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What is the interpretative rule to be applied while interpreting a tax exemption reportable provision/notification when there is an ambiguity as to its applicability with reference to the entitlement of the assessee or the rate of tax to be applied?...
Read MoreIn case of ambiguity in a charging provision, benefit must necessarily go in favour of assessee but the same is not true for an exemption notification. When there is ambiguity in exemption notification which is subject to strict interpretation, the benefit of such ambiguity cannot be claimed by the subject/assessee and it must be interpre...
Read MoreICAI submitted sugesstion on 1. Levy of Integrated Tax on goods remaining in Bonded warehouse 2. Audit of assessment of imported or exported goods. 3. Power to issue supplementary notice 4. Communication of an order, decision, summon, notice etc. under Customs Act, 1962 through electronic mails. 5. Requirements for being an applicant o...
Read MoreRajiv Gupta The moot question is what the worth of the laws in this country is! Are they even worth the paper on which they are printed? The officials indulge into outright cheating & even abuse the beneficiary or issue veiled threats. This is the ground reality & no one seems to be bothered. The […]...
Read MoreGoods imported into India are cleared for home consumption by payment of custom duty under Section 12 of the Customs Act, 1962 on the value determined under Section 14 of the Act....
Read MoreThe Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested 19 accused (6 Customs official & 13 private persons) including an Assistant Commissioner, Superintendents, Inspectors, private persons(including Sri Lankan Nationals) in a case related to alleged bribery and smuggling of goods....
Read MoreAnti-dumping Duty on the import of Specified Stainless Steel Products for providing relief to the Domestic Steel Industry The Government has imposed Anti- Dumping Duties on imports of specified Stainless-Steel Products vide: i. Notification No 61/2015- Customs (ADD) dated 11.12.2015 on imports of Cold Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Ste...
Read MoreCustoms and Postal Department hold First ever Joint Conference to deliberate on streamlining imports and exports by post; To cater to the SMEs and to boost the Make in India program, Customs Department proposes new simplified procedures for exports through India Post. Customs Department proposes new simplified procedures for exports throu...
Read MoreThe Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested four Deputy Commissioners and one Superintendent, all from Customs Department, Mumbai and a private person (CHA) in an alleged bribery case....
Read MoreDRI busts Diesel Smuggling racket; 14 containers of diesel seized and 4 persons, including the Mastermind and one Hawala Operator, arrested under the Customs Act 1962....
Read MoreCommissioner of Customs (Import) Vs M/s Dilip Kumar and Company & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) - (1) Exemption notification should be interpreted strictly; the burden of proving applicability would be on the assessee to show that his case comes within the parameters of the exemption clause or exemption notification....
Read MoreM/s. Priyanka Enterprises Vs The Joint Commissioner of Customs (Madras High Court) - High Court held that Section 111(m) of Customs Act can only be invoked if goods do not correspond in respect of value or any other particular with the Entry made under the Act...
Read MoreCommissioner of Customs (I) Vs M/s Mahavir Roads & Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (CESTAT Mumbai) - Learned AR argued that Commissioner (Appeals) has wrongly interpreted Notification No. 21/2002 by construing that Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) is a road construction corporation under the control of the State Government....
Read MoreM/s Global Marine Agencies Vs CC (Prev.) (CESTAT Delhi) - The appellant has a Custom Broker Licence. The Commissioner of Customs, Jodhpur by issue of the impugned order, rejected the application dated 26.02.2015 filed for renewal of their Customs Broker Licence....
Read MoreM/s. Regal Alloys Pvt. Limited Vs Commissioner of Customs (Cestat Chandigarh) - All the three appeals are arising out of the same impugned order passed by the Commissioner (Appeals) and as such, are being disposed of by a common order....
Read MoreNotification No. 73/2018-Customs (N.T.) - (14/08/2018) - CBIC notifies vide Notification No. 73/2018-Customs (N.T.) dated 14th August, 2018 Customs (Finalisation of Provisional Assessment) Regulations, 2018...
Read MoreNotification No. 72/2018-Customs (N.T.) - (14/08/2018) - Customs Rate of Exchange of Foreign Currency Conversion wef 1508.2018 notified vide Notification No. 72/2018 – Customs (N.T.) dated 14th August, 2018...
Read MoreNotification No. 71/2018-Customs (N.T.) - (14/08/2018) - Tariff Notification No. 71/2018-CUSTOMS (N.T.) dated 14th August, 2018 in respect of Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Poppy Seeds, Areca Nut, Gold and Sliver- Reg...
Read MoreVarious representations have been received regarding difficulties faced by EOUs with respect to requirements of bank guarantees in view of Circular no. 48/2017-Customs dated 08.12.2017 issued by CBIC. The matter has been examined....
Read MoreInstruction No. 12/2018-Customs - (13/08/2018) - Vide notification No. 1/2018-Customs (SG), dated the 30th July, 2018, safeguard duty has been imposed on Solar cells whether or not assembled in modules or panels falling under subheading 8541 or tariff item 8541 40 11 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 at specified rates for a period of two years....
Read MoreNotification No. 73/2018-Customs (N.T.) - (14/08/2018) -
Notification No. 72/2018-Customs (N.T.) - (14/08/2018) -
Notification No. 71/2018-Customs (N.T.) - (14/08/2018) -
Instruction No. 12/2018-Customs - (13/08/2018) -
Notification No. 15/2018-Customs (N.T./CAA/DRI) - (10/08/2018) -
Notification No. 14/2018-Customs (N.T./CAA/DRI) - (10/08/2018) -
Circular No. 26/2018-Customs - (10/08/2018) -
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Custom duty is an indirect tax which is applicable on goods which are imported into India and a few goods which are exported out of India. Globally, countries levy custom duties over import and export of goods for raising revenue and also for shielding their domestic companies from competitors from several other countries. Custom duty in India is imposed on almost universally all the goods which are imported into India. Export duties are imposed on few goods as provided under Second Schedule. These duties are not imposed on few items such as lifesaving drugs or equipment, food grains, fertilizers etc. Import duties are divided into basic duty, true countervailing duty, additional customs duty, protective duty, anti-dumping duty and education cess.
Customs duty in India is imposed according to the value of the goods or their weight, dimension and other various criteria as per the goods. Where the duties are based on goods value, then the custom duties are known as ad valorem duties, and where the duty is based on quantity or weight, the duties are known as specific duties.
Customs Act, 1962 empowers the government of India for levying customs duty, prohibiting import and export of goods, framing policies for exporting and importing and penalties, offences etc. All the matters which are related to custom duty comes under the CBEC (Central Board of Excise & Customs). The Central Board of Excise & Customs also formulates policies with respect to custom duty rate, smuggling prevention and administrative decisions that are related to customs formations.
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