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FM reduced rate of taxation from existing 10 per cent to 5 per cent for individual assesses between income of Rs 2.5 lakhs to Rs 5 lakhs. This would reduce tax liability of all persons below Rs 5 lakh income either to zero (with rebate) or 50 per cent of their existing liability.
processes of electroplating, zinc plating, anodizing, heat treatment, powder coating, painting including spray painting or auto black, during the course of manufacture of parts of cycles or sewing machines upto an aggregate value of taxable service of the specified processes of one hundred and fifty lakh rupees in a financial year subject to the condition that such aggregate value had not exceeded one hundred and fifty lakh rupees during the preceding financial year.
The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a chewing tobacco (other than filter khaini) pouch not containing lime tube having retail sale price of ₹ 55.00 (i.e. ‘P’) packed with the aid of a machine having maximum packing speed, at which it can be operated for packing of chewing tobacco (other than filter khaini) pouch of the said retail sale price, of 450 pouches per minute, shall be = ₹ 1128.33 +22.57 x (55-50) lakh = ₹ 1241.18 lakh.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.12/2012-Central Excise, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 163(E), dated the 17th March, 2012, namely
the manufacturer furnishes an undertaking to the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, having jurisdiction to the effect that the said items shall be used for the purposes as specified above and, if the manufacturer fails to fulfil this condition, he shall pay the duty which would have been leviable at the time of clearance of items, but for this exemption.
The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a pan masala pouch having retail sale price of ₹ 8.00 (i.e. ‘P’) packed with the aid of a machine having maximum packing speed, at which it can be operated for packing of pan masala pouch of the said retail sale price, of 600 pouches per minute shall be = ₹ 177.07+28.87 x (8-6) = ₹ 234.81 lakh.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of section 85 of Finance Act, 2005 (18 of 2005), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 6/2005-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2005, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 126 (E), dated the 1st March, 2005, namely
Provided that the period specified in this sub-rule may, on sufficient cause being shown and reasons to be recorded in writing, be extended by an authority next higher than the authority before whom the application for remission of duty is pending, for a further period not exceeding six months.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central Excise Act,1944 (1 of 1944) and section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, namely
Union budget 2017 announced Chewing Tobacco and Unmanufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Amendment Rules, 2017.
