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Circular No. 948/09/2011-CX It has been brought to the notice of the Board that doubts have arisen on whether the benefit of proportionate Cenvat credit as clarified by Circular 845/03/2006-CX dated 1.02.2007 would be available to textile items of heading 5508, 5509, 5510, 5511, 5512, 5513 and 5514 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise tariff Act since a reference to these headings was omitted in Notification No.29/2004-CE dated 9th July, 2004 vide notification No.11/2009-CE dated 7th July,2009.
Notification No.15/2011-Central Excise (N.T.) New Delhi, dated the 30th June, 2011 G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sixth proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 12 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby specifies the form for quarterly return, namely:-
NOTIFICATION G.S.R. 475(E) [NO. 1/2011-AAR], In exercise of the powers conferred by section 28M of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), section 23H of the Central Exercise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and section 96H of the Finance Act, 1994 (32 of 1994), the Authority for Advance Rulings (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax) hereby makes the following amendment in the Authority for Advance Rulings (Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax) Procedure Regulations, 2005, namely:—
Notification No. 33/2011-Central Excise 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, on 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. 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 94 (E) dated the 1st March, 2006, namely: –
Circular No. 947/08/2011-CX – On the issue of applicability of excise duty on uniforms or made-up articles like quilt, blankets, towels, linen etc bearing the name or logo of a school, security agency, company, hotel or airline etc., it is clarified that such products would not merit treatment as ‘branded’ products merely because the name of the school, institution or company or their logo is either printed, embroidered or etched on them. This is equally true of made ups such as towels, linen etc bearing the name of a hotel, restaurant or airlines. In all these cases, there is no nexus between such a name or logo & the product at the time of its sale which is essential ingredient in the definition of the term ‘brand name’. Unless such garments/made- ups also bear a brand name in addition to the name or logo of the school, security agency, hotels, airlines and company, such goods would not attract the excise duty.
Please refer to Office Order No.107/2011 dated 03.06.2011 vide which officers in the grade of Addl./Joint Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise were transferred in AGT-201 1. In terms of the said order, all the officers so transferred were to be relieved by their respective controlling officers by 08.06.2011 from their present charge to enable them to join their new place of postings. The Chief Commissioners/Directors General were also requested to send a compliance report by 10.06.2011.
Notification No.14/ 2011 – Central Excise (N.T.) In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of rule 9 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby exempts from the operation of said rule, every manufacturing unit engaged in the manufacture of recorded smart cards falling under sub-heading 8523 where manufacturer of such goods has a centralized billing or accounting system in respect of such goods manufactured by different manufacturing units and opts for registering only the premises or office from where such centralized billing or accounting is done.
Circular No. 946/07/2011-CX In the context of revision of the delegated powers to write off irrecoverable tax arrears, most of the Chief Commissioners did not recommend any enhancement of the existing monetary limits prescribed vide Board’s Circular dated 21.9.1990. On the other hand, the Chief Commissioners suggested adoption of a Committee system for deciding cases of write off of arrears as followed by the CBDT. It is seen that CBDT, while revising the delegated powers to write off arrears, has prescribed constitution of Committees at different levels for taking a decision to write off arrears in deserving cases.
CIRCULAR [F. NO. A. 35017/35/2011-AD.II], DATED 30-5-2011 – I am directed to state that seven (7) posts of Indirect Tax Ombudsman at 7 stations, viz., New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Lucknow (in the HAG + pay scale of Rs. 75,500-80,000 per month) have been created vide Sanction Order No. 92/2011, dated 5-5-2011 issued from File No. A-11011/1/2006-Ad.I of this Department.
