Excise Duty Articles, News, Notification & Circular

In the wake of strong protests from jewellery manufacturers on the Excise duty hike on unbranded jewellery as announced in the Union Budget, the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has convened a meeting of jewellery manufacturers from major cities in New Delhi on 6th of this month. Full Article

Circular No.964/07/2012-CX Reference has been received from Trade seeking clarification regarding classification of structural parts/components of Boiler and admissibility of CENVAT credit on these parts/components to the buyers of the Boilers. Full Article

Notification No. 22/2012-Central Excise Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 18/2012-Central Excise, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 169 (E), dated the 17th March, 2012, namely:-.. Full Article

Notification No.22/2012--Central Excise (N.T.) Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Central Excise ( Third Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.2. In the Central Excise Rules, 2002 ( hereinafter referred to as the principal rules),- Full Article

Notification No.21/2012-Central Excise Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 12/2012-Central Excise, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 163 (E), dated the 17th March, 2012, namely:- Full Article

There is No Excise Duty on jewellers who are engaged only in trading activity i.e. only buying & selling so long as they do not engage in the manufacture of the same. This being so they are not required to obtain any excise registration and/or keep separate documents and file any excise returns. No field excise officer can ever raise any demand for excise duty from jewellers who are traders only. Full Article

Circular No. 963/06/2012-CX Whether the FDR is required to be submitted to the jurisdictional officer in-charge of the Mega Power Project or to the jurisdictional officer in-charge of the factory from where the goods are cleared for supply to such project: It is clarified that the FDR is required to be submitted to the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner, in-charge of the factory from where the goods are cleared in terms of this notification a.. Full Article

There is no ambiguity, whatsoever, in the Notification issued by the Central Government. The Notification speaks of finished goods produced or manufactured by a 100% EOU and if it is sold in a DTA, the said EOU can take the benefit of the Notification No.8/97-CE. An exemption notification has to be interpreted in the light of the words employed by it and not on any other basis: Full Article