Considering the sensitive nature of import/export of Ammonium Nitrate, Board desires that guidelines contained in Ammonium Nitrate Rules, 2012 for import/export of ammonium nitrate be scrupulously followed by the field formations. All Commissioners of Customs concerned should ensure that consignment of Ammonium Nitrate is allowed clearance only in bagged form as specified in the subject Rules and not in loose form.
Sub: Deduction of tax at source under Section 195 read with Sections 201 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 relating to payment made to a non-resident-reg. Section 195 of the Income-tax Act (hereafter referred to as ‘the Act’) provides that any person, responsible for paying to a non-resident not being a company or to a foreign company, any sum chargeable under the provisions of this Act, shall at the time of credit of such income to the account of the payee or at the time of payment thereof, whichever is earlier,
Board has decided to strengthen the monitoring and make it uniform so that timely initiation of action to safeguard revenue can be invariably ensured as well as progress effectively tracked. Accordingly
As per the Citizens Charter the time line prescribed for a decision on application for no deduction of tax or deduction of tax at lower rate is one month. Instances have been brought to the notice of the Board, about considerable delay in issuing the lower/non deduction certificate under section 197 by the jurisdictional Assessing Officers.
Your attention is invited to notification No.16/2013-Central Excise (NT), dated 31.12.2013, prescribing tariff value under section 3(2) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 in respect of goods falling under tariff heading 3304 (beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin, etc.) of the Central Excise Tariff and in respect of which the provisions of section 4A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 do not apply
Comments / views and suggestions invited regarding changes of UQC against HS Code in Customs Tariff of India for declaration in Bills of Entry / Shipping Bills – Last date of submission is 15th January, 2014. The same may also be emailed to tariffunit-rev@nic.in
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has taken serious view of the pendency of eforms in various offices of the MCA in South East Region and issued instructions to this Directorate to take steps to impress upon the certifying professionals (CA/CS/CMA) to completely avoid defective filings so as to facilitate early disposal of eforms.
Several instances have come to the notice of the Board Where due to certain technical or other reasons (which inter-alia included wrong migration of PAN and delayed release of returns by the Centralized Processing Cell to the jurisdictional authorities), intimation in refund cases could not be sent to the concerned assessees within the time-frame
Sub-Section 3 of Section 35R and Section 131BA provides that if an appeal has not been filed by the Department following Instructions issued for not filing appeal below the monetary limit, no person, being a party in appeal, shall contend that the Department has acquiesced in the decision on the disputed issue by not filing appeal.
Before concluding, it is necessary for this court to observe that while adjudicating upon refund claims, it is necessary in the interest of justice for the assessing officers as well as the first appellate authorities to dispose of all the objections.
