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Notification No. 46/2015-Central Excise prescribes the Basic Excise Duty (BED), with effect from 17.12.2015, on the following products at the rates indicated below: (i) Unbranded petrol from Rs. 7.06 per litre to Rs. 7.36 per litre; (ii) Branded petrol from Rs. 8.24 per litre to Rs. 8.54 per litre; (iii) Unbranded diesel from Rs. 4.66 per litre to Rs. 5.83 per litre; and (iv) Branded diesel from Rs. 7.02 per litre to Rs. 8.19 per litre.
F.No. 238/15/2015-CX.7 With regard to non-detection of lapse during the internal audit, Ministry had issued instructions vide letter No.232/3D/CE/2015-CX.7 dated 7th December, 2015. It is once again reiterated that officers involved in the audit of the units should be clearly directed to follow the instructions scrupulously given in the Audit Manual 2015. This Audit Manual has already be circulated by the Directorate General of Audit to all field formations.
F. No. 390/Misc./69/2015-JC Chief Commissioners are already empowered under the provisions of Section 35Q (as made applicable to service tax matters also under Section 83 of Finance Act,1994) and Section 146A of Customs Act,1962 read with clause (ii) of rule 2(c) of the CESTAT (Procedures) Rules, 1982 to authorize a jurisdictional officer to appear before the CESTAT Bench for pleading a case on behalf of the department . The Board has decided that where no officer is available to argue cases, based on merits of the case, the Chief Commissioner may, in such cases authorize any other officer of his zone to appear before the Tribunal.
Office Order No. 07/Ad.IV/ 2015 In continuation of Board’s Office Order No.02/Ad.IV/2015 dated 27.08.2015 (F.No.A-11013/20/2015-Ad.IV) regarding creation of Directorate General of Tax Payers Services in CBEC, the post of Chief Commissioner Tax Payers Services will stand re-designated as Director General Tax Payers Services (DGTPS).
Order No. 01/2015-Central Excise -CBEC hereby extends the date of submission of, Form ER-1, ER-2, ER-6 for the clearances in the month of November, 2015 from 10th of December, 2015 to 31st of December, 2015 and Form ER-4(Annual Financial Information Statement) from 30th of November, 2015 to 3 1st of December, 2015, for the assessees in the state of Tamil Nadu due to natural calamity of rains and flood.
Notification No. 25/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated 09.12.2015 For all Central Excise assessees in the State of Tamil Nadu, the date for payment of Central Excise duty for the month of November 2015 is being extended to the 20th of December 2015 and the date of filing of the Central Excise return for the month of November 2015 is being extended to the 31st of December 2015.
F.No. 275/65/2013-CX.8A I am directed to say that as per para 4.8 of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on ‘Litigation in Appellate Forums’ issued in October, 2013, all the cases pertaining to indirect taxes before the High Court, wherein Uol, MoF, Secretary (Revenue), Chairperson CBEC or any of these figure as respondents, are defended by the Commissioner concerned on being duly authorised by the Legal Cell of CBEC.
In exercise of the powers conferred by rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number 27/2014-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 16th September, 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3
Notification No.137/ 2015-Customs (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs, hereby makes following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.12/97-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated the 2nd April, 1997, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 193(E), dated the 2nd April, 1997, namely:-
Circular No. 1012/19/2015-CX Doubts have been raised regarding availability or otherwise of central excise duty exemption under notification No.20/2007-Central Excise dated 25.04.2007 to new units or units undertaking substantial expansion after 01.12.2014 in the North Eastern Region including Sikkim pursuant to the suspension of fresh registrations by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) for the schemes under North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), 2007 with effect from 1.12.2014 vide OM No.10(1)/2014-DBA-II/ER dated 01.12.2014.
