F.No. 275/65/2013-CX.8A I am directed to say that as per para 4.8 of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on ‘Litigation in Appellate Forums’ issued in October, 2013, all the cases pertaining to indirect taxes before the High Court, wherein Uol, MoF, Secretary (Revenue), Chairperson CBEC or any of these figure as respondents, are defended by the Commissioner concerned on being duly authorised by the Legal Cell of CBEC.
F.No.312/109/2015-0T I am directed to say that as on 01.11.2015, there were 2.07 lakh returns involving refund claims of Rs.659 crore for AY 2013-14 and 12.90 lakh returns involving Rs.4,837 crore for AY 2014-15 still pending for processing and issue of refunds. These returns have not been selected for scrutiny under CASS.
F. No. 605/71/2015-DBK During discussions in the Ministry, the Export Promotion Councils have highlighted that field formations take substantial time to cancel the bond executed by exporters with the Customs in terms of the advance authorisation notifications. EPCs informed that much of this time is associated with retrieval of bond file and re-verifying documentation submitted by exporter for obtaining the export obligation discharge certificate (EODC) from the Regional Authority of DGFT. The matter was examined by Board.
The Standard Operating Procedures for handling litigation in the Supreme Court, High Court and CESTAT has been a long felt need. This Manual of SOP is one of the flagship documents published from the Directorate of Legal Affairs, to streamline handling of litigation in the Department.
F.No.394/97/2015-Cus (AS) In terms of Section 110 of Customs Act, 1962 if the proper officer has reason to believe that any goods are liable to confiscation under this Act, he may seize such goods that may include valuables such as gold. In the recent past, the smuggling of high value goods, especially gold is on the rise, as evidenced by the increasing number of seizures made by Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence and the field formations
F. No. 609/59/2012-DBK Systems Alert for monitoring realisation of export proceeds in EDI under the BRC Module for ICES (introduced in year 2009) and the new RBI BRC Module introduced under DG (Systems) letter dated 28.8.2014
F. No. 609/105/2015-DBK Central Excise formations processing brand rate applications are requested to suggest measures or steps that can further strengthen exporters’ confidence with the brand rate mechanism and make it easier to work with. The suggestions should be within the principles that guide drawback based on actual duty and have the traits of reliability, simplicity and workability without compromising revenue.
STP units have brought to the notice of Board that the process of renewal/extension of the Private Bonded Warehouse License and the extension of warehousing period for the bonded capital goods are not co-terminous and are handled by different authorities, thereby creating difficulties for them.
F. No. 450/25/2009-Cus.lV While reviewing various measures put in place for trade facilitation in recent months including the ;Customs Clearance Facilitation Committee, the Board has felt that Commissioners and Chief Commissioners need to increase their involvement by closely monitoring pending Bills of Entry.
In the case of National Petroleum Construction Company Vs. DIT in ITA Nos. 143, 144, 533/2013 and 795/2014, Hon’ble Delhi High Court in its order dt. 13.08.2015, dt. 20.08.2015 and 28.09.2015 has directed the Income Tax Department to formulate and implement a standard operating procedure on the following three issues:
