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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:
Under the compounded levy scheme, excise duty is chargeable with respect to deemed production based on the number of packing machines in the factory of the manufacturer. The issue raised is whether excise duty can be re-determined based on the speed of the packing machine and actual production thereof, which may be higher than the deemed production
Provided further that annual capacity of production for the period from the 24th day of January, 2014 to the 31st day of January, 2014 shall be calculated on pro-rata basis for the total number of days in the month of January, 2014 and the number of days remaining in the month starting from and including the 24th day of January, 2014
Provided further that the annual capacity of production for the period from the 24th day of January, 2014 to the 31st day of January, 2014 shall be calculated on pro-rata basis for the total number of days in the month of January, 2014 and the number of days remaining in the month starting from and includingthe 24th day of January, 2014
Provided that for the purposes of entry in column number (7), against Sl.No.12, the existing entry in column number (2) shall be read as Rs. 10.01 and above
The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a Pan masala pouch having retail sale price of Rs. 8.00 (i.e. P) shall be= Rs. 81.46 + 13.28 * (8-6) lakhs = Rs. 108.02 lakhs.
In rule 12 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, after the brackets, letters, figures and words, “[GSR 307(E), dated the 25thApril, 2007]” the words, figures, letters and brackets, “or No.1/2010-Central Excise, dated the 6th February, 2010 [G.S.R. 62(E), dated the 6th February, 2010]” shall be inserted.
