Excise Duty Articles, News, Notification & Circular

Circular No. 960/03/2012-CX Your kind attention is invited to Notifications No. 49/2003-CE and 50/2003-CE, both dated 10.06.2003 which provide full exemption from excise duties to specified goods cleared from industrial units in the states of Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh for a period of ten years from the date of commencement of commercial production. Full Article

In Recent times the Rollback of Excise Duty Exemption on Branded Readymade Garments has been a Subject Matter of big protest from Industry. Despite all the efforts and rows the government looks in no mood to give any relaxation on the same. Excise duty at the rate of 10% shall now apply to ready-made garments [...] Full Article

CCE Vs. M/s. Food & Healthcare Specialities & ANR.(Supreme Court) - In the present case, as aforesaid, neither did the Tribunal address this aspect of the matter, nor did it consider whether the Assessee and Heinz are related persons. It based its decision solely on the observation made by the Adjudicating Authority 'that the status of the Assessee was not better than that of a hired labour'. Full Article

Rule 8 of the said Rules provides that duty relating to removals during a month can be discharged within five days of the following month. In case of a manufacturer availing an exemption based on value of clearances during a financial year, the duty for a month may be discharged by fifteenth day of the succeeding month except that for month of March, the duty has to be discharged by 31st March in both the circumstances. Full Article

Powers of the C.B.E.C. to issue orders of classification of goods, Value under the Central Excise Act, 1944, Transaction Value, Salient features of the new valuation rules, aluation of goods manufactured on lob-work basis, Clarification issued on Levy of excise duty on readymade garments on the basis of Retail Sale Price (RSP), Value on basis of Maximum Retail Sale Price, Clarifications regarding Section 4A of the Central Excise Act, Full Article

The expressions 'assessment' and 'assessee' have been defined in the Central Excise Rules, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the said Rules). 'Assessment' includes self-assessment of duty made by the assessee and provisional assessment under rule 7 of the said Rules. 'Assessee' means any person who is liable for payment of duty assessed or a producer or manufacturer of excisable goods or a registered person of a private warehouse in which excisable goods are stored and i.. Full Article

Legal Provisions, Persons Requiring Registration, Exemption from Registration, Important changes in the Registration procedure, changes in Format of Application for Registration, Components of 15 digit based Registration Number, Procedure for application for Central Excise Registration and grant of Registration Certificate, New Central Excise Registration Procedure for Powerloom weavers/Hand Processors/Dealers of Yarns and Fabrics/Manufacturers of Ready Made Garments, P.. Full Article

Notification No. 01/2012-Central Excise (N.T.) These rules may be called the CENVAT Credit (First Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come into force from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. In the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, in rule 12, for the words For the wordsnotwithstanding anything contained in these rules the words notwithstanding anything contained in these rules but subject to the proviso to clause (i) of sub rule (1) of the rule 3 shall be sub.. Full Article