Circular No. 777-Income Tax In view of the unforeseen and unavoidable developments taking place in Kargil and nearby areas, employees of Central Government, State Governments, Public Sector undertakings, Private Sector Companies and Corporations, and local authorities are making donations to the National Defence
In order to ensure the quality of audit, it has been decided that in case a company prefers to give audited results instead of unaudited results for the last quarter of the financial year of the company, then the company shall publish/submit the audited results within three months instead of two months from the end of the last quarter of the financial year.
Requests have been received from the trade as also the Ministry of Commerce that the EOU/EPZ/STP/EHTP unit should be allowed to install computers obtained duty-free in their administrative/registered office outside the bonded premises
Circular No. 464/30/99-CX This is with reference to manufacture of particle boards (plain and pre-laminated) made from sugarcane bagasse and other agricultural wastes. during the process of manufacture specially developed binders and mixed with the agricultural residues like dried sugarcane bagasse. These binder/resin/glues are specifically developed and made by the industry only for captive consumption and not for external sale.
Circular No. 463/29/99-CX Zafrani Zarda & Pan Masala Association of India has represented that their member units are engaged in manufacture of pan masala falling under chapter heading 21.06 and marketing in pouches of varous sizes, i.e. 2 gms, 4 gms., and 20 gms. The pouches are filled inby the automatic form fill and seal machines which are certified for weient by the competent authority under Section 37 of the Standards of Weights
A doubt has arisen as to whether the activities like mixing, sieving, assortment and cleaning etc. in respect of imported cut and polished diamonds and cut and polished coloured gemstones can be allowed to be carried out in the private/public bonded warehouses set-up under Paragraph 8.13 of the Import and Export Policy, 1997-2002, before being re-exported
Various representations have been received from Trade/Exporters that wherever final goods exported by them are liable to compounded levy of Central Excise duty, in such cases, the exporters are unable to avail of Modvat Credit ot additional customs duty (CVD) paid in cash on imported inputs, or excise duty paid on indigenous inputs, utilised in the production of export goods; and thus
Para 6 of CIrcular No. 10/97-Cus. provided that, under DEPB Scheme, imports and exports can be undertaken only from the port of registration of the DEPB scrip. This condition was relaxed by issue of Circular No. 28/97-Cus. to permit imports from Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai, for DEPB Scrips registered at any of these ports. Further relaxations were provided by later circulars
Para 7.36A of the Handbook of Procedure, Vol.I pertaining to current Exim Policy has been amended vide DGFT”s Public Notice No. 10 (RE-99)/1997-2002 dated 7th June, 1999 to the effect that DEPB credit entitlement, in respect of export products whose DEPB rate is 10% or more, shall not exceed 50% of the PMV of the goods
Circular No. 36/99-Cus clarifies export and import cargo clearance procedures, extending operational hours at all air cargo complexes in India.
