In order to bring excellence by promoting and enhancing the development of professional expertise in Customs administration, suggestions were called from Chief Commissioners and DGs. The Board received a large number of suggestions for bringing excellence in Customs administration. All these suggestions were discussed in full Board Meeting on May 4, 2011 and a number of plans and schemes were approved. One of the approved programs is institution of an annual award for officers and trade to encourage knowledge acquisition and capacity building. The award shall be given at national level as well as at zonal level (both at Chief Commissioner and Director General Level).
CBEC solicits views, comments and suggestions on draft ‘On-site Post Clearance Audit at the Premises of Importers and Exporters Regulations, 2011’ from the trade and industry associations, departmental officers and others. The views, comments and suggestions to the draft Regulations may please be sent, latest by 16th August, 2011, to Director (Customs), Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Excise & Customs, Room No.227-B, North Block, New Delhi – 110001 or at Fax No. (011) 23092173 or at e-mail I.D.: dircus@nic.in
I am directed to say that officers as per the enclosed lists are being considered for promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, CBDT. You are therefore requested to kindly obtain the options for posting, if any, from the concerned officers on their promotion to the grade of CCIT and to forward the same to Database Cell by E-mail at www.dbe.cbdt@incometaxindia.gov.in and also by Speed Post latest by 02.08.2011.
Conditions for allowing provisional assessment. — Where an importer or an exporter, as the case may be, is unable to make self-assessment and makes a request in writing to the proper officer for provisional assessment or the proper officer on account of any of the grounds specified in sub-section (1) of section 18 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), is not able to verify the self-assessment or make re-assessment of the duty on the imported goods or the export goods, as the case may be, he shall make an estimate of the duty that is most likely to be levied (hereinafter referred to as the provisional duty). If the importer or the exporter, as the case may be, executes a bond in an amount equal to the difference between the duty that may be finally assessed or re-assessed and the provisional duty and deposits with the proper officer such sum not exceeding twenty per cent of the provisional duty, as the proper officer may direct, the proper officer may assess the duty on the goods provisionally at an amount equal to the provisional duty.
More than Rs. 20000 crore of tax demand is stayed by the courts/ITAT. Our counsels should be advised to get the stays vacated or ensure early hearings by brining the direction of the Supreme Court in the Vodafone case to the taxpayer to pay 25% of the disputed taxes and provide bank guarantee for the remaining, thereby endorsing the principle that stay of recovery in litigated matters should not be the norm, to the notice of the concerned court/ITAT.
Shri Rabindra kumar B. Adhikari Vs Mr. Thothar (CIC) The PIO replied that the information sought by the applicant pertains to the third party and no public interest will be served in the disclosure. In accordance with Section 11 of the Act, a reference was made to the third party i.e., Sunitha Choudhury to make submission in writing or orally whether the information may be disclosed or not. The third party vide letter dated 25/10/2010 has strongly opposed to give any information to the applicant. Therefore, in accordance of sub section (3) of Section 11 of the RTI Act, 2005, the information is denied.
F. No.A-22013/07/201 1-Ad.II Please refer to Board’s Order No.123/2011 dated 22.06.2011 vide which officers in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise were transferred in AGT-201 1. In terms of the said Order, all the officers so transferred were to be relieved by their respective controlling officers by 27.06.2011 from their present charge to enable them to join their new place of posting. The Chief Commissioners/Directors General were also requested to send a compliance report by 01.07.2011.
Attention is invited to Notification No.74/2005-Customs (N.T.) & 75/2005-Customs (N.T.) both dated 30.8.2005 under Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976 and Export Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976, as amended, respectively. The former notification mandates that passenger manifest shall be delivered electronically within 15 minutes of the closure and departure of flights from the originating station while the latter notification requires that the passenger manifest shall be delivered electronically to Customs three hours before the departure of the flight.
Proposed guidelines for conversion of section 25 company (non profit company) to an ordinary company under Companies Act, 1956. – The Ministry has been receiving representation from various stakeholders to develop a procedure under Companies Act, 1956 for conversion of section 25 company (non-profit company) to an ordinary company because there are a number of section 25 companies which have not done any activity after obtaining license under section 25 or have stopped such activities, and now want to convert themselves as an ordinary company.
Proposed guidelines for strike off name u/section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956 of companies (non profit companies) which have been granted license u/s 25 of Companies Act, 1956 By 15th July – The Ministry has been receiving representation from various stakeholders to develop a procedure for strike off name under section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956 of companies (non profit companies) which have been granted license under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. There are a number of section 25 companies which have not done any activity after obtaining license under section 25 or have stopped such activities, and now want to strike off their name under section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956.
