Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Prohibited importation of cosmetics without prior regulatory registration attracts seizure and confiscation; warehousing or re export claims do not cu...
Provisional release on security permitted where cash deposit plus bond secures differential duty; classification and treaty benefits referred for deci...
Customs Valuation Rule Sequence must be followed; single-comparator re-determination and penalties set aside without comparability or proof of mis-dec...
Application for a certificate at nil tax rate was directed to be granted on treaty-based grounds, holding that the competent authority must decide under domestic law while giving due regard to the India-USA tax treaty and must not be driven by revenue targets; the impugned refusal was quashed and a nil-rate certificate ordered within 15 days. Future-year certificates must be issued within 30 days of application unless the authority records a finding of a Permanent Establishment after issuing notice; applicants must disclose all material facts and cooperate with any PE inquiry.
Application for a certificate at nil tax rate was directed to be granted on treaty-based grounds, holding that the competent authority must decide under domestic law while giving due regard to the India-USA tax treaty and must not be driven by revenue targets; the impugned refusal was quashed and a nil-rate certificate ordered within 15 days. Future-year certificates must be issued within 30 days of application unless the authority records a finding of a Permanent Establishment after issuing notice; applicants must disclose all material facts and cooperate with any PE inquiry.
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