GST Update: Refund of education cess and secondary and higher education cess lying unutilized as on 30-6-2017 is admissible and payable in cash
[2021] 132 taxmann.com 165 (Ahmedabad - CESTAT)[09-11-2021] GST Update: Refund of education cess and secondary and higher education cess lying unutilized as on 30-6-2017 is admissible and payable in cash CESTAT, AHMEDABAD BENCH Atul Ltd. vs. Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax-Vadodara-II · Refund - Cenvat credit of Education Cess - Balance of Education Cess (E-Cess) and Secondary and Higher Education Cess (SHE Cess) lying unutilized – · Refund claim filed for such cess on implementation of Goods and Services Tax – · E-Cess and SHE Cess were leviable till 28-4-2015 and not thereafter – · Cenvat credit of such cess paid on inputs or capital goods received in the factory on or after 1-3-2015 can be utilized for payment of excise duty as per Notification No. 12/2015-C.E. (N.T.) – · Accumulated credit of cess could not be utilized till 30-6-2017 by appellant – · Unutilised cred...