Circular No. 371/4/98-CX I am directed to refer to Board”s Circular No. 178/12/96-CX dated 28.2.1996. Based on the recommendation of the PAC, directions were issued vide aforesaid circular of the Board for taking immediate action for launching prosecution under Central Excise & Salt Act, 1944 and the IPC 1860 with respect to unscrupulous cases indulging in fraudulent/ naked evasion of excise duty.
Circular No. 370/3/98-CX Public Accounts Committee in their 104 Report in Para 3.48 has observed that the surprise squads for verification of Modvat Credit in the Commissionerate are not functioning properly as a consequence, the evasion of Central Excise duty through fraudulent availment of Modvat Credit remains unchecked. In this regard, I am directed to reiterate the instructions of the Board contained in F.No. B.22/32.86-TRU dated 16.7.86.
Circular No. 369/2/98-CX The PAC on Audit Para 3.48/ 91-92 on the report of the C & AG for the year ending 31.3.1992. (No 4 of 1993) regarding fraudulent availment of Modvat Credit by Sipani Automobiles, Bangalore has desired that the Ministry of Finance will take adequate steps to ensure that recent amendments in the Central Excise Law
Any stoppage beyond five minutes will be explained and reported to the Board. The Exchange shall issue a press release specifying the reasons for the breakdown.
Circular No. 761-Income Tax The attention of the Board has been drawn to certain difficulties being faced by pensioners drawing their pensions through banks where the tax deduction at source certificate in the prescribed Form No. 16 is some-time denied to them on the ground that no employee-employer relationship exists between the banks and the pensioner.
Circular No. 760-Income Tax Under sub-section (7)( d) of section 2 of the Finance Act, 1966, an “industrial company” means a company which is mainly engaged in the business of generation or distribution of electricity or any other form of power or in the construction of ships or in the manufacture or processing of goods or in mining.
It has also been decided that settlement of trades in the depository would be compulsory from January 15, 1998 for the institutional investors, viz., domestic financial institutions, banks, mutual funds and foreign institutional investors having a minimum portfolio of securities of Rs.10 crores as on the latest balance sheet date.
Circular No. 368/1/98-CX Attention is invited to Board”s Circular No. 315/31/97-CX dt. 23.5.97 regarding classification of Ready Mix Concrete. It has been brought to the notice of the Board that in some cases concrete mix manufactured at the site of construction is being denied exemption under S.No. 51 of Notification No. 4/97 dt. 1.3.97.
The Board is receiving a number of requests from the trade from time to time for allowing loading/ unloading of additional items at various customs airports or for creation of more Airports, Air Cargo Complexes (ACC) or Foreign Post Offices (FPC) in the country. One of the factors relevant to take a decision on the subject is the availability of staff to meet the increased load. It is, however,
Attention is invited to this Ministry’s guidelines circulated under letters F.No. 602 /7/ 70-DBK dated 1.6.1970 and 28th June, 1973 on the above subject
