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Changes in Prosecution guidelines vis a vis smuggling of gold and foreign currency by Foreign Nationals under Customs Act, 1962 Central Board of Indirect Tax & Customs has made certain changes with regard to Prosecution of Foreign Nationals for the offences covered under the Customs Act, 1962 involving Foreign Currency vide Circular N...
Read MoreRegistration Process of Multi modal transport operator. Transportation is an integral part of delivering goods from suppliers to customers. Every Company, Firm or Proprietary Concern, either engaged in the business of Shipping, or freight forwarding in India or abroad need to get registered under the Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act...
Read MoreIntroduction Rate of duty and Tariff Valuation in case of Import and export of Goods is determined on the basis of Rate applicable on the Relevant date, which has been discussed below. 1. Date of determination of Rate of duty and tariff valuation of Imported Goods [Section 15 of Customs Act, 1962] Relevant date for […]...
Read MorePrincipal Notification No. 02/2019 – Customs Dated: 29th January, 2019. Amendment Notifications: notification No.57/2017-Customs, dated the 30th June, 2017 and notification No. 75/2018 -Customs, dated the 11th October, 2018 Effective Date: 30th January 2019 Sl. No. Heading Description of services Rate Conditions Old Amendment Old ...
Read More1. Pre-import condition (i.e. import first and then export) was inserted in Notification No. 18/2015 – Customs (as condition no. (xii)) as well as Notification No. 20/2015 – Customs (as condition no. (xiii)) vide Notification No. 79/2017 – Customs dated 13-10-2017. Said condition was required to be met if IGST exemption was claimed...
Read MoreCentral Bureau of Investigation CBI Arrests Preventive Officer of Customs in an On-Going Investigation of A Disproportionate Assets Case, and Recovers Rs.1,18,50,000/- The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Preventive Officer of Customs, Goa in an on-going investigation of disproportionate assets case. His father (private pers...
Read MoreCustoms Brokers’ Examination GUIDELINES FOR THE CANDIDATES (Please refer Regulation 6 of Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018) A. Admit Card and Mock Test: A dummy Question paper for the purpose of awareness of candidates will be made available on the CBIC and NACIN websites under the icon/tab <GSTP/CBLR Exam>. A link to do...
Read MoreComputer based Examination under Regulation 6 of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 (As Amended); The Examination to be conducted on 15th March, 2019 at designated Examination Centers across India...
Read MoreRationalization of customs duty and procedures to give boost to ‘Make in India’ initiative RFID technology to be used to improve export logistics The Government has undertaken rationalization of customs duties and procedures to promote the “Make in India” initiative. While presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parli...
Read MoreUnited States has imposed global tariff of 25% and 10% in March, 2018 on certain steel and aluminium products, respectively, under Section 232 of US Trade Expansion Act of 1962. India took up this issue at World Trade Organisation (WTO) as it considers these additional duties to be non-compliant with WTO provisions. ...
Read MoreSikodh Mahto Vs. State (Delhi High Court) - The Hon'ble High Court of Delhi vide Judgment dated 6th June, 2019 passed in Crl. A. No.660/2017 titled Sikodh Mahto vs. State and in Crl No.698/2017 titled Prabhu Mahto vs. State while quashing the order passed by Ld. Additional Sessions Judge, acquitted the appellants in case involving a...
Read MoreGillette India Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Customs & Ors. (Delhi High Court) - Under Sections 125 read with Section 126 of the Customs Act, 1962 where the redemption fine in lieu of confiscation is not paid within the time stipulated, the Central Government is entitled to retain the excess auction sale proceeds of the confiscated goods, after adjustment of the duty, penalty, i...
Read MoreM/s. Ansar & Co. Vs Commissioner of Customs (Imp-II) (CESTAT Mumbai) - The assessee should have been put to Notice and a reasonable opportunity should have been given for representing their case. While the same was not done, jumping straight way to coercive measures was certainly uncalled for. Therefore, Interest collected being without authority of Law needs to be ref...
Read MoreUnion of India & Ors. Vs Ms. Make My Trip (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Supreme Court) - Union of India & Ors. Vs Ms. Make My Trip (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Supreme Court) The issue is as to whether the power of arrest under Section 91 of the Finance Act, 1994 can be exercised without following the procedure as set out in Section 73A(3) and (4) of the said Act. The High Court […]...
Read MoreCommissioner of Central Excise, Customs & Service Tax Vs M/s Mideast Integrated Steels Ltd. (CESTAT Hyderabad) - Order sanctioning refund by the first appellate authority (FAA) was upheld after rectifying the clerical/ arithmetical mistakes in the shipping bills....
Read MoreNotification No. 23/2019-Customs (ADD) - (11/06/2019) - Notification No. 23/2019-Customs (ADD) dated 11.06.2019 seeks to extend the levy of anti dumping duty imposed on ‘PVC (Resin) suspension grade’ imported from China, Thailand and USA till 12th August, 2019- Notification No. 23/2019-Customs (ADD) Dated 11th June, 2019. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ...
Read MoreNotification No. 22/2019-Customs (ADD) - (10/06/2019) - Seeks to extend levy of anti-dumping duty till 24.06.2019, on imports of ‘Paracetamol’ originating in or exported from china PR, imposed vide notification No. 39/2018 Customs (ADD), dated the 20th August, 2018,in pursuance order of Hon’ble High Court of Gujarat in the matter of SCA...
Read MoreCircular No. 15/2019-Customs - (07/06/2019) - The Revenue Laboratories have now acquired testing facilities for some of the samples listed in the said Annexure following the up-gradation and induction of more sophisticated equipment. These items are listed in Annexure I annexed with this Circular....
Read MoreNotification No. 40/2019-Customs (N.T.) - (06/06/2019) - Customs Rate of Exchange of Foreign Currency Conversion w.e.f. 7th June, 2019 notified vide Notification No. 40/2019–Customs (N.T.) dated 6th June, 2019. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) (CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS) ***** Notification No. 40/2019R...
Read MoreCircular No. 14/2019-Customs - (03/06/2019) - ICEGATE has now introduced simplified auto registration for IEC holders based on the email ids already provided by them for registration under GST. Detailed advisory on the same has been placed on the ICEGATE web portal. The simplified procedure does away with the requirement of the digital signatur...
Read MoreNotification No. 23/2019-Customs (ADD) - (11/06/2019) -
Sikodh Mahto Vs. State (Delhi High Court) -
Notification No. 22/2019-Customs (ADD) - (10/06/2019) -
Circular No. 15/2019-Customs - (07/06/2019) -
Notification No. 40/2019-Customs (N.T.) - (06/06/2019) -
Circular No. 14/2019-Customs - (03/06/2019) -
Circular No. 13/2019-Customs - (03/06/2019) -
Notification No. 39/2019 - Customs (N.T.) - (31/05/2019) -
