International Tax Ruling


Dealer entitled to post-sale 'trade' discount deduction; Subordinate authorities cannot ignore precedents

Dealer entitled to deduction of post sale discount i.e. subsequent to issuance of tax invoice through credit / debit note under Karnataka VAT Act / Rules, provided same is a customary practice in trad...View More

Affirms HC grant of EPCG benefit to Tata 'Group' despite 'indirect' control

SC dismisses Revenue SLP, finds no ground to interfere with Bombay HC ruling which extended benefit of cross utilization of exports in terms of Para 5.4 of FTP for EPCG export obligation fulfillment; ...View More

Allows refund of reversed input credit on exempt goods export under Bond

CESTAT grants refund of CENVAT credit reversed in terms of Rule 6(3)(b) of CENVAT Credit Rules (CCR) on clearance of tractors for testing, owing to subsequent export under Bond; Rejects Commissioner (...View More

Rules on limitation; Revenue aware of PVC films classification, cannot plead misdeclaration 

SC grants relief to assessee on limitation, quashes differential excise duty demand on printing of PVC films / sheets; Refuses to consider classification issue, where Revenue sought classification of ...View More

Unfinished alloy steel forgings classifiable as 'iron / steel articles', not 'machinery / vehicle parts'

CESTAT rules in assessee’s favour, Alloy Steel Forgings (machined) in unfinished form for use rings for Bearing and Gear Blanks, classifiable under Chapter Heading (CH) 732616 (i.e. articles of ...View More

Substitute inputs eligible for credit; No duty on scrap generated at job-workers

CESTAT rules in favour of assessee, allows CENVAT credit on H.R. Sheets of less than 4 mm thickness used as substitutes in manufacture of motor vehicle parts, upon unavailability of H.R. Sheets of 4 m...View More

Presence of one bulk drug in 'formulation' sufficient to avail concession benefit 

SC dismisses Revenue appeal, grants concessional excise duty benefit on manufacture of ‘Strepto Penicillin Injection’ by assessee; Rejects Revenue’s stand that said product a combina...View More

Computer software is 'goods'; Commissioner to re-determine 'maintenance & repair' exports refund 

CESTAT Third Member concurs with Member (Technical), remands issue of CENVAT credit refund entitlement on export of services of (i) maintenance of software, (ii) testing, (iii) re-engineering and (iv)...View More

'Capital goods' definition under FTP same for different schemes; Grants SHIS benefit 

CESTAT allows Status Holder Incentive Scheme (SHIS) benefit under Notification No. 104/2009-Cus towards clearance of equipment for continuous annealing line / galvanizing line in cold rolling mills co...View More

Affirms HC's view; SEZ - DTA electricity supply non-taxable, when imports thereof exempt 

SC dismisses Revenue SLP, affirms Gujarat HC conclusion that, proviso to Notification No. 25/2010-Cus., levying customs duty on electricity cleared from SEZ to DTA, is ultra vires Articles 14 and 265 ...View More