CBDT vide Circular No. 19/2014-Customs dated December 31, 2014 has introduced at 18 Sea Ports, the facility of 24×7 Customs clearance for specified imports i.e. goods covered by ‘facilitated’ Bills of Entry and specified export i.e. factory stuffed containers and goods exported under free Shipping Bills, effective from December 31, 2014.
The Government of India has informed SEBI vide communication dated December 30, 2014 that as per the FAQ published on the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website, Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) in Model 1 jurisdictions need to register with the US IRS and obtain a Global Intermediary Identification Number (GIIN) before January 01, 2015, or at the earliest, in order to avoid withholding.
Reference has been received in the Board from field that cases which are admitted in the Settlement Commission should be allowed to be transferred to Call-book in addition to the three category of cases prescribed by Board, for inclusion in Call Book, vide Circular No. 162/73/95-CX dated 14.12.1995 issued vide F. No. 101/20/93-CX.3 read with Circular No. 53/90-CX dated 06.09.1990.
Board has received a number of representations from the ACP clients whose ACP status has either been withdrawn or not extended on account of them having been served a show cause notice in terms of the amended para 7(iii) of the said Circular dated 24.11.2005.
1) Government Notification No.VAT/AMD -1009/1B/Adm-6 dated 26.08.2009. 2) Trade Circular No 27T of 2009 dated 1st October 2009. 3) Trade Circular No 16T of 2011 dated 11th November, 2011 4) Government Notification No: VAT-1512/CR- 139/Taxation-1 dated 21st November 2012
SEBI has issued various circulars/directions from time to time with respect to SCORES. In order to enable the users to have an access to all the applicable circulars/directions at one place, this Circular on SCORES consolidates the current provisions.
CIRCULAR NO. 17/2014-Customs, Dated: December 18, 2014 Attention is drawn to Circular No. 15/2008-Cus dated 26.09.2008 in which guidelines on the above subject have been prescribed for recipient units registered with Central Excise or not so registered. In respect of units registered with Central Excise, the Superintendent of Central Excise in-charge of the unit has to make an endorsement on documents within 21 days from the date of supply or receipt of intimation, whichever is later.
CIRCULAR NO. 16/2014-Customs Dated: December 18, 2014 Attention is drawn to the self-bonding/warehousing procedure on the above subject specified in Circular No. 19/2007-Cus dated 03.05.2007. It has been brought to the notice of the Board that the units which are under the said procedure are facing difficulty in obtaining deemed export benefits as the ARE-3 is not certified by the Central Excise authorities.
CIRCULAR NO. 15/2014-Customs., Dated: December 18, 2014 Presently, the para 3.2 of the Circular No. 58/2004-Customs prescribes that the bank guarantee (BG) exemption specified in para 3.1 of the Circular shall be admissible subject to certain conditions. One of the conditions (amongst others) for the admissibility of the Nil or 15% or 25% BG is in para 3.2(c) of the Circular.
SEBI launched a centralized web based complaints redress system ‘SCORES’ in June 2011. The purpose of SCORES is to provide a platform for aggrieved investors, whose grievances, pertaining to securities market, remain unresolved by the concerned listed company or registered intermediary after a direct approach. SCORES also provides a platform
