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Clean Energy Cess Notification No. 04/2010- Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods falling under Central Excise Tariff headings 2701, 2702, 2703 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act,1985 (5 of 1986), other than raw coal, raw lignite and raw peat , from the clean energy cess leviable under section 83 of said Finance Act :
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 83 of the Finance Act, 2010 (14 of 2010) read with 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 exempts all goods leviable to the Clean Energy Cess under section 83 of the said Finance Act ,
(C) dumpers or tippers, falling under Chapter 87 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), registered in the name of provider of output service for providing taxable services as specified in sub-clauses (zzza) and (zzzy) of clause (105) of section 65 of the said Finance Act
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub- section (7) of section 83 of the Finance Act, 2010 (14 of 2010), the Central Government hereby declares that the following provisions of the Central Excise Act, 1944 ( 1 of 1944) relating to the matters specified therein, shall be applicable in regard to like matters in respect of cess imposed under section 83 of the said Finance Act, namely :-
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of the section 83 of the Finance Act, 2010 (14 of 2010), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st day of July, 2010, as the date on which the provisions of Chapter VII of the said Act shall come into force.
Before the recent amendment in Explanation 2 of the Rule 2 (k) the assessee was claiming credit on Cement and steel items as inputs used in the manufacture of capital goods. To this the argument by the assessee was that the said items were being used indirectly in relation to the manufacture of finished goods and whatever is used in the manufacture of final product will be available for Cenvat credit.
“The sale of IML has increased in the last couple of years after the state banned the sale of country liquor like arrack and toddy. We are taking some stringent measures to curb the sale of illicit liquor in the state,” Renukacharya, minister for excise, said. Presently, there are 7,500 liquor shops operating in the state.
the goods are used in the manufacture of Ballistic grade aramid fabric required for the manufacture of bullet proof jackets for supply to the armed forces of the Union under the Ministry of Defence or the Police Forces of the States or the Union- territories;
There are already two articles published on our website www.capradeepjain.com on this issue. The title of these articles was “SSI exemption: – The branded issue” and “Brand name for packing material: – all is well when ends well”. The budget has made further amendment while passing the budget to end the controversy. This amendment has prompted us to write this third piece on this very same issue. We will discuss the issue in brief to have a better understanding of the subject and thereafter will discuss the implications of this amendment.
Manufacturers who have paid Central Excise duty of Rs. 10 Lakh or more (including payment by utilisation of Cenvat credit) in the previous financial year shall file their Annual Financial Information Statement (ER4) as prescribed under the proviso to clause (a) of sub rule (2) of Rule 12 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002,electronically.
