- HC : Notification prescribing recovery of Clean-Environment-Cess in lieu of Statutory Procedure intra-vires; Upholds validity
- Tribunal : PepsiCo’s ‘Nimbooz’, ‘Slice’ and ‘Tropicana’ taxable as fruit drinks at 4%/5.5% KVAT, not 14%/14.5%
- SC : ‘Sharbat’ deriving identity from fruit content, is fruit drink; Applies common-parlance, essential-character test
- HC : Test report not invalid merely because samples tested in two labs; Upholds DRI seizure
- SC : Copy of SC-judgment quashing demand on 'Naphtha' predominantly used for fertilizer-production despite partial non-fertilizer use
45% respondents saw an attitudinal change in senior functionaries (Commissioner level and above), shows survey conducted by FICCI along with KPMG (on CBEC's request); 51% acknowledged an improvement at the ground level, at the level of inspectors and above; Further, ‘Customs Single Window Project’ proved to be CBEC’s most outstanding achievement which lead to improvement in customs clearance process, and same was agreed to by 76% respondents; Similarly, positive responses were received for processing of refunds, legislative changes in warehousing provisions and Make in India Initiative; FICCI and KPMG have also given ‘wish list’ of respondents to CBEC, some of which includes focus on tax evaders and simplification of procedures
Press Release dated June 29, 2016
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