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With regard to the position of filing and withdrawal of cases falling below monetary limits, Chairman (CBIC) has directed that the entire exercise should be positively completed by 30.09.2018
CBIC increases appeal filing limit Substantially and new limit for filing appeal with various Appellate Forum is as follows :- CESTAT Rs. 20,00,000/‑, High Courts Rs. 50,00,000/‑ and Supreme Court Rs. 1,00,00,000/-. F.No.390/Misc./116/2017-JC Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (Judicial Cell) ******** ‘B’ Wing, 4th Floor, HUDCO-VISHALA Building […]
on’ble High Court further directed that the appellants while preferring second appeal before the Tribunal are required to deposit 10% of the amount of duty/penalty as confirmed by the Appellate Authority inclusive of 7.5% pre-deposit made for the first appeal and that 10% would not be in addition to and over and above 7.5% of pre-deposit made for the first appeal.
Commissionerates should constitute a Recovery Cell as laid down in the aforesaid Circular, and only those cases where recovery is not made by Departmental efforts and action needs to be taken for recovery by attachment and sale of property of the defaulter, as laid down In section 142 of the Customs Act. should be transferred to the Recovery Cell.
As regards determination of ‘place of removal’, in general the principle laid by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CCE vs Ispat Industries Ltd 2015(324) ELT670 (SC) may be applied. Apex Court, in this case has upheld the principle laid down in M/s Escorts JCB (Supra) to the extent that ‘place of removal’ is required to be determined with reference to ‘point of sale’ with the condition that place of removal (premises) is to be referred with reference to the premises of the manufacturer.
Draft Seniority list of Assistant Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise, Group ‘A’ for the vacancy years 1997-98 to 2001-02 has been prepared and the same is enclosed.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs fixes a monetary limit of Rs 2,50,000/- below which appeal shall not be filed with the Commissioner (A). This limit would apply for legacy matters only and would also be applicable to cases currently pending at the level of Commissioner (Appeals) .
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 35R of the Central Excise Act, 1944 made applicable to Service Tax vide Section 83 of the Finance Act, 1994 the Central Board of Indirect Taxes fixes a monetary limit of Rs 2,50,000/- below which appeal shall not be filed with the Commissioner (A).
Seeks to rescind notification nos. 7/2018-Central excise and 8/2018-Central excise, both dated 2nd February 2018 all dated 06.04.2018
Seeks to amend notification Nos. 11/2017-Central excise dated 30th June, 2017, 10/2018-Central excise 11/2018-Central excise, 12/2018-Central excise and 13/2018-Central excise, all dated 2nd February 2018
