Hero Honda Motors Ltd. (Assessee) is engaged in the business of manufacture of Motor Cycles. The Assessee availed Cenvat credit of mirror assembly, sari guard and tool kit (impugned goods) treating them as Inputs.
Bajrang Castings Private Limited (the Assessee) was engaged in manufacturing and sale of MS Ingots. During the course of searches, it was noted that the modus operandi of the Assessee was doubtful. It was alleged thatthe Assessee was availing Cenvat credit on the basis of Cenvatable invoicesfrom the registered dealers/ traders
Pushpak Steels Pvt. Ltd. (the Appellant) was manufacturer of goods falling under Chapter 72 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. The Appellant purchased an Electric Motor (impugned Capital Goods) from Crompton Greeves Ltd.under an invoice No. 357 dated January 9, 2003 on payment of Excise duty amounting to Rs. 1,32,280/-.
Representations have been received from the Express Industry Council of India highlighting problems faced in complying with the KYC norms. It has been represented that only one identification/ document instead of minimum two documents should be collected
The ADs will be required to access the e-Biz portal (which is hosted on the National Informatics Centre (NIC) servers) using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) Account obtained from NIC. The financial aspects for obtaining/using the VPN accounts is being finalised in consultation with Government of India, DIPP and NIC. The same will be informed in due course.
It has been decided to dispense with the requirement of submitting request in Form A-1 to the AD Category –I Banks for making payments towards imports into India. AD Category –I may however, need to obtain all the requisite details from the importers and satisfy itself about the bonafides of the transactions before effecting the remittance.
Indirect Tax Revenue (Provisional) Collections Increase from Rs. 3,98,238 Crore in April-January 2014 to Rs. 4,27,822 Crore During April-January 2015; Registering an Increase of 7.4% During April-January 2015 Over the Corresponding Period in the Previous Year; Customs Collections Increase by 8.7 % While Service Tax Collections Increase by 8.3 % During the Same Period.
During the course of audit it was revealed that Krishna Cylinders (Assessee)has not paid Service tax during the period from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007 on outward Goods Transportation services. However, on being pointed out by the audit team, the Assessee paid the entire amount of Service tax along with applicable interest.
In the instant case, JP. Kenny Ltd. (the Appellant)availed Cenvat credit of Rs. 6,48,208/- on the invoices received prior to their Service tax registration and also availed Cenvat credit of Rs. 47,182/- on Housekeeping and Hotel services charges paid by them.
It has been brought to the notice of the Board by certain Investigation Directorates that some of the Commissioners are not providing manpower to the Investigation Directorates for the purposes of conducting searches for one reason or the other.
