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Necessary modifications have been made in Form A-1 to enable registration of ‘Importers’ as a separate category of Registrants in Central Excise to enable them to pass on Cenvat credit vide Notification No 10/2014 dated 28-2-2014.
Notification No. 07/2014–Central Excise (N.T.) G.S.R. (E). – 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 rescinds the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance
Notification No. 06/2014–Central Excise (N.T.) G.S.R. (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
In the said notification, in paragraph 2, in condition (a), in the second proviso, serial number (xix) and the entries relating thereto shall be deleted..
If the assessee does not have turnover for some or all the units in the preceding financial year, the last quarter for which details of turnover of all the units are available, previous to the month or quarter for which credit is to be distributed
Provided that nothing contained in this notification shall apply to the goods specified against serial number 296 and 297 of the said Table after the 31st day of March, 201
The Finance Minister has presented the Interim Budget 2014-15 in Lok Sabha today, i.e., 17.02.2014. Certain changes have been made in the effective rates of Customs and Central Excise. To give effect to these changes, the following notifications have been issued:
In the Budget 2012-13, vide Finance Bill, 2012 as introduced in the Lok Sabha on 16.03.2012, the basic excise duty rate was increased on various lengths of cigarettes by imposing an ad valorem component in addition to the specific duty, through clause 141 of the Finance Bill read with the Seventh Schedule as under:
Notification No. 03/2014-Central Excise after the serial number 94 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
Pan masala, pan masala containing tobacco (gutkha), chewing tobacco, unmanufactured tobacco and filter khaini packed in pouches with the aid of packaging machines are leviable to excise duty in terms of section 3A of the Central Excise Act. The rates of duty applicable to all these goods under the compounded levy scheme have been increased. In this regard, I am directed to invite your attention to:
