Circular No. 771-Income Tax Reference is invited to Circular No. 757, dated 20th October, 1997, wherein the rates of deduction of income-tax from the payment of income under the head “Salaries” under section 192 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, during the financial year 1997-98, were intimated.
Circular No. 429/62/98-CX It has been brought to the notice of the Central Board of Excise & Customs that field formations are denying Modvat Credit under rule 57A of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 on lubricating base oils, when used as inputs in factory for further manufacture of final product during the period 01.03.1997 to 31.08.1997.
The Expert Committee appointed by SEBI on the issue of turnover based fees of brokers had recommended that with respect to jobbing transactions identified and included in the turnover as proposed in the said report, concessional rate of fee of one two hundredth of one percent of the jobbing turnover calculated is to be computed.
Representations have been received from various firms’ seeking clarification whether agencies / financial institutions in the business of export factoring, who have already been issued A.D. Codes by the Reserve Bank of India, can also issue Bank Certificate of Export & Realisation.
Circular No. 428/61/98-CX I am directed to say that the Board has received representations from exporters that rebate under Rule 12 of the Central Excise Rules 1944 are not being granted where the goods initially cleared on payment of duty for home-consumption were diverted for export following the procedure contained in Board”s Circular 294/10/97-CX dated 30.10.97 on the ground that the exporters are not furnishing “Disclaimer Certificate” from the manufacturers of goods.
Circular No. 427/60/98-CX The matter has been examined in the Board. Raw asafoetida imported into India is classified under Chapter 13 of the Customs Tariff which covers natural gums, resins and gum resins. Asafoetida in gum form is mixed with water till it is totally diluted and then added to the mixture of wheat flour and edible gum. The mixed substance in dough form is spread on the floor and allowed to set for 8 to 10 days till the colour changes to dark brown.
Rule 6 & 7 of the Customs and Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules, 1971/1995 an exporter can file an application for fixation of Brand Rate or a special Brand Rate, as the case may be, within 30/60 days of let export date. The Central Government can allow a further period of 30 days after satisfaction that the manufacturer or exporter was prevented by sufficient cause for making the
Attention is invited to Public Notice No. 41(RE-98)/ 1997-2002 dated 16th September, 1998 of the DGFT announcing a special advance licensing scheme for export of electronic products. The Department of Revenue has issued Notification No. 77/98-Customs, dated 16.10.1998 in order to operationalise the scheme. The Special Advance Licences shall be issued under Para 7.4 (f) of the Exim
The proposal for establishment of new ICD, CFS and Air Cargo Complexes are presently being examined by Inter-ministerial Committee consisting of representatives from the various Ministries. The said committee is functioning in the Ministry of Commerce. It has been observed that the commissioners of Customs/ Central Excise have been sending letters to the Ministry of Commerce
The matter has been taken up with the RBI. In this connection, RBI has clarified that as per the provisions of para 7A.19 of Exchange Control Manual (1993 edition) the Exchange Control copy of import licence submitted by the importer for opening of letter of credit or making remittance should be retained by authorised dealer and forwarded to RBI after it has been fully utilised alongwith R Returns pertaining to the period during which the last remittances under the licence were made.
