The Hon’ble Finance Minister has presented to Parliament the Union Budget for the financial year 2021-22. It is the first budget of this new decade and appropriately also a digital one in the backdrop of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. Apart from tax proposals, there are many provisions in the Budget which when approved, would take forward our indirect taxes initiatives.
One time waiver of Custom Duty as well as inspection requirement in case of de-bonding of IT/ ITeS units in SEZs and exemption on filing of BOE for goods sold by IT/ITeS SEZ unit which were initially procured on payment of duty and not used for authorised operations.
Specific instances have come to the notice of the Board and Central Vigilance Commission wherein proper procedures have apparently not been followed during search proceedings and/or the Panchnamas/ statements have not been recorded as per extant guidelines &. instructions.
The Finance Minister has introduced the Finance Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha today, that is 1St February, 2021. Changes in Customs, Central Excise, GST law and rates have been proposed through the Finance Bill, 2021. To prescribe effectives rates of duty, following notifications are being issued:
This week we turn to the changes that have been made by CBIC for implementing the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) licenses issued by DGFT, To make the process digital and secure, a mechanism to receive the TRQ licenses electronically from DGFT has been implemented and enabled by DG Systems.
As you are aware, the RoDTEP (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) scheme has come into operation from 01st January, 2021. The scheme seeks to refund duties / taxes / levies at the Central / State and local levels, which have not already been exempted or remitted or given as credit.
All coastal vessels carrying exclusively coastal goods and operating from either coastal or EXIM berths has been exempted from the provisions of Sections 92, 93, 94, 95, 97 and 98(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 vide Notification No. 56/2016-Cus (N.T.), dated 27.04.2016.
We recently found below CBDT instruction on Social media on ‘Penalty u/s 271AAD for false entry etc. in the books of accounts’ but we are not able to verify this from official sources so readers are requested to please check from their own sources before relying on the below post. F. No. 414/02/2021 — IT […]
DG Vigilance has assisted the Board in ensuring the monitoring of disciplinary matters and in advising it on the suitability of officers at times of promotions, deputations, etc. DG Export Promotion, has been helpful in sorting out the difficulties being faced by genuine exporters.
SEZ Online System has been sharing the details of supplies made by SEZ Units to DTA Units under Bill of Entry with GSTN through ICEGATE since July 2017. ICEGATE has completed its arrangements with GSTN to auto-populate the same in GSTR of DTA Buyer (Importer) for BoE information shared by SEZ Online System.
