Banks are advised that in cases of projects sponsored by Government/Statutory Authorities, they may disburse the loans as per the payment stages prescribed by such authorities, even where payments sought from house buyers are not linked to the stages of construction, provided such authorities have no past history of non-completion of projects.
It is gathered that a majority of new investors in the securities market begin with participation in the cash segment without obtaining various other facilities such as internet trading, margin trading, derivative trading and use of power of attorney.
This Ministry has received several representations about the difficulties faced by stakeholders due to deactivation of Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) following en masse resignation of all the directors of a company before appointment of new directors in their places.
Attention is invited to Circular No. 994/01/2015 dated 10.02.2015 on the above subject. Reference has since been received from DGCEI regarding the difficulties in implementing the instructions .The issue has been examined and it has been decided to substitute paragraph 5 of the said Circular dated 10.02.2015
Attention is invited to Circular No. 988/12/2014-CX dated 20.10.2014 issued from F. No. 267/49/2013-CX.8 on the above subject wherein it was clarified that the place of removal needs to be ascertained in terms of provisions of Central Excise Act, 1944 read with provisions of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930 and that payment of transport, payment of insurance etc are not the relevant considerations to ascertain the place of removal.
In cases where a complaint has already been filed in the court, it will be upto the court to decide whether or not to pursue prosecution in terms of Section 257 and 321 of Cr. P.C. 1973. If the order for withdrawal has been given by a court, the prosecution can be withdrawn by the Assistant Collector after getting a formal order from the Principal Collector.
Registration process in Central Excise has been prescribed vide Notification no 35/2001-C.E(N.T) dt 26-6-2001 as amended from time to time. The prescribed procedure has been amended by notification no. 07/2015-CE (N.T.) dated 01.03.2015 to simplify the procedure and improve the ease in doing business in manufacturing.
Your attention is invited to provisions of sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Central Excise Officers are empowered under this provision to issue an order to any other person from whom money is due to such person from whom recovery of arrears is required to be made. Such notice for recovery to the other person is generally referred as Garnishee Notice. Similar provisions are contained in section 142(1)(d) of the Customs Act, 1962 and section 87(b) of the Finance Act, 1994 .
In continuation of this department’s Circular Nos. 18, 20, 22 and 24 of 2014-15, it has now been decided to dispose of objections filed u/s 74 of the DVAT Act, 2004 pertaining to mis-match cases of Annexure 2A/2B of Assessment Year 2012-13 on regular basis w.e.f 02/03/2015 for the wards mentioned in Column 4 of the Annexure enclosed herewith.
Audit Commissionerates have been created with an objective to improve the functional efficiency of audit in the field formations. An effective taxpayer audit plays a key role in improving compliance and augmenting tax revenues. It is one of the important compliance verification tools available to the tax administration to verify the correctness of the taxes self-assessed and reported in the tax returns besides complying with other legal obligations. Circular No. 995/2/2015-CX dated the 27th Feb., 2015