Excise Duty Articles, News, Notification & Circular

Circular No. 948/09/2011-CX It has been brought to the notice of the Board that doubts have arisen on whether the benefit of proportionate Cenvat credit as clarified by Circular 845/03/2006-CX dated 1.02.2007 would be available to textile items of heading 5508, 5509, 5510, 5511, 5512, 5513 and 5514 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise tariff Act since a reference to these headings was omitted in Notification No.29/2004-CE dated 9th July, 2004 vide notification No... Full Article

Notification No.15/2011-Central Excise (N.T.) New Delhi, dated the 30th June, 2011 G.S.R. (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by sixth proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 12 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby specifies the form for quarterly return, namely:- Full Article

Notification No. 33/2011-Central Excise In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, published in the Gazette .. Full Article

In a relief to the garment industry, the government today said no excise duty will be imposed on uniforms and items like towels if they merely bear logo of the institution or company they are made for. .Such products would not merit treatment as branded products merely because the name of the school, institution or company or their logo is either printed, embroidered or etched on them,'the revenue department said. Full Article

Circular No. 947/8/2011- CX - On the issue of applicability of excise duty on uniforms or made-up articles like quilt, blankets, towels, linen etc bearing the name or logo of a school, security agency, company, hotel or airline etc., it is clarified that such products would not merit treatment as 'branded' products merely because the name of the school, institution or company or their logo is either printed, embroidered or etched on them. This is equally true of made u.. Full Article

Circular No. 946/07/2011 In the context of revision of the delegated powers to write off irrecoverable tax arrears, most of the Chief Commissioners did not recommend any enhancement of the existing monetary limits prescribed vide Board’s Circular dated 21.9.1990. On the other hand, the Chief Commissioners suggested adoption of a Committee system for deciding cases of write off of arrears as followed by the CBDT. It is seen that CBDT, while revising the delegated powe.. Full Article

On behalf of the Central Board of Excise & Customs, I extend a warm welcome to you all at the Annual Conference of Chief Commissioners and Directors General for the year 2011. The annual conference provides us with an opportunity to take stock of our performance in the year gone by, and to analyze the reasons for deficiencies and failures. In a Conference such as this, we capitalize on our strengths; we deliberate on issues that warrant close attention; and with the c.. Full Article

Please refer to Office Order No.107/2011 dated 03.06.2011 vide which officers in the grade of Addl./Joint Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise were transferred in AGT-201 1. In terms of the said order, all the officers so transferred were to be relieved by their respective controlling officers by 08.06.2011 from their present charge to enable them to join their new place of postings. The Chief Commissioners/Directors General were also requested to send a compliance r.. Full Article