14th March 2006.
Notification No. 05/2006-Central Excise (N.T.)
G.S.R. (E) In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘said rules’), and in supercession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.11/2002 – Central Excise (NT), dated 1st March, 2002, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 150(E), dated 1st March, 2002, the Central Government hereby directs that refund of CENVAT credit shall be allowed in respect of :
(a) input or input service used in the manufacture of final product which is cleared for export under bond or letter of undertaking;
(b) input or input service used in providing output service which has been exported without payment of service tax, subject to safeguards, conditions and limitations, set out in the Appendix to this notification.
Appendix
1.The final product or the output service is exported in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Central Excise Rules, 2002, or the Export of Services Rules, 2005, as the case may be.
2.The claims for such refund are submitted not more than once for any quarter in a calendar year
Provided that where,-
(a) the average export clearances of final products or the output services in value terms is fifty percent or more of the total clearances of final products or output services, as the case may be, in the preceding quarter; or
(b) the claim is filed by Export Oriented Unit, the claim for such refund may be submitted for each calendar month.
3. The manufacturer or provider of output service, as the case may be, submits an application in Form A annexed to this notification to the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, in whose jurisdiction,-
(a) the factory from which the final products are exported is situated, along with the Shipping Bill or Bill of Export, duly certified by the officer of customs to the effect that goods have in fact been exported; or
(b) the registered premises of the service provider from which output services are exported is situated, along with a copy of the invoice and a certificate from the bank certifying realization of export proceeds
4. The refund is allowed only in those circumstances where a manufacturer or provider of output service is not in a position to utilize the input credit or input service credit allowed under rule 3 of the said rules against goods exported during the quarter or month to which the claim relates (hereinafter referred to as ‘the given period’).
5. The refund of unutilised input service credit will be restricted to the extent of the ratio of export turnover to the total turnover for the given period to which the claim relates i.e.
Maximum refund Total CENVAT credit taken on input services during the given period export turnover Total turnover
Illusration: If total credit taken on input services for a quarter = Rs. 100
Export turnover during the quarter = Rs 250
Total Turnover during the quarter = Rs 500
Refund of input service credit under Rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rule, during the quarter 100*250/500 i.e. Rs 50
Explanation: For the purposes of condition no.5,-
1. “Export turnover” shall mean the sum total of the value of final products and output services exported during the given period in respect of which the exporter claims the facility of refund under this rule.
2. “Total turnover” means the sum total of the value of,-
(a) all output services and exempted services provided, including value of services exported;
(b) all excisable and non excisable goods cleared, including the value of goods exported;
(c) The value of bought out goods sold, during the given period.
6. The application in Form A, along with the prescribed enclosures and the relevant extracts of the records maintained under the Central Excise Rules, 2002, CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, or the Service Tax Rules, 1994,in original, are filed with the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, before the expiry of the period specified in section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944(1 of 194
7. The refund of excise duty or service tax is allowed by the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be.
