Please refer to Board’s letter of even number dated 08.03.2016 and subsequent reminders dated 25.04.2016, 23.05.2016, 30.05.2016, 21.06.2016, 25.07.2016, 04.08.2016, 12.08.2016, 23.08.2016, 30.08.2016, 08.09.2016, 23.09.2016, 30.09.2016, 14.10.2016, 21.10.2016, 07.11.2016, 11.11.2016, 28.11.2016, 06.12.2016 and 02.01.2017 (copy enclosed) on the above subject.
Sub-section (3) of section 46 is being substituted so as to make it mandatory to file a Bill of Entry before the end of the next day following the day (excluding holidays) on which the vessel or aircraft or vehicle carrying the goods arrives at a customs station at which such goods are to be cleared for home consumption or warehousing and to provide for imposition of such charges for late presentation of the bill of entry as may be prescribed.
Changes in Customs and Central Excise law and rates of duty have been proposed through the Finance Bill, 2017. To prescribe effective rates of duty and to carry out changes in the Rules made under the respective Acts, following notifications are being issued:
Clauses 120 to 128 of the Bill cover the amendments made to,- • Chapters V and VA of the Finance Act, 1994;• the Service Tax (Determination of Value) Rules, 2006; Other changes are being given effect to by inserting new entries, and amending/omitting existing entries in notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20.6.2012 and by amending the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004.
In order to ensure that the project Operation Clean Money is given sufficient publicity and wide newspaper & audio-visual media coverage in the regional languages, it is desirable that the Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax co-ordinate the coverage in their respective regional languages with the PIB offices at local level.
As per the said notification members or pensioners of the Employees Pension Scheme 1995 desirous of continuing the benefit of the said scheme are required to furnish proof of the possession Aadhaar Number or required to make an application for Aadhaar Number enrollment by 31′ January 2.13l 7
There are several methods for identifying Non-filers and Stop-filers of ST-3 Returns. Directorate General of Systems has taken steps to send bulk mails to Non-filers and Stop-filers of ST-3 Returns, so that they actively participate in the filing.
It is the responsibility of CBEC to adequately support all such Central Excise / Service Tax assessees in their migration to GST. For this purpose, I would urge all Chief Commissioners to personally arrange to have special GST MIGRATION SEVA KENDRAS in their Zonal Headquarters/Commissionerates /Divisions.
It is to be noted that coverage of ALL the NRHM units has to be taken up in a mission mode and has to be completed as more than 500 State/District Health Societies in which lakhs of contract/casual workers have been working and are yet to be covered under the EPF & MP Act,1952
It is to intimate that a workshop on Migration of Existing Central Excise / Service Tax Assessees to GST was conducted by Bangalore II Commissionerate at the premises of KASSIA (M/s Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association) on 23rd Jan 2017.
