This condition would be applicable to all the pending applications for administrative relief as well as the fresh applications that will be made. In case of pending applications dealer should file returns in respect of the URD period for which he has made payments and submit copy of acknowledgement to the concerned authority.
In partial modification of paragraph 3 (ii) thereof, it is advised that apart from the documents mentioned therein, any certificate / registration document issued by Sales Tax / Service Tax / Professional Tax authorities may also be considered for verification of the proof of name, address and activity of the Proprietary concern.
Circular No. 908/28/2009-CX, New Delhi dated the December 23, 2009. Subject: Clarification regarding peripheral activities for Area Based Exemption notification Nos. 49 & 50/2003-CE, both dated 10.06.2003 as amended by notification No. 01/2008-CE dated 18.01.2008.
Based on feedback received from Exchanges, it has been decided to allow Exchanges to set any period of time during the delivery month as the delivery period for the deliverable grade securities.
In the context of refund of service tax paid on foreign agency commission, Notification 18/2009 dated 07/07/2009 (in the table, sl.no.2 , condition no. 2) says “exemption shall be limited to one percent of the free on board value of export goods for which the said service has been used”. This means that amount of service tax paid, which can be refunded to the exporter, is restricted to one percent of the FOB value of export goods in relation to which the taxable service of the foreign agent was used.
CIRCULAR NO 119/13/2009-ST- Customs House Agent’s (CHA) Services are taxable since 15th June 1997. As per the definition (section 65 (105) (h) of the Finance Act, 1994) the ‘taxable service’ means any service provided or to be provided to any person, by a custom house agent in relation to the entry or departure of conveyance or the import or the export of goods and the term ‘service provider’ shall be construed accordingly.
As regards the settlement mechanism for the IRF contracts, it has been decided that all entities having short (sold) position in the IRF contracts and required to deliver securities on the appointed date will move these securities from their respective Subsidiary General Ledger/Constituents ‘ Subsidiary General Ledger (SGL/CSGL) accounts with the RBI to a special “Settlement” SGL account of the respective Clearing Corporations of the Exchanges [Exchange Clearing House (ECH) / Exchange Clearing Corporation (ECC)] authorised to deal in IRF.
In partial relaxation of ban on export of edible oil imposed vide Notification No.85 dated 17th March, 2008 as amended vide above subsequent Notifications, it has been decided by competent authority that export of edible oil shall be allowed as unde.
On a review of RTGS timings and the volume of business handled by RTGS on Saturdays, the RTGS Standing Committee has decided to extend RTGS timings for customer and inter-bank transactions on Saturdays. Accordingly, the revised time window for customer and interbank transactions in RTGS would be as follows:
2. With a view to disseminating information on the SLR status of a Government security, it has been decided that: (i) the SLR status of securities issued by the Government of India and the State Governments will be indicated in the Press Release issued by the Reserve Bank of India at the time of issuance of the securities; and (ii) an updated and current list of the SLR securities will be posted on the Reserve Bank’s website (www.rbi.org. in) under the link ” Database on Indian Economy”.
