount received from supplier under various schemes, by way of credit notes subsequent to sale of goods; Rejects assessee-dealer’s contention that such discount on sa...View More