The performance of officers in respect of `Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme’ will be specifically commented upon by the Reporting and the Reviewing officers and shall be an important factor in determining their future postings.
It is to state that vide notification dated 09.10.2019, FSSAI has notified 150 Point of Entries (PoEs) in order to put in place a robust food import regulatory framework which shall be effective from 01.04.2020 (Annexure 1). These 150 PoEs shall only be food import entry points to facilitate smooth trade. FSSAI has also notified customs officials as Authorised Officers (AC’s) at 128 PoEs while 22 PoEs are manned by FSSAI officials.
Law has cast liability on the taxpayer to assess and pay the interest on delayed payment of tax. Further, interest payable on such delayed payment of tax can be recovered under the provisions of section 79 of the CGST Act read with section 75(12), which provides for various methods by which the proper officer shall proceed to recover any amount which is payable to the Government.
Transitional Credit – Ensuring uniformity in the procedure to be followed by the field formations for examining and forwarding the representations of the taxpayers to GSTN on issues pertaining to technical glitches on common portal
As you are aware the Hon’ble Finance Minister in her Budget Speech on lst February 2020 announced a new Scheme namely Vivad se Vishwas’ wherein a taxpayer in whose case appeals are pending at any level may benefit from this scheme.
Please find below exhaustive summary of Changes in Customs, Central Excise, GST law and rates that have been proposed through the Finance Bill, 2020, which was introduced in Lok Sabha by Finance Minister on 1st Februare 2020
Presently, approval is not required from source AO to transfer/release the TAN. But in this change, approval by the source AO is mandatory in the cases where TAN is getting transferred to different RCC or to another jurisdiction of CIT (TDS) / (Int. Tax.) / (LTU).
Applicants can now apply for lower/nil deduction certificate from 28th February of the immediately preceding Financial Year. For instance, applications for the certificates for F.Y .2020-21 shall be allowed to be filed on or after 28.02.2020. Instructions No. 01/2020 Dated: 24/01/2020.
It is informed that for the purpose of carrying out Revenue Audit of the cases completed in e-proceeding mode, the facility to access ‘Closed Assessment Proceedings’ is now made available for AO Staff user in Income Tax Business Application w.e.f. 14/01/2020.
It has been decided that till the time customized functionality to provide access to RAPs is developed, the staff/inspectors posted with assessing officers shall facilitate RAPs to access records of completed assessment proceedings in view-only mode.
