https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=341 Marketable residues from gutkha manufacturing are subject to excise duty; non marketable losses such as dust, moisture loss, evaporation or spread during processing are not treated as goods and do not attract excise. No formal norms for permissible wastage have been fixed, making marketability the determining factor for liability. en-us Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:04:33 +0530 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:58:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=341 Marketable residues from gutkha manufacturing are subject to excise duty; non marketable losses such as dust, moisture loss, evaporation or spread during processing are not treated as goods and do not attract excise. No formal norms for permissible wastage have been fixed, making marketability the determining factor for liability. Discussion-Forum Service Tax Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:04:33 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/forum/issue?id=341